Party rode around living on prey (9)
I believe the answer is:
predatory
'living on prey' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'party rode around' is the wordplay.
'around' indicates an anagram.
'party'+'rode'='partyrode'
'partyrode' is an anagram of 'PREDATORY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for predatory that I've seen before include "Living off other animals" , "Preying on others" , "Killing and feeding on others" , "Portrayed as exploiting others" , "Seeking to exploit others" .)