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Archer Fish :: Archer fish () A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Chaetodon rostratus..

Quarry :: Quarry (v. i.) To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy..

Spider''s Web :: Spider's web () The silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap their prey. See Geometric spider, Triangle spider, under Geometric, and Triangle..

Sea Lamprey :: Sea lamprey () The common lamprey.

Fist :: Fist (n.) The talons of a bird of prey.

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..

Rocksucker :: Rocksucker (n.) A lamprey.

Implore :: Implore (v. i.) To entreat; to beg; to prey.

Eyry :: Eyry (n.) The nest of a bird of prey or other large bird that builds in a lofty place; aerie.

Ravener :: Ravener (n.) A bird of prey, as the owl or vulture..

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..

Prometheus :: Prometheus (n.) The son of Iapetus (one of the Titans) and Clymene, fabled by the poets to have surpassed all mankind in knowledge, and to have formed men of clay to whom he gave life by means of fire stolen from heaven. Jupiter, being angry at this, sent Mercury to bind Prometheus to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture preyed upon his liver..

Preyed :: Preyed (imp. & p. p.) of Pre.

Depredate :: Depredate (v. t.) To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon.

Relentless :: Relentless (a.) Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism..

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

Saltigrade :: Saltigrade (n.) One of the Saltigradae, a tribe of spiders which leap to seize their prey..

Eyas :: Eyas (n.) A nesting or unfledged bird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to prey for itself..

Armed :: Armed (a.) Having horns, beak, talons, etc; -- said of beasts and birds of prey..

Bloodhound :: Bloodhound (n.) A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff..

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