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preyant

preyant adjective: preying; in the posture of preying (upon something).

preyant: preying; in the posture of preying (upon something)
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Adjective

preyant

  1. Preying; in the posture of preying (upon something).
    • Lowe, [New Sarum, in Wiltshire] Gu. a wolf preyant ar. Crest, a wolf's head couped ar. collared or.1780, Joseph Edmondson, A Complete Body of Heraldry
    • Culcheth of Culcheth: argent, an eagle disclosed, preyant on a child in a mantle gules, wattled or. This is the crest of Stanley, well known in Lancashire as the bird and bantling.1880, Thomas Spencer Baynes, The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, page 700
    Synonyms:
    preying

Synonyms of preyant

Questions about preyant

What does preyant mean?
Preyant means preying; in the posture of preying (upon something).
What part of speech is preyant?
Preyant is an adjective.

Words near preyant in the dictionary

  1. prey eyes
  2. Prey Nokor
  3. prey on
  4. prey upon
  5. Prey Veng
  6. preyant
  7. preyed
  8. preyed on
  9. preyed upon
  10. preyer
  11. preyers

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