Meaning Prey
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Organism that is consumed by a predator.
Source: physicalgeography.net

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[L. prehendere, to grasp, seize] An organism eaten by another organism.
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c. 1300, "to plunder, pillage, ravage," from prey (n.) and in part from Old French preer, earlier preder (c.1040), from Late Latin praedare, from praeda (see prey (n.)). Its sense of "t [..]
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mid-13c., "animal hunted for food," also "that which is taken in war," from Old French preie "booty, animal taken in the chase" (mid-12c., Modern French proie), from Lati [..]
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animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals.
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to target, victimize, or devour.
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Organism hunted and eaten by a predator.
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Organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
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The organism consumed. © 2010 by Nature Education Knowledge.
Source: nature.com

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An animal that’s hunted by others for food. Animals that eat plants are usually examples of prey.
Source: canadiangeographic.com

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An animal is prey when another animal hunts and kills it for food.
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An animal that is killed and eaten by another animal.
Source: conservewildlifenj.org

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The living organism that serves as food for a predator (noun), also, to act as a predator (verb) as in "prey on."
Source: edis.ifas.ufl.edu

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An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism.
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A victim or someone who is vulnerable to victimization. Someone who has been harmed by a person or thing.
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(n) a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence(n) animal hunted or caught for food(v) profit from in an exploitatory man [..]
Source: beedictionary.com

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An animal that is eaten by other animals.
Source: animaldiversity.org

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Noun: An animal that is hunted as food by another animal. Verb: To attempt to take an animal for food.
Source: animals.sandiegozoo.org

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is an animal that is eaten by another animal.
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An animal that another hunts and eats for food.
Source: marinemammal.uga.edu

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An animal that is captured and eaten by another animal.
Source: wolf.org

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An animal that is eaten by another animal for food.
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an animal that is eaten by another animal
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an animal is prey when another animal hunts and kills it for food
Source: monarch.org.nz

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an animal fed upon by a predator
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A plant or animal that is hunted for and eaten by a predator.
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Organism that is consumed by a predator.
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An animal hunted, or captured, by another for food
Source: basc.org.uk

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an animal that is hunted by another animal for food. probe (v.):
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An animal that is hunted, killed and eaten by another animal (the predator).
Source: animalcorner.co.uk

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(archaic) Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder. * Bible, Numbers xxxi. 12 *: And they brought the captives, and t [..]
Source: en.wiktionary.org

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lang=en 1600s=1678 * '''1678''' — . ''''. *: He also told them, If he that "goeth about like a roaring lion" comes by, you will certainly become a prey to his teeth. [1 Pet. 5:8] With that they loo [..]
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a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone [..]
Source: google-dictionary.so8848.com

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a bird or animal that is hunted for food by another bird of animal
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