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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.
During a mass emergence of periodical cicadas, almost any animal, from raccoons to raptors, will prey on them.
Raptors are known to prey on game species, such as quails, partridges, pheasants and rabbits.
At a larger size, they prey on fish such as smelt, anchovies, lamprey, shad and salmon.
Mammalian predators such as raccoons readily prey on frogs with seemingly no ill effects.
With plenty of smaller birds and rabbits to prey on, all around the island kestrels hover, buzzards glide and peregrine falcons swoop.

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