Usually means: Predator that hunts other animals.
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  1. beast of_prey: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. beast of_prey: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. beast of_prey: Collins English Dictionary
  4. beast of_prey: Wordnik
  5. beast of_prey: Wiktionary
  6. beast of_prey: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Beast of prey, beast of_prey: Dictionary.com
  8. beast of_prey: Free Dictionary
  9. beast of_prey: Dictionary/thesaurus

Definitions from Wiktionary (beast of prey)

noun:  A carnivorous animal that hunts for its food, especially one that preys on vertebrates.
noun:  (figuratively) A predatory person, savagely cruel and ruthless in their treatment of others.

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