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Prowling :: Prowling (a.) Accustomed to prowl, or engaged in roving stealthily, as for prey..

Prometheus :: Prometheus (n.) The son of Iapetus (one of the Titans) and Clymene, fabled by the poets to have surpassed all mankind in knowledge, and to have formed men of clay to whom he gave life by means of fire stolen from heaven. Jupiter, being angry at this, sent Mercury to bind Prometheus to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture preyed upon his liver..

Repine :: Repine (v. i.) To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to murmur.

Quarry :: Quarry (v. i.) To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy..

Anaconda :: Anaconda (n.) A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon..

Buzzard :: Buzzard (n.) A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteo and related genera..

Implore :: Implore (v. i.) To entreat; to beg; to prey.

Raven :: Raven (v. i.) To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.

Prey :: Prey (n.) To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence.

Tyre :: Tyre (v. i.) To prey. See 4th Tire.

Trussing :: Trussing (n.) The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air..

Sprig :: Spreynd () p. p. of Sprenge. Sprinkled.

Eyas :: Eyas (n.) A nesting or unfledged bird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to prey for itself..

Prede :: Prede (n.) Prey; plunder; booty.

Trammel :: Trammel (n.) A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey..

Implore :: Implore (v. t.) To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to prey to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urency; to entreat; to beg; -- followed directly by the word expressing the thing sought, or the person from whom it is sought..

Spider :: Spider (n.) Any one of numerous species of arachnids comprising the order Araneina. Spiders have the mandibles converted into poison fangs, or falcers. The abdomen is large and not segmented, with two or three pairs of spinnerets near the end, by means of which they spin threads of silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect their eggs and young. Many species spin also complex webs to entrap the insects upon which they prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on t

Ravine :: Ravine (n.) Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven.

Lampron :: Lampron (n.) See Lamprey.

Archer Fish :: Archer fish () A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Chaetodon rostratus..

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