prey
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A bird of prey which stops pigeons from interrupting play at Wimbledon treats the All England Club as "his playground", according to his handler.
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2026
Minks also prey on ground-nesting birds such as snipe, lapwing and waterfowl, as well as kingfishers and sand martins.
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2026
Around 20,000 years ago, a cave was home to generations of owls that regularly coughed up pellets containing the bones of their prey.
From Science Daily • Jul. 5, 2026
This avian bystander may have recognized a fellow bird of prey in Coriolanus, whose role in the Roman ecosystem is necessary yet not fit for all purposes in a young democracy beset with growing pains.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026
But the arrow is not supposed to really pierce the animal: It is just supposed to knock the prey down.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
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