Great diversity is shown in the details of structure, habits and nature of the prey. Angie Dickinson plays the accomplice who uses her seductive wiles to ensnare one of Walker 's prey. Predators prey on other animals. prey. 4. Dogs and cats on the other hand have well developed canines reflecting their natural food in the wild - live prey. As a verb, prey means to hunt and kill something (usually for food), although it can mean ‘victimise’ more generally. We all loved — and will always love — David. Jessi wasn't just prey; she was sentient prey, someone for him to win her mind in addition to overpowering. In Italy there was a great mortality in 543, but the most notable epidemic was in 565, which so depopulated the country as to leave it an easy prey to the Lombards. Copyright © Queens, NY English Society | All rights reserved. saliva in the mouth helps to stun the prey. The prey is always swallowed entire, and, as its girth generally much exceeds that of the snake, the progress of deglutition is very laborious and slow. After a dog ate his fill of prey, he might spend time gnawing on the bones. We are aware that this matter is being actively investigated by law enforcement and we are cooperating with law enforcement to bring to justice those involved.” –, “Words cannot express our pain and sorrow,” said Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo. Many of our native species spend the day lurking beneath stones, and sally forth at night in pursuit of their prey, which consistsof small insects, earthworms and snails. Many mammals have, between these two sets, a tooth at each corner of the mouth, longer and more pointed than the others, adapted for tearing or stabbing, or for fixing struggling prey. A similar engagement between great and small ants is recorded by Olaus Magnus, in which the small ones, being victorious, are said to have buried the bodies of their own soldiers, but left those of their giant enemies a prey to the birds. Our fight has been preying on my mind, and I realize I need to apologize for my poor behavior. Earlier this year he fell prey to a general lassitude. ferocious carnivores equipped with huge jaws to capture prey. After his death in 289 comes another miserable and obscure period of revolution and despotism, in which Greek life was dying out; and but for the brief intervention of Pyrrhus in 278 Syracuse, and indeed all Sicily, would have fallen a prey to the Carthaginians. But however diverse be the appearance, structure or habits of the extremities of the series of species, they are so closely connected by intermediate forms that it is hard to find a gap between them that would justify a generic division. prey captured near the surface, either close to shore or near the edge of pack ice. When the prey comes into contact with the tentacles it is paralysed, and at the same time held firmly, by the barbed threads shot out from the stinging organs or nematocysts. Among the birds of prey may be mentioned, besides the cinereous and bearded vultures, the Spanish vulture(Gyps occidentalis), the African or Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopteras), which is found among all the mountains of the Peninsula, the Spanish imperial eagle (Aquila Adalberti), the short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus), the southern eagle-owl (Bubo atheniensis), and various kites and falcons. Whatever emotion they experience when finding and devouring prey we can be certain it isn't remorse. The praying mantis’s name is so spelling. The second term you want to avoid becoming. Their favourite prey is sheep, but tribe, they are also said to run down antelopes and hares, or rather catch them by lying in ambush. They’ll be happy with whatever they get. snakes, which prey on rodents had a field day, their ranks swelled to epidemic proportions and reported snake bites surged. Some of the smaller birds of prey are not uncommon, but there is none that can be regarded as specially characteristic either of the Alps as a whole or of the alpine region. But it was as a future prey, not as a possible ally, that Russia regarded her ancient rival in the north. These two homophones sound the same when spoken, but they are never interchangeable. The senior citizen fell prey to a phone scam. If he wants access to my domain, he will deal with me directly, not prey on your weaknesses. It is very probable that in Scorpio they do not serve merely to secrete a digestive fluid (shown in other Arthropoda to resemble the pancreatic fluid), but that they also become distended by the juices of the prey sucked in by the scorpion - as certainly must occur in the case of the simple unbranched gastric caeca of the spiders. Giant bird swooping low Quickly darting, hovering slow, Eye glaring, beak tearing, Prey eaten out of sight. The serial killer felt the urge to murder again, and began his search for his _________. To pray means to make a request in a humble manner or to address God with adoration, confession, supplication, or thanksgiving.. For example: Before everyone started eating, she prayed a prayer of thanksgiving. On his death in 1580, after a brief reign of seventeen months, the male line of the royal family which traced its descent from Henry, first count of Portugal (c. i ioo), came to an end; and all attempts to fix the succession during his lifetime having ignominiously failed, Portugal became an easy prey to Philip II. To what end, pray, is so much stone hammered? Vise versa, the basic Dutch channels are still easy prey for pirate satellite tv. Air superiority was essential for glider ops; slow moving aircraft towing gliders made easy prey for enemy planes. TIGER (Felis tigris), an animal only rivalled by the lion in size, strength and ferocity among the cat-like beasts of prey (see Carnivora). One way to remember the difference between these two words is to look at the spelling of each.