bird of prey
Example Sentences
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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
“Whenever you drive on the motorway in the U.K., you’ve birds of prey everywhere, and now I can identify them,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times
At four years old, she was killed by electrocution, an all too common cause of death for large birds of prey.
From Science Daily
One of two birds of prey stolen from a rescue centre has been found, the owner of the centre has said.
From BBC
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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
