Predate <prey upon>

[W Brewer]

WB: << Arctic foxes can also **predate** significant numbers of adults,
eggs, and chicks in some years.>>
What is this, an Abbott & Costello routine?   Never metalanguage like this
before. If it takes a professional discussion list multiple double-takes to
explain meaning/phonetics of <<predate>>, just say <<Arctic foxes can also
**prey upon** razorbills.>> Yeah, so there, WG. And, AZ, maybe
<<gayographs>> would be more sensitive to the times than <<homographs>>.
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