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"potential prey" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe something or someone who is likely to be a target for someone or something else. For example: "The small animal spotted the potential prey and leapt at it."
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Spare potential prey the knowledge of such insignificant slips.
In this case though, the potential prey was unharmed.
Each represents potential prey: wireless networks in the offices and apartments above us.
After detecting potential prey, the bat approaches, covering the site with its wings and tail membrane.
Adult sharks have highly sensitive receptors that can detect electric fields emitted by potential prey and predators.
And the potential prey — say, a large, colorful adult butterfly — must closely resemble the inedible species it mimics.
Pit vipers are so adept at infrared sensing that some can detect potential prey a meter away.
When potential prey is discovered, sharks circle it, appearing seemingly out of nowhere and frequently approaching from below.
The spitting spiders (Scytodes, family Scytodidae) secrete a sticky substance that glues potential prey to a surface.
Deutsche Telekom has been circling potential prey in the United States for at least a year, putting out feelers to communications carriers of every size and description.
Their findings suggest that cephalopods count potential prey such as shrimps, crab and fishes, and make several judgment calls in deciding whether or not to strike.
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