Synonym: fair game, feed, predate, quarry, raven, target. Similar words: press, spread, prewar, prefer, preach, Supreme, pretty, prepare. Meaning: [preɪ] n. 1. a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence 2. animal hunted or caught for food. v. 1. profit from in an exploitatory manner 2. prey on or hunt for.
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181 Now there was new prey for the clashing gravitational fields.
182 Of 213 prey animals eaten, only 56 could be identified in the pellets, again examined under carefully controlled conditions.
183 But if the eye can remain open without being seen,(www.Sentencedict.com) then the prey has the best of both worlds.
184 The Harris's expressionless eyes would follow the invisible prey and then fix on its exit.
185 Co. is expected to prey on the misfortunes of other retailers to boost its stock price, analysts said.
186 Wolves - dogs, as they soon became - became more useful as they could chase and pull down wounded prey.
187 Other mechanisms for trapping prey have similarly descriptive names: snap, suction, lobster pot, flypaper, loop.
188 They were like a great flock of gulls swooping to tear and gobble at their prey.
189 They examine abandoned nests for prey remains, dissect pellets and talk frequently to local shepherds.
190 In addition, some prey behave in ways that enhance their conspicuousness once they have been spotted.
191 Prey Selection Throughout its geographical range, Nucella lapillus has a choice of prey species.
192 Monsters, stirred from the lightless ocean depths by the sinking of the lands, sometimes come ashore here in search of prey.
193 The digestion of incisors from mammalian carnivore prey assemblages is more extreme than that of the molars.
194 Fig. 3.13 Percentage completeness of mandibles from recent owl prey assemblages.
195 What is overlooked is that predators also benefit from being concealed from their prey.
196 But - the third condition - prey families must not be too easily detected by predators.
197 This tips the balance much more in favour of the prey and sends most attackers lurching towards the wrong end of the body.
198 Males are usually most involved in attacking predators and may collaborate to kill snakes as dangerous prey.
199 Birds of prey must be attracted from miles away by the spectacular aerobatics.
200 His prey is the charred remnants of a campfire set along a trail in the heart of this tinder-dry wilderness area.
201 The primary function of snake venom is, of course, to quieten prey before swallowing them.
202 It may predate larger animals as well as small mammals, with records of prey as large as juvenile foxes and roe deer.
203 Sabine watched him go, prey to all kinds of conflicting emotions.
204 Tick advanced on his prey cowering constipated against the wall.
205 These include birds of prey flying demonstrations, morris dancing, archery tournaments and car rallies, to name but a few.
206 All these animals, and others, had fallen prey to the apprentice hunters.
207 Chimpanzee males combine to capture prey which is then torn up and shared.
208 Then, as the softies were driven extinct, Harrington followed them, having no easy prey left.
209 Each take-over required a minimum of two advisers: one for the raider and another for his prey.
210 It has binocular vision for locating its prey and now rests motionless, waiting for the potential victim to come closer.