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bird of prey

NOUN
carnivorous bird
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White-tailed eagles - the UK's largest bird of prey - will be released across Exmoor National Park after the government approved the latest stage in a controversial national reintroduction scheme.

From BBC May 13, 2026

A Southern California driver made a startling discovery Sunday morning when they found a live bird of prey stuck in the grille of their car.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 21, 2025

Meanwhile the narrator’s financially devious husband appears as a vulture with “the brooding eye, the blood-tipped beak, the flabby folds of flesh” of a bird of prey.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 24, 2025

How do you share a film set with a notoriously fierce bird of prey?

From Barron's Oct. 13, 2025

Death by starvation comes quickly to a bird of prey, and strength returns as quickly.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George



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