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What does prey on mean?

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  1. (transitive) To eat (as prey).
  2. (transitive) To exploit or victimize.
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It seems, however, that it is not just the adverts that prey on young minds.
With plenty of smaller birds and rabbits to prey on, all around the island kestrels hover, buzzards glide and peregrine falcons swoop.
At a larger size, they prey on fish such as smelt, anchovies, lamprey, shad and salmon.
Polar bears have an acute sense of smell, and it is the most important sense for detecting prey on land.
All lacewings, both as adults and larvae, prey on aphids and other soft-bodied insects.
Mammalian predators such as raccoons readily prey on frogs with seemingly no ill effects.

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