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That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim.
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The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.
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predator's food
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An animal that is used by other animals for food.
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to hunt for and take by force
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An organism that is hunted and eaten by another organism.
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an animal on which another animal feeds.
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The living organism that serves as food for a predator (noun), also, to act as a predator (verb) as in "prey on."
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a animal hunted by other animals or people
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An animal that is hunted, usually as a source of food.
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The animal that is being hunted by another animal.
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An individual liable to be, or actually, consumed (and hence killed) by a predator.
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A species that is eaten by another species as a source of food. Most prey species are generally herbivores or low in the food chain and outnumber the predator species by a significant amount. They may show adaptations both to their life as a herbivore and to their likely destiny as a prey item. These adaptations may include behaviours such as herding, hiding and instinctive flight from any perceived threat as well as physical adaptations such as long legs for a speedy getaway, eyes positioned on the sides of the head for maximum peripheral vision and camouflage to enable them to hide from predators.
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A victim of a predator. Prey is food for a predator.
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An animal that is hunted or consumed as food by another animal.
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An animal killed for food by another animal.
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An animal hunted, or captured, by another for food
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an animal hunted by other animals for food.
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prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"
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an animal taken by another as food
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The animals eaten by predators.
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prey animal is one that is hunted and eaten by another animal.
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in a feeding relationship, the organism that is killed and eaten by another.
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A victim or someone who is vulnerable to victimization. Someone who has been harmed by a person or thing.
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animals hunted by a predator
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An animal that is taken by a predator.
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a creature that is hunted or captured by another animal for food.
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A living animal that is captured for food by another animal. See also Predator.
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an animal taken by a predator as food
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parurenga An animal that is eaten by another animal.
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An animal that is eaten by another animal for food.
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rhymes with day): animal that becomes food for another animal
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An animal that is captured and eaten by a predator.
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rhymes with pray): animal that becomes food for another animal
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Organism hunted and eaten by a predator.
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An animal that is hunted, killed and eaten by a predator.
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An animal's prey, is the animal being hunted. So if a tiger is hunting a wild boar, the wild boar is the tiger's prey.
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Animals that are killed and eaten by other animals.
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An animal that is hunted by another animal, a predator.
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An animal taken by a predator for food.
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An animal that is eaten by other animals.
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an animal that is preyed upon by a predator
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An animal that is hunted and killed by another animal (predator).
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a living organism on which another living organism relies as a food source; e.g. a deer is prey for a panther.
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Organisms that are hunted and eaten by predators.
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victim; an animal killed by another for food
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animals that are hunted by other animals as food
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an animal that is killed and eaten by another animal
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an animal which is hunted for food by another animal
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An animal hunted by another animal for food.
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a creature hunted or caught for food.
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Any creatures killed for food.
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organism which is hunted and fed on by another
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A species being fed upon by other species. The species eating the other is the predator.
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Organism that is captured and serves as a source of food for an organism of another species (the predator).
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an animal that is hunted and is eaten by another animal; spiders almost exclusively eat live insects; some spiders may occasionally catch fish and tadpoles (water spiders); large tarantulas may catch birds or mice occasionally; most spiders are not specialized on any particular prey group among insects and catch any live insect of appropriate size; many spiders have problems with the formic acid of ants and do not eat them for this reason
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Animals that get eaten by predators
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An animal is prey when another animal hunts and kills it for food.
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an individual that gets eaten, all or part of, by another individual. The individal that eats they prey is said to be "preying upon" it.
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An animal that is hunted or caught for food by another animal (the " predator").
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an animal that is hunted or killed by another for food.
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An animal that is killed and consumed by a predator.
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Animals killed and eaten by predators. Typical peregrine prey includes pigeons, starlings, blackbirds, ducks, flickers, and doves.
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An animal that is captured and eaten by another animal.
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living organisms that are caught and eaten by other organisms.
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Organism that is consumed by a predator.
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are animals that are killed and eaten by predators.
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Animals eaten by predators. Deer, crows, and salmon are examples of prey.
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prayy) Any living thing which is hunted down and eaten by a predator for the purpose of this glossary. Our pests: aphids, fungus gnat larvae, whitefly larvae, etc... all make great prey
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