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Definition of Preys

Prey
Prey Prey, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Preyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Preying.] [OF. preier, preer, L. praedari, fr. praeda. See Prey, n.] To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence. More pity that the eagle should be mewed, While kites and buzzards prey at liberty. --Shak. To prey on or upon. (a) To take prey from; to despoil; to pillage; to rob. --Shak. (b) To seize as prey; to take for food by violence; to seize and devour. --Shak. (c) To wear away gradually; to cause to waste or pine away; as, the trouble preyed upon his mind. --Addison.

Meaning of Preys from wikipedia

- interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism...
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- Look up prey in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Prey are organisms attacked and eaten by other organisms. Prey may also refer to: Prey, Eure, a commune...
- Alexander Germanovich Preis (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ге́рманович Прейс; 1905–1942) was a Soviet writer of numerous plays and libretti, including those for...
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- Prey for Eyes is the third full-length album by American band, The Red Chord. It is the second album that the band has released on Metal Blade Records...
- Deadly Prey (released in the Philippines as Born to Kill) is a 1987 action film written and directed by David A. Prior. The film, a very loose adaptation...
- Preyer is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: Carl Adolph Preyer (1863–1947), German-American pianist, composer, and teacher Gottfried...
- Prey detection is the process by which predators are able to detect and locate their prey via sensory signals. This article treats predation in its broadest...
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