Definitions

bird of prey

NOUN

carnivorous bird

Synonyms

WEAK

beast of prey predator raptor raptorial bird

Example Sentences

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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

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

To them, any bird of prey must be harassed, but goshawks must be unmercifully bedeviled.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George