Definition of prey

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Prey (n.) Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder..

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Predaceous :: Predaceous (a.) Living by prey; predatory.
Rocksucker :: Rocksucker (n.) A lamprey.
Eyas :: Eyas (n.) A nesting or unfledged bird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to prey for itself..
Devour :: Devour (v. t.) To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.
Water Eagle :: Water eagle () The osprey.
Nine-eyes :: Nine-eyes (n.) The lamprey.
Lamprey :: Lamprey (n.) An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of Cyclostomi). There are seven small branchial openings on each side..
Lodged :: Lodged (a.) Lying down; -- used of beasts of the chase, as couchant is of beasts of prey..
Crouch :: Crouch (v. i.) To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear..
Corrode :: Corrode (v. t.) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
Toil :: Toil (n.) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural..
Sprig :: Spreynd () p. p. of Sprenge. Sprinkled.
Predal :: Predal (a.) Of or pertaining to prey; plundering; predatory.
Cere :: Cere (n.) The soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey, parrots, and some other birds. See Beak..
Ferine :: Ferine (n.) A wild beast; a beast of prey.
Darter :: Darter (n.) The snakebird, a water bird of the genus Plotus; -- so called because it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. See Snakebird..
Cuttlefish :: Cuttlefish (n.) A cephalopod of the genus Sepia, having an internal shell, large eyes, and ten arms furnished with denticulated suckers, by means of which it secures its prey. The name is sometimes applied to dibranchiate cephalopods generally..
Osprey :: Osprey (n.) Alt. of Ospra.
Retiary :: Retiary (a.) Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; -- said of certain spiders..
Raptorial :: Raptorial (a.) Rapacious; living upon prey; -- said especially of certain birds.
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