bird of prey

noun

A carnivorous bird that hunts for its food, especially one that preys on land vertebrates.

Similar
raptorraptorial bird
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Meanings

nounbird of prey (plural birds of prey)

plural birds of prey

  1. A carnivorous bird that hunts for its food, especially one that preys on land vertebrates.

    Synonyms: raptor

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA carnivorous bird that hunts for its food, especially one that preys on land vertebrates.

Similar
raptor

More synonyms by meaning

nounany of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals

Similar
raptorraptorial bird
Broader
bird
Also see
raptor

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans roofvoël
  • roofvoëlcarnivorous bird
Ancient Greek οἰωνός
  • οἰωνός (oiōnós)carnivorous bird
Arabic طَيْر جَارِح
  • طَيْر جَارِح (ṭayr jāriḥ)carnivorous bird
Basque hegazti harrapari
  • hegazti harraparicarnivorous bird
Bulgarian граблива птица
  • граблива птица (grabliva ptica)carnivorous bird
Catalan rapinyaire, ocell rapaç
  • rapinyairecarnivorous bird
  • ocell rapaçcarnivorous bird
  • ocell de rapinyacarnivorous bird
Chinese Mandarin 猛禽, 鷙 /鸷
  • 猛禽 (měngqín)carnivorous bird
  • 鷙 /鸷 (zhì)carnivorous bird
Czech dravý pták
  • dravý ptákcarnivorous bird
Danish rovfugl
  • rovfuglcarnivorous bird
Dutch roofvogel
  • roofvogelcarnivorous bird
Esperanto rabobirdo
  • rabobirdocarnivorous bird
Finnish petolintu
  • petolintucarnivorous bird
French oiseau de proie, rapace
  • oiseau de proiecarnivorous bird
  • rapacecarnivorous bird
German Raubvogel
  • Raubvogelcarnivorous bird
Greek αρπακτικό πτηνό, αρπακτικό
  • αρπακτικό πτηνό (arpaktikó ptinó)carnivorous bird
  • αρπακτικό (arpaktikó)carnivorous bird
Hebrew עוֹף דּוֹרֵס
  • עוֹף דּוֹרֵסcarnivorous bird
Hungarian ragadozó madár
  • ragadozó madárcarnivorous bird
Icelandic ránfugl
  • ránfuglcarnivorous bird
Indonesian burung pemangsa
  • burung pemangsacarnivorous bird
Italian rapace
  • rapacecarnivorous bird
Japanese 猛禽, もうきん
  • 猛禽carnivorous bird
  • もうきん (mōkin)carnivorous bird
Latvian plēsējputns
  • plēsējputnscarnivorous bird
Norwegian rovfugl
  • rovfuglcarnivorous bird
Persian اشکره
  • اشکره (eškare)carnivorous bird
Polish ptak drapieżny
  • ptak drapieżnycarnivorous bird
Portuguese ave de rapina
  • ave de rapinacarnivorous bird
Romanian pasăre de pradă
  • pasăre de pradăcarnivorous bird
Russian хи́щная пти́ца
  • хи́щная пти́ца (xíščnaja ptíca)carnivorous bird
Scottish Gaelic eun-creiche
  • eun-creichecarnivorous bird
Slovak dravý vták
  • dravý vtákcarnivorous bird
Spanish ave rapaz, ave de rapiña
  • ave rapazcarnivorous bird
  • ave de rapiñacarnivorous bird
  • ave rapiega (disused)carnivorous bird
  • ave de presacarnivorous bird
  • rapazcarnivorous bird
Swedish rovfågel
  • rovfågelcarnivorous bird
Tagalog mandaragit
  • mandaragitcarnivorous bird
Thai นกล่าเหยื่อ
  • นกล่าเหยื่อcarnivorous bird
Turkish alıcı kuş, avcı kuş
  • alıcı kuşcarnivorous bird
  • avcı kuşcarnivorous bird
  • gündüz yırtıcı kuşcarnivorous bird
  • tavşancılcarnivorous bird
Vietnamese chim săn mồi
  • chim săn mồicarnivorous bird
Welsh aderyn ysglyfaethus
  • aderyn ysglyfaethuscarnivorous bird
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“bird of prey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bird%20of%20prey. Accessed November 5, 2026.

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