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bird of prey

NOUN
carnivorous bird
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Charlotte Caetano, from Bournemouth, has also been photographing the eagles, which are the UK's largest bird of prey, with a wingspan of up to 2.5m.

From BBC May 8, 2026

Britain's second largest bird of prey was wiped out in England during the 19th Century after a concerted campaign of hunting.

From BBC Apr. 11, 2026

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

Towering a foot over his skull was an elaborate headdress in the shape of a bird of prey, complete with swirling plumage.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann



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