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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Whelp :: Whelp (v. i.) To bring forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and some beasts of prey.
Lampreys :: Lampreys (pl. ) of Lampre.
Preyful :: Preyful (a.) Disposed to take prey.
Tyre :: Tyre (v. i.) To prey. See 4th Tire.
Prede :: Prede (v. i.) To prey; to plunder.
Ravenous :: Ravenous (a.) Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire..
Swoop :: Swoop (v. i.) To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop..
Implore :: Implore (v. i.) To entreat; to beg; to prey.
Saltigradae :: Saltigradae (n. pl.) A tribe of spiders including those which lie in wait and leap upon their prey; the leaping spiders.
Souse :: Souse (v. t.) To swoop or plunge, as a bird upon its prey; to fall suddenly; to rush with speed; to make a sudden attack..
Vampire :: Vampire (n.) Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner; a bloodsucker.
Pride :: Pride (n.) A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); -- called also prid, and sandpiper..
Sawfish :: Sawfish (n.) Any one of several species of elasmobranch fishes of the genus Pristis. They have a sharklike form, but are more nearly allied to the rays. The flattened and much elongated snout has a row of stout toothlike structures inserted along each edge, forming a sawlike organ with which it mutilates or kills its prey..
Preyer :: Preyer (n.) One who, or that which, preys; a plunderer; a waster; a devourer..
Raptorial :: Raptorial (a.) Rapacious; living upon prey; -- said especially of certain birds.
Aerie :: Aerie (n.) The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest..
Talon :: Talon (n.) The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey..
Greedy :: Greedy (superl.) Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey..
Depredate :: Depredate (v. i.) To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country..
Quarried :: Quarried (a.) Provided with prey.
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