bird of prey

NOUN

carnivorous bird

Synonyms

WEAK

beast of prey predator raptor raptorial bird

Example Sentences

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White-tailed eagles - the UK's largest bird of prey - will be released across Exmoor National Park after the government approved the latest stage in a controversial national reintroduction scheme.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Meanwhile the narrator’s financially devious husband appears as a vulture with “the brooding eye, the blood-tipped beak, the flabby folds of flesh” of a bird of prey.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

How do you share a film set with a notoriously fierce bird of prey?

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

The opening seconds of the first Test saw the pair of them setting the agenda, Curry with a monstrous hit on James Slipper and Beirne swooping like a bird of prey to win a penalty.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025

Towering a foot over his skull was an elaborate headdress in the shape of a bird of prey, complete with swirling plumage.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann