頂ちょう点てん捕ほ食しょく者しゃ

noun

apex predator; top predator

Ecological term for a predator at the top of the food chain, with no natural predators of its own.

• シャチは海うみの頂ちょう点てん捕ほ食しょく者しゃだ。

  Orcas are the apex predators of the sea.

• 頂ちょう点てん捕ほ食しょく者しゃが減へると生せい態たい系けいのバランスが崩くずれる。

  When apex predators decline, the ecosystem's balance is disrupted.