捕食

• 読み: ほしょく
• ローマ字: hoshoku
• 漢字の分解: 捕 (ho) — catch, capture; 食 (shoku) — eat, food
• 発音: /ho.ɕo.kɯ/

意味

Predation; preying on; the act of an animal killing and consuming another animal for food.

A sino-Japanese noun and する-verb central to ecology and biology. 捕食 describes the predator–prey relationship at the core of food webs and ecosystem dynamics. Its related terms — 捕食者 (predator) and 被食者 (prey) — are standard vocabulary in natural history documentaries and academic biology. The word can also appear in figurative contexts describing exploitative or aggressive behaviour in business or social settings.

例文

1. ハヤブサは急降下しながら獲物を捕食する、最も効率的な狩人の一つだ。
2. 捕食者と被食者の関係は、生態系のバランスを維持する上で欠かせない。
3. 昆虫を捕食するオオカマキリは、農作物の害虫を自然に減らす効果がある。

使い方ガイド

場面: ecology, biology, nature documentary

トーン: descriptive

起源と歴史

Sino-Japanese compound. 捕 (ho) means to catch or capture, and 食 (shoku) means to eat or food. Together they describe the act of catching another organism to consume.

文化的背景

時代: Meiji–Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal