Collocations withprey
These are words often used in combination withprey.
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alternative prey
The availability of alternative prey may have affected the quantities of slug consumed, but clearly did not prevent the beetles from reducing slug populations.
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easy prey
They fall easy prey to capitalism.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
large prey
A spear can bring down large prey from a safe distance.
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live prey
Where prey are patchily distributed, the presence of carrion is likely to be spatially associated with higher densities of live prey.
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main prey
In males the main prey type was anuran tadpoles.
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natural prey
Other natural prey items would benefit the captive newt.
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Wikipedia
potential prey
Distributions of potential prey for seals and penguins varied over the study area, as determined by nets, acoustics, and diving surveys.
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preferred prey
Both species are highly suitable hosts for the parasite, and form the preferred prey for red foxes.
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prey base
Generally, western rattlesnakes occupy areas with an abundant prey base.
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Wikipedia
prey item
Nudging the calf towards the prey item is more likely to fit the definition of teaching than rescuing a stranded calf.
From theCambridge English Corpus
prey species
Typically, an object of interest (such as a prey species) is of a different material than the background, and therefore it will affect light differently.
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unsuspecting prey
It is illegal for these pesticides to be used in the way that the report described—treating of a bait which the unsuspecting prey eats and then dies painfully.
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Hansard archive
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