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What does prey on mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To eat (as prey).
  2. (transitive) To exploit or victimize.
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All lacewings, both as adults and larvae, prey on aphids and other soft-bodied insects.
Cougars normally eat deer, but will also prey on raccoons, cats and dogs if the opportunity presents itself, he said.
As raptors like hawks and owls prey on the rodents, they risk being hit by a car.
Mammalian predators such as raccoons readily prey on frogs with seemingly no ill effects.
Possums can munch half a pound of foliage a day and prey on the eggs and chicks of endangered birds like the kokako, kereru, and kiwi.
At a larger size, they prey on fish such as smelt, anchovies, lamprey, shad and salmon.

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