Definition of quarry

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quar·ry ¹    (kwôr, kwr) KEY  

NOUN:
pl. quar·ries

1. 1. A hunted animal; prey.
   2. Hunted animals considered as a group; game.
2. An object of pursuit: The police lost their quarry in the crowd.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English querre, entrails of a deer given to hounds as a reward, from Old French cuiriee, alteration (influenced by cuir, skin), of coree from Vulgar Latin *corta, viscera, from Latin cor, heart; see kerd- in Indo-European roots

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