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1. preys

   Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill the host) and parasitoidism (which always does, eventually). It is distinct from scavenging on dead prey, though many predators also scavenge; it overlaps with herbivory, as seed predators and destructive frugivores are predators. Predators may actively search for or pursue prey or wait for it, often concealed. When prey is detected, the predator assesses whether to attack it. This may involve ambush or pursuit predation, sometimes after stalking the prey. If the attack is successful, the predator kills the prey, removes any inedible parts like the shell or spines, and eats it. Predators are adapted and often highly specialized for hunting, with acute senses such as vision, hearing, or smell. Many predatory animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate, have sharp claws or jaws to grip, kill, and cut up their prey. Other adaptations include stealth and aggressive mimicry that improve hunting efficiency. Predation has a powerful selective effect on prey, and the prey develop antipredator adaptations such as warning coloration, alarm calls and other signals, camouflage, mimicry of well-defended species, and defensive spines and chemicals. Sometimes predator and prey find themselves in an evolutionary arms race, a cycle of adaptations and counter-adaptations. Predation has been a major driver of evolution since at least the Cambrian period.

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1. pyres

2. Ypres

How to pronounce preys?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of preys in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of preys in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of preys in a Sentence

1. Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson:

   It preys on peoples’ vulnerabilities and directly leads to money laundering, loansharking and a host of other crimes.

2. Ron Hernandez:

   I would go as far as theyre concerned for the community, if theyre willing to do this to law enforcement, then what would they do to your average citizen? They cant believe the callousness of a person that preys on law enforcement.

3. August Strindberg:

   Sorrow has the fortunate peculiarity that it preys upon itself. It dies of starvation. Since it is essentially an interruption of habits, it can be replaced by new habits. Constituting, as it does, a void, it is soon filled up by a real horror vacuum.

4. Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson:

   Illegal gambling is not a victimless crime, it preys on peoples’ vulnerabilities and directly leads to money laundering, loansharking and a host of other crimes.

5. Ken Catania:

   So it really is a remote control in a sense of the eels' neurons activating through the electric generating organs the neurons in the prey. And so they are remotely activating their preys' muscles and essentially taking over their peripheral nervous system.

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   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preys