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Ravine :: Ravine (n.) Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven.

Hawk :: Hawk (v. i.) To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry..

Abay :: Abay (n.) Barking; baying of dogs upon their prey. See Bay.

Fishhawk :: Fishhawk (n.) The osprey (Pandion haliaetus), found both in Europe and America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and bald buzzard..

Lampreys :: Lampreys (pl. ) of Lampre.

Constrictor :: Constrictor (n.) A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor..

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..

Prey :: Prey (n.) The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.

Retiary :: Retiary (n.) Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.

Sea Eagle :: Sea eagle () Any one of several species of fish-eating eagles of the genus Haliaeetus and allied genera, as the North Pacific sea eagle. (H. pelagicus), which has white shoulders, head, rump, and tail; the European white-tailed eagle (H. albicilla); and the Indian white-tailed sea eagle, or fishing eagle (Polioaetus ichthyaetus). The bald eagle and the osprey are also sometimes classed as sea eagles..

Sprig :: Spreynd () p. p. of Sprenge. Sprinkled.

Hawkweed :: Hawkweed (n.) A plant of the genus Hieracium; -- so called from the ancient belief that birds of prey used its juice to strengthen their vision.

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..

Predatory :: Predatory (a.) Living by preying upon other animals; carnivorous.

Stooper :: Stoop (n.) The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop.

Web :: Web (n.) The texture of very fine thread spun by a spider for catching insects at its prey; a cobweb.

Buzzard :: Buzzard (n.) A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteo and related genera..

Ravenous :: Ravenous (a.) Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire..

Venantes :: Venantes (n. pl.) The hunting spiders, which run after, or leap upon, their prey..

Disclosed :: Disclosed (p. a.) Represented with wings expanded; -- applied to doves and other birds not of prey.

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