BIRD OF PREY

Meaning of BIRD OF PREY in English

: any of various carnivorous birds that feed wholly or chiefly on meat taken by hunting as opposed to carrion and including most members of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes (as hawks, eagles, and owls)

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

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 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 — Date: 14th century : a carnivorous bird (as a hawk, falcon, or vulture) that feeds wholly or chiefly on meat …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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