BIRD OF PREY

Meaning of BIRD OF PREY in English

Date: 14th century

: a carnivorous bird (as a hawk, falcon, or vulture) that feeds wholly or chiefly on meat taken by hunting or on carrion

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BIRD OF PREY — Date: 14th century a carnivorous bird (as a hawk, falcon, or vulture) that feeds wholly or chiefly on meat taken …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BIRD OF PREY — Any member of the order Falconiformes ( eagle s, falcon s, hawk s, and vulture s) or Strigiformes ( owl …
Английский словарь Британика
BIRD OF PREY — : any of various carnivorous birds that feed wholly or chiefly on meat taken by hunting as opposed to carrion …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIRD OF PREY — any of numerous predacious, flesh-eating birds, as the eagles, hawks, kites, vultures, falcons, and owls, having a sharp, downwardly curved …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BIRD OF PREY — predatory bird, bird which hunts for its food (eagle, falcon, etc.)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BIRD OF PREY — 14th century : a carnivorous bird (as a hawk, falcon, or vulture) that feeds wholly or chiefly on meat taken …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BIRD OF PREY — ■ noun a bird that feeds on animal flesh and typically has a hooked bill and sharp talons (e.g. an …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BIRD OF PREY — [bird of prey] (14c): a carnivorous bird (as a hawk, falcon, or vulture) that feeds wholly or chiefly on meat …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BIRD OF PREY — any bird that pursues other animals for food. Birds of prey are classified in two orders: Falconiformes and Strigiformes. Diurnal …
Britannica English vocabulary
BIRD OF PREY — noun ( pl. birds of prey ) a bird that hunts and kills other creatures for food. Eagles , hawks …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIRD OF PREY — ˌbird of ˈprey BrE AmE noun ( plural birds of prey ) [countable] a bird that kills other birds or …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BIRD OF PREY — ( birds of prey) A bird of prey is a bird such as an eagle or a hawk that kills …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIRD OF PREY — (birds of prey) A ~ is a bird such as an eagle or a hawk that kills and eats other …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BIRD OF PREY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ No bird of prey hovered overhead, not even the dragonflies disturbed the oily surface of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BIRD OF PREY — Any member of the order Falconiformes ( eagle s, falcon s, hawk s, and vulture s) or Strigiformes ( owl …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BIRD OF PREY — хищная птица
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BIRD OF PREY — Соколообразные
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BIRD OF PREY — Соколообразные
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BIRD OF PREY — хищная птица
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BIRD OF PREY — bird of prey хищная птица
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BIRD OF PREY — хищная птица
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BIRD OF PREY — хищная птица
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BIRD OF PREY — хищная птица
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BIRD OF PREY — хищная птица
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BIRD OF PREY — хищная птица
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BIRD OF PREY — хищная птица
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BIRD OF PREY — хищная птица; pl соколообразные, дневные хищные птицы (Falconiformes)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BIRD OF PREY — хищная птица; pl соколообразные, дневные хищные птицы ( Falconiformes )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
BIRD OF PREY — _n. хищная птица
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
BIRD OF PREY — n. хищная птица
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BIRD OF PREY — хищная птица
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
BIRD OF PREY — _n. хищная птица
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
BIRD OF PREY — хищная птица
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BIRD — I Any of the warm-blooded, beaked A covering of feather s distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a …
Английский словарь Британика
PREY — I. ˈprā noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English preye, from Old French preie, from Latin praeda; akin to Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIRD
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PREY — — preyer , n. /pray/ , n. 1. an animal hunted or seized for food, esp. by a carnivorous animal. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BIRD
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PREY — I. ˈprā noun ( plural prey also preys ) Etymology: Middle English preie, from Anglo-French, from Latin praeda; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PREY — noun the act of devouring other creatures; ravage. 2. prey ·noun to take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to …
Webster English vocab
BIRD — noun fig.: a girl; a maiden. 2. bird ·vi to catch or shoot birds. 3. bird ·noun specifically, among sportsmen, …
Webster English vocab
PREY — [prey] n, pl prey also preys [ME preie, fr. OF, fr. L praeda; akin to L prehendere to grasp, seize--more …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BIRD — [bird] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE bridd] (bef. 12c) 1 archaic: the young of a feathered vertebrate 2: any …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BIRD — warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, unique in having feathers and forelimbs modified into wings. The dispersal of birds is …
Britannica English vocabulary
PREY — prey BrE AmE preɪ (= pray) ▷ preyed preɪd ▷ preying ˈpreɪ ɪŋ ▷ preys preɪz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BIRD — bird, Bird BrE AmE bɜːd AmE bɝːd ▷ birding ˈbɜːd ɪŋ AmE ˈbɝːd ɪŋ ▷ birds bɜːdz AmE \ bɝːdz …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PREY — / preɪ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ U , sing. ] 1. an animal, a bird, etc. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIRD — / bɜːd; NAmE bɜːrd/ noun 1. a creature that is covered with feathers and has two wings and two legs. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PREY — I. prey 1 /preɪ/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: preie , from Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BIRD
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PREY — n. & v. --n. 1 an animal that is hunted or killed by another for food. 2 (often foll. by …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BIRD — n. 1 a feathered vertebrate with a beak, with two wings and two feet, egg-laying and usu. able to fly. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PREY — n. & v. n. 1 an animal that is hunted or killed by another for food. 2 (often foll. by …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BIRD — n. 1 a feathered vertebrate with a beak, with two wings and two feet, egg-laying and usu. able to fly. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PREY — n. & v. --n. 1. an animal that is hunted or killed by another for food. 2 (often foll. by …
Oxford English vocab
BIRD — n.1 a feathered vertebrate with a beak, with two wings and two feet, egg-laying and usu. able to fly. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
PREY — ( preys, preying, preyed) 1. A creature’s prey are the creatures that it hunts and eats in order to live. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PREY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird of prey (= that hunts and eats small animals ) ▪ A …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BIRD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird's/eagle's/crow's etc nest ▪ an abandoned bird's nest bird dog bird flu bird of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PREY — [noun] [U] - a creature that is hunted and killed for food by another animalA hawk hovered in the air …
Cambridge English vocab
BIRD — (PERSON) [noun] [C] - (informal) a person of the type stated, or (UK and ANZ slang) a (young) woman(informal) He's …
Cambridge English vocab
BIRD — n. elephant bird bird of prey bird stone bird's foot trefoil Bird Larry Joe bird of paradise bird watching frigate …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PREY — Synonyms and related words : aim, bamboozle, beasts of venery, big game, bully, burden, butt, by-end, by-purpose, casualty, chase, cheat, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BIRD
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

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