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Noun quarry has 3 senses
- prey, quarry, target, fair game - a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt"
--1 is a kind of victim
- pit, quarry, stone pit - a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"
--2 is a kind of excavation, hole in the ground
--2 has particulars: chalkpit, chalk pit; gravel pit; trou-de-loup
- prey, quarry - animal hunted or caught for food
--3 is a kind of animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
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