preferred prey

collocation in English

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preferred
adjective
uk
/prɪˈfɜːd/us
/prɪˈfɝːd/
liked or wanted more than ...
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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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Both species are highly suitable hosts for the parasite, and form thepreferredpreyfor red foxes.
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The mostpreferredpreyhas a preference score 1.0, and the smaller the score in relation to this, the less preferred the prey.
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There is no evidence that total availability of arthropod prey varies among seasons, but some evidence thatpreferredpreyare less common in the wet season.
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Itspreferredprey, during active morning and evening forays, is scorpions supplemented by spiders, grasshoppers, termites and beetles, often excavated from their daytime retreats.
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Itspreferredpreyis moths and other insects, and jumping spiders.
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This species uses carcasses of itspreferredpreyitem to disguise itself from predation from spiders in the salticidae family.
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Its daylight hunting seems to coincide with the high-activity periods of voles, itspreferredprey.
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At the same time, snails of a number of species were collected to determine which species would be thepreferredpreyfor the larvae.
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Thepreferredpreywas mostly beetles followed by hymenopterans.
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Thepreferredpreycan vary by season depending on their abundance.
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Preferredpreyusually are small mammals, birds and lizards, especially those with body weights under 100g.
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Presumably this is for predator protection, since goatfish are a morepreferredpreythan bluestripe snapper.
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These can range from 10 to 150 mm in length, with apreferredpreysize of around 2030 mm.
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Furthermore, when a predator can not move faster than itspreferredprey, ambushing its prey is likely to be more efficient than pursuit.
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Bateleurs are hunters and scavengers; birds such as pigeons and sangrouse arepreferredpreyitems, although it may attack small mammals and also takes carrion.
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Pidgey also uses this technique to bring itspreferredpreyof small insects into the open.
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However, theirpreferredpreyare usually not commercially fished species.
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It primarily appears in the form of a clown in order to attract itspreferredpreyof young children.
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Their distribution is restricted by the presence of theirpreferredprey, specific species of ticks, and the animal hosts of those ticks.
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Most man-eating tigers are old, are missing teeth, and are unable to capture theirpreferredprey.
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