beast of prey in English

noun
1
an animal, especially a mammal, that kills and eats other animals.
Hence killing is portrayed as a means of survival, making the hunter the biggest beast of prey in the forest.

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1. A tiger is a beast of prey.

2. 13 A tiger is a beast of prey.

3. * Belluine (suppletive adjective) Derived terms * beast fable * beast of burden * beast of draft * beast of prey * beastie * beastly * beastmaster * beauty and the beast * king of beasts * lobola-beast * belly of the beast Related terms * bestial * bestiality * bestiary * * * hartebeest * wildebeest

4. He is commonly pictured, bodyed like a Buck, with a Horn advanced out of his Forehead, some two Yards in proportion, and this his Picture Confuteth his Picture, seeing generally he is held to be no Beast of Prey, but which feedeth on the grass, and is so, his Mouth cannot meet the Ground; the Interposition of his Horn so fancifully fixed