potential prey

collocation in English

meaningsofpotentialandprey

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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk
/pəˈten.ʃəl/us
/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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prey
noun[U]
uk
/preɪ/us
/preɪ/
an animal that is hunted and killed for food by ...
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(Definition ofpotentialandpreyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Distributions ofpotentialpreyfor seals and penguins varied over the study area, as determined by nets, acoustics, and diving surveys.
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During the summer, ruffe encounter a wide variety and high quantity ofpotentialpreyorganisms, such as fish eggs and larvae, insect larvae and water beetles.
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They are inexperienced investors andpotentialpreyfor sharp financial operators.
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Potential predators were bilaterally symmetrical, as werepotentialprey.
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During the dry season, the proportion of avian predators topotentialpreyis lower than during the wet season because passerine birds comprise the large majority of all migrants.
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This allows them to move through the water without creating disturbances that could alertpotentialprey.
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Whenpotentialpreyis first spotted, the frogfish follows it with its eyes.
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This allows the animal to investigate narrow crevices wherepotentialpreymay be hiding.
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They also have extremely keen eyesight to enable them to spotpotentialpreyfrom a distance.
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Once hispotentialpreybites the bait, it abducts them and feeds on their flesh.
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Outside of captivity, gray bats are limited by the sporadic emergences ofpotentialprey.
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Eggs are deposited singly or in clusters on leaves nearpotentialprey.
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It is believed that this highly maneuverable squid uses the bright flashes to disorientatepotentialprey.
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At least some of itspotentialpreycould move quickly, while evidence suggests that it walked instead of ran.
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The signalling theory advantage of such coloration is that predators can learn to avoidpotentialpreywith that color pattern.
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Harsh calls are also often given during these attacks, alerting allpotentialpreyin the area of the predator's presence.
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Somepotentialpreyare unpalatable to bats however, and produce an ultrasonic aposematic signal, the auditory equivalent of warning coloration.
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It has an effortless wavering flight as it quarters the ground, alert to the sounds made bypotentialprey.
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Their olfactory and nerve signals significantly slow down, which severely limit the lizard from either catchingpotentialpreyor escaping from predators.
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They emit clicking sounds and listen for the return echoes to determine the location and shape of nearby items, includingpotentialprey.
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They emit clicking sounds and listen for the return echos to determine the location and shape of nearby items, includingpotentialprey.
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Saurocephalids were powerful and ferocious predators with powerful jaws capable of slicing and biting off large chunks of meat from theirpotentialpreyitems.
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They are suspected to be sensory organs for the detection of vibrations in the soil, perhaps to detect threats andpotentialpreyor mates.
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When it detectspotentialprey, a jumping spider typically begins orienting itself by swivelling its cephalothorax to bring the anterior median eyes to bear.
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However, considering the presence ofpotentialpreysusceptible to caudal luring it would not be surprising if this behavior were eventually observed.
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