prey : Idioms & Phrases

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Beast of prey

  • a carnivorous animal; one that feeds on the flesh of other animals.
Webster 1913

bird of prey

  • noun any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals
    raptorial bird; raptor.
WordNet

To prey on ∨ 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.
Webster 1913