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Definition of Bird of prey
1. Noun. Any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals.
Generic synonyms: Bird
Specialized synonyms: Accipitriformes, Order Accipitriformes, Hawk, Bird Of Jove, Eagle, Vulture, Sagittarius Serpentarius, Secretary Bird, Bird Of Minerva, Bird Of Night, Hooter, Owl
Derivative terms: Raptorial, Raptorial
Definition of Bird of prey
1. Noun. A carnivorous bird that hunts for its food, especially one that preys on vertebrates. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bird Of Prey
Literary usage of Bird of prey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1908)
"THE bird of prey BROUGHT DOWN. COLD on the shore, in the raw cold of that leaden
crisis in the four-and-twenty hours when the vital ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"destructive bird of prey of Europe. It continues all the year in the forests;
falls on its prey from the tops of trees, &c., and destroys much game. ..."
3. The Nineteenth Century (1890)
"One feels that they are sure of victory, and one sees the anger of the bird of prey.
In such circumstances they perfectly support one another, ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1835)
"We should like to see & bird who was not a bird of prey. A swallow eats a fly
and a hawk eats a swallow—the swallow with his last breath cursing the hawk ..."
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