Phrase guide

bird of prey

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: beast of prey

2

noun

Meaning 2

any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: raptor, raptorial bird

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bird

Narrower terms: Accipitriformes, order Accipitriformes, hawk, eagle, bird of Jove, vulture, secretary bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, owl, bird of Minerva, bird of night, hooter

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: roofvoël — carnivorous bird
  • Arabic: طَيْر جَارِح (ṭayr jāriḥ) — carnivorous bird
  • Armenian: գիշատիչ թռչուն (gišatičʻ tʻṙčʻun) — carnivorous bird
  • Asturian: ave de presa — carnivorous bird
  • Bashkir: йыртҡыс ҡош (yırtqıs qoş) — carnivorous bird
  • Basque: hegazti harrapari — carnivorous bird
  • Belarusian: драпежная птушка (drapježnaja ptuška) — carnivorous bird
  • Central Bikol: wikwik — carnivorous bird
  • Bulgarian: граблива птица (grabliva ptica) — carnivorous bird
  • Catalan: rapinyaire — carnivorous bird
  • Catalan: ocell rapaç — carnivorous bird
  • Catalan: ocell de rapinya — carnivorous bird
  • Chinese Mandarin: 猛禽 (měngqín) — carnivorous bird
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鷙 /鸷 (zhì) — carnivorous bird
  • Chuvash: ҫӑткӑн кайӑк (śătkăn k̬ajăk) — carnivorous bird
  • Czech: dravý pták — carnivorous bird
  • Danish: rovfugl — carnivorous bird
  • Dutch: roofvogel — carnivorous bird
  • Esperanto: rabobirdo — carnivorous bird
  • Faroese: ránfuglur — carnivorous bird
  • Finnish: petolintu — carnivorous bird
  • French: oiseau de proie — carnivorous bird
  • French: rapace — carnivorous bird
  • Old French: oisel de proie — carnivorous bird
  • Galician: ave de rapina — carnivorous bird
  • German: Raubvogel — carnivorous bird
  • Greek: αρπακτικό πτηνό (arpaktikó ptinó) — carnivorous bird
  • Greek: αρπακτικό (arpaktikó) — carnivorous bird
  • Ancient Greek: οἰωνός (oiōnós) — carnivorous bird
  • Hebrew: עוֹף דּוֹרֵס — carnivorous bird
  • Hungarian: ragadozó madár — carnivorous bird
  • Icelandic: ránfugl — carnivorous bird
  • Indonesian: burung pemangsa — carnivorous bird
  • Interlingua: ave de preda — carnivorous bird
  • Italian: rapace — carnivorous bird
  • Japanese: 猛禽 — carnivorous bird
  • Japanese: もうきん (mōkin) — carnivorous bird
  • Kumyk: йыртгъыч къуш (yırtğıç quş) — carnivorous bird
  • Latvian: plēsējputns — carnivorous bird
  • Luxembourgish: Gräifvull — carnivorous bird
  • Macedonian: птица-грабливка (ptica-grablivka) — carnivorous bird
  • Macedonian: граблива птица (grabliva ptica) — carnivorous bird
  • Macedonian: грабливец (grablivec) — carnivorous bird
  • Mongolian: махчин шувуу (maxčin šuvuu) — carnivorous bird
  • Norwegian: rovfugl — carnivorous bird
  • Persian: اشکره (eškare) — carnivorous bird
  • Polish: ptak drapieżny — carnivorous bird
  • Portuguese: ave de rapina — carnivorous bird
  • Quechua: aqchi — carnivorous bird
  • Quechua: anka (Cuzco) — carnivorous bird
  • Romanian: pasăre de pradă — carnivorous bird
  • Russian: хи́щная пти́ца (xíščnaja ptíca) — carnivorous bird
  • Scottish Gaelic: eun-creiche — carnivorous bird
  • Serbo-Croatian: птица грабљивица — carnivorous bird
  • Serbo-Croatian: ptica grabljivica — carnivorous bird
  • Slovak: dravý vták — carnivorous bird
  • Slovene: ptica roparica — carnivorous bird
  • Spanish: ave rapaz — carnivorous bird
  • Spanish: ave de rapiña — carnivorous bird
  • Spanish: ave rapiega (disused) — carnivorous bird
  • Spanish: ave de presa — carnivorous bird
  • Spanish: rapaz — carnivorous bird
  • Swedish: rovfågel — carnivorous bird
  • Tagalog: mandaragit — carnivorous bird
  • Tatar: ерткыч кош (yırtqıç qoş) — carnivorous bird
  • Thai: นกล่าเหยื่อ — carnivorous bird
  • Turkish: alıcı kuş — carnivorous bird
  • Turkish: avcı kuş — carnivorous bird
  • Turkish: gündüz yırtıcı kuş — carnivorous bird
  • Turkish: tavşancıl — carnivorous bird
  • Ottoman Turkish: طاوشانجیل (tavşancıl) — carnivorous bird
  • Uyghur: يىرتقۇچ قۇش (yirtquch qush) — carnivorous bird
  • Vietnamese: chim săn mồi — carnivorous bird
  • Welsh: aderyn ysglyfaethus — carnivorous bird