Definitions for PREYING
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1. preying

   Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill the host) and parasitoidism (which always does, eventually). It is distinct from scavenging on dead prey, though many predators also scavenge; it overlaps with herbivory, as seed predators and destructive frugivores are predators. Predators may actively search for or pursue prey or wait for it, often concealed. When prey is detected, the predator assesses whether to attack it. This may involve ambush or pursuit predation, sometimes after stalking the prey. If the attack is successful, the predator kills the prey, removes any inedible parts like the shell or spines, and eats it. Predators are adapted and often highly specialized for hunting, with acute senses such as vision, hearing, or smell. Many predatory animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate, have sharp claws or jaws to grip, kill, and cut up their prey. Other adaptations include stealth and aggressive mimicry that improve hunting efficiency. Predation has a powerful selective effect on prey, and the prey develop antipredator adaptations such as warning coloration, alarm calls and other signals, camouflage, mimicry of well-defended species, and defensive spines and chemicals. Sometimes predator and prey find themselves in an evolutionary arms race, a cycle of adaptations and counter-adaptations. Predation has been a major driver of evolution since at least the Cambrian period.

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1. Preying

   of Prey

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of PREYING in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of PREYING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of PREYING in a Sentence

1. Paul Vallas:

   I have talked about the need to take our city back from the criminals that are preying on our residents and preying on our businesses.

2. Lee Zeldin:

   Andrew Cuomo must resign or be impeached. Cuomo institutionalized widespread abuse within his administration and tried to silence his many victims, which enabled him to continue openly preying on those around him. Over the last few months, Cuomo has continued his attempts to undermine the investigations into his wrongdoing and those carrying them out, and I have no doubt he will continue to do so following the release of the report.

3. Keith Vaz:

   Radical groups from abroad are preying on young British citizens through social media to encourage them to travel abroad to join them, this must be a relentless battle for hearts and minds, and without a strong counter-narrative we are in danger of failing to prevent even more departures. We are at the edge of a cliff.

4. Peter Makovicky:

   Gualicho would likely not have been something you'd want to meet on a lonely, dark Cretaceous night, with Mapusaurus probably preying on large sauropods (the group that included Argentinosaurus), Gualicho likely focused on smaller prey: a category a human lost in the Cretaceous would fit into.

5. Carol Anderson:

   What I saw was the defense preying on White fears, the' long, dirty toenails' -- that is an old trope of the' Black Beast.' That is the stuff coming out of Reconstruction and Jim Crow.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preying
2. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/PREYING