ANIMALS Flashcards
Amphibian
a cold-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that comprises the frogs, toads, newts, and salamanders. They are distinguished by having an aquatic gill-breathing larval stage followed (typically) by a terrestrial lung-breathing adult stage.
Bull
an uncastrated male bovine animal.
“bull calves”
“The stock market began the year catching everyone - bulls and bears - off-balance.”
“Bulls occasionally fight bulls, but never the milk cow.”
Cattle
large ruminant animals with horns and cloven hoofs, domesticated for meat or milk, or as beasts of burden; cows.
similar animals of a group related to domestic cattle, including yak, bison, and buffalo
“they raise cattle and sheep”
“the farm yard was full of dairy cattle”
“the cattle were grazing in the field”
Chameleon
A small slow-moving Old World lizard with a prehensile tail, long extensible tongue, protruding eyes that rotate independently, and a highly developed ability to change color.
Clam
Any of numerous edible marine bivalve mollusks living in sand or mud
Claw/claws
A sharp usually slender and curved nail on the toe of an animal
Cod
Any of various bottom-dwelling fishes (family Gadidae, the cod family) that usually occur in cold marine waters and often have barbels and three dorsal fins. It is served in christmas
Crab
A crustacean with a broad carapace, stalked eyes, and five pairs of legs, the first pair of which are modified as pincers. Crabs are abundant on many shores, especially in the tropics, where some have become adapted to life on land.
Deer
A hoofed grazing or browsing animal, with branched bony antlers that are shed annually and typically borne only by the male.
Dove/Pigeon
A stocky seed- or fruit-eating bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice. Doves are generally smaller and more delicate than pigeons, but many kinds have been given both names.
Eagle
a large bird of prey with a massive hooked bill and long broad wings, renowned for its keen sight and powerful soaring flight.
Feathers
Any of the light, horny, epidermal, outgrowths that form the external covering of the body of birds
Fin
An external membranouse process of an aquatic animal (such as a fish) used in propelling or guiding the body
Fox
a carnivorous mammal of the dog family with a pointed muzzle and bushy tail, proverbial for its cunning.
“a wily old fox”
“However, he observed, the old fox was too cunning for them.”
“the fox’s most notorious characteristic is its cunning”
Fur
To coat or clog as if with fur
German shepherd
any of a breed of working dogs of German origin that are intelligent and responsive and are often used in police work and as guide dogs for the blind
Giraffe
A large fleet African ruminant mammal that is the tallest of living quadrupeds and has a very long neck and a short coat with dark blotches separated by pale lines
Goat
Any of various hollow-orned rumiant mammals related to the sheep but of lighter build and with backwardly arching horns, a short tail, and usually straight hair
Grasshoper
a plant-eating insect with long hind legs that are used for jumping and for producing a chirping sound. It frequents grassy places and low vegetation.
Hare
A fast-running, long-eared mammal that resembles a large rabbit, having long hind legs and occurring typically in grassland or open woodland.
Hoof/Hooves
a curved covering of horn that protects the front of or encloses the ends of the digits of an ungulate mammal and that corresponds to a nail or claw
Kangaroo
Any of various hervivorous leaping marsupial mammals of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands with a small head, large ears, long powerful hind legs, a long thick tail used as a support and in balancing, and rather small forelegs bot used in locomotion
Lobster
A large marine crustacean with a cylindrical body, stalked eyes, and the first of its five pairs of limbs modified as pincers.
Mane
Long and heavy hair growing about the neck and head of some mammals (such as horses and lions)
Medusa
A free-swimming marine coelenterate with a gelatinous bell- or saucer-shaped body that is typically transparent and has stinging tentacles around the edge.
Mollusk
Any of a large phylum of invertebrate animals with a soft unsegmented body enclosed in a calcareous shell
Mouse, plural
Mice
Otter
A semiaquatic fish-eating mammal of the weasel family, with an elongated body, dense fur, and webbed feet.
Oyster
Any of various marine bivalve mollusks that have rough irregular shell closed by a single adductor muscle and include commercially important shellfish
Paw
The foot of a quadruped that has claws
Parrot
Any of the munerous widely distributed tropical birds that are often crested and brightly colored, have a distictive stout hooked bill and zygodactyl feet, and include some excellent mimics
Peacock
A male peafowl distinguished by a crest of upright feathers and by greatly elongated loosely webbed upper tail converts which are mostly tipped with iridescent spots and erected and spread in a shimmering fan usually as a courtship display
Poison dart frog
Poison dart frog is the common name of a group of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae which are native to tropical Central and South America. These species are diurnal and often have brightly colored bodies. This bright coloration is correlated with the toxicity of the species, making them aposematic.
Racoon
A small nocturnal carnivore of North America that is chiefly gray, has a black mask and bushy ringed tail, lives chiefly in trees, and has a varied diet including small animals, fruits, and nuts
Sea lion
An eared seal occurring mainly on Pacific coasts, the large male of which has a mane on the neck and shoulders.
Roach
a cockroach
Rooster
The adult male of the domestic chicken
scales
Each of the small, thin horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles tipically overlapping one another
Sea Anemone
Any of numerous usually solitary anthozoan polyps whose form, bright and varied colors, and cluster of tentacles superficially resemble a flower
Sea cucumber
Any of a class of echinoderms having though muscular elongate body with tentacles surrounding the mouth
Shell
A hard rigid usually largely calcareous covering or cupport of an animal
The hard or though often thin outer covering of an egg
Skunk
Any of various common omnivorous black-and-white New World mammals of the weasel family that have a pair of perineal glands from which secretion of pungent and offensive odor is ejected
Stingray
A bottom-dwelling marine ray with a flattened diamond-shaped body and a long poisonous serrated spine at the base of the tail.
Swordfish
A large edible marine fish with a streamlined body and a long flattened swordlike snout, related to the billfishes and popular as a game fish
Tabbie
A domestic cat with a striped and mottled coat
Toad
- a tailless amphibian with a short stout body and short legs, typically having dry warty skin that can exude poison.
- a contemptible or detestable person (used as a general term of abuse).
“you’re an arrogant little toad”
Trout
Any of various salmonid food and sport fishes that are mostly smaller than the typical salmons and are anadromous or restricted to cool clear fresh water
Web
a network of fine threads constructed by a spider from fluid secreted by its spinnerets, used to catch its prey.
Which is the panther habitat?
Rainforest
Whisker
One of the long projecting hairs or bristles growing near the mouth of an animal (such as a cat or bird)
The dog arrived at the Maui Humane Society with severe burns on her body, scorched whiskers and blisters covering her paws.
Worm
Any of numerous relatively small elongated usually naked and soft-bodied animals
