main prey

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main
adjective[before noun]
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/meɪn/us
/meɪn/
larger, more important, or having more influence than others of the ...
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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 ofmainandpreyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In males themainpreytype was anuran tadpoles.
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Predators and parasitoids were categorized into the environment of theirmainprey/hosts.
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Itsmainpreyvaries by region.
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Theirmainpreyare small invertebrates.
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The fish feed on tadpoles, amainpreyitem.
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As the name implies, fish is theirmainprey.
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Seasonally, arthropods may be amainpreyitem.
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Themainpreyspecies, though, are bandicoots and several rodents.
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Tibetan foxes are mostly solitary, daytime hunters as theirmainprey, pikas, are diurnal.
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This shows that these owls can change theirmainpreydepending on what is available.
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Itsmainpreyis toads, but it also eats small mammals, amphibians, and other reptiles.
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It feeds on reptiles, small mammals and amphibians, but itsmainpreyis diurnal lizards.
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Their needle-like teeth are highly adapted for impaling fish, theirmainprey.
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Itsmainpreyare bony fish and other crustaceans, such as shrimp, mysids and amphipods.
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The longfin crevalle jack is a predatory fish, taking small fish as itsmainprey.
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Itsmainpreyare usually prawns and other crustaceans, and fish.
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The eagle'smainpreywas the moa, which went extinct in the 15th century.
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Small bony fishes are themainpreyof the nervous shark, while crustaceans, molluscs, and snakes may also be taken.
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It takes rodents and other small mammals as itsmainprey, but will also feed on birds and insects.
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In the rainforests of the north, themainpreyconsists of magpie geese, rodents and agile wallabies.
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Itsmainpreyare tree-dwelling mammals and a majority of the diet has been shown to focus on sloths and monkeys.
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Intensive dry condition in wide areas of leopard habitats in recent years is affecting leopardmainpreyspecies such as wild goat and wild sheep.
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It takes rodents, shrews and other small mammals as itsmainprey, but will also feed on birds, bats and insects.
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