animals

Question 1

mammal (noun)
/ˈmæml/

mammalian (adjective)
/məˈmeɪliən/

Answer 1

-any animal that gives birth to live babies, not eggs, and feeds its young on milk. Cows, humans, and whales are all mammals.

Question 2

hunt (verb)
/hʌnt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they hunt
he / she / it hunts
past simple hunted
-ing form hunting

Answer 2

1- [intransitive, transitive] to chase wild animals or birds in order to catch or kill them for food or sport or to make money
*Lions sometimes hunt alone.

2- [intransitive] to look for something that is difficult to find
= search
*I’ve hunted everywhere but I can’t find it.

Question 3

pelt (noun)
/pɛlt/
—
pelt (verb)
/pɛlt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they pelt
he / she / it pelts
past simple pelted
-ing form pelting

Answer 3

1-[transitive] pelt somebody (with something) to attack someone by throwing things at them
*The children pelted him with snowballs.

2-[intransitive] pelt (down) (of rain) to fall very heavily
*By now the rain was pelting down.

3-[intransitive] + adv./prep. (informal) to run somewhere very fast
= dash
*We pelted down the hill after the car.

Question 4

carnivore (noun)
/ˈkɑrnəˌvɔr/
—
carnivorous (adjective)
/kɑrˈnɪvərəs/

Answer 4

*a carnivorous diet
گوشتخوار

Question 5

sloth (noun)
/slɔθ/

Answer 5

1- [countable] a S. American animal that lives in trees and moves very slowly

2- [uncountable] (formal) the bad habit of being lazy and unwilling to work

Question 6

muzzle (noun)
/ˈmʌzl/

Answer 6

1- the nose and mouth of an animal, especially a dog or a horse

2- a device made of leather or plastic that you put over the nose and mouth of an animal, especially a dog, to prevent it from biting people

3- the open end of a gun, where the bullets come out
(پوزه, پوزه بند,سرلوله هفت تیر یاتفنگ)

Question 7

condor (noun)
/ˈkɑndɔr/

Answer 7

a large bird of the vulture(کرکس) family, that lives in S. America, Mexico, and the Western U.S.
(کرکس امریکایی)

Question 8

beak (noun)
/bik/

Answer 8

• the hard pointed or curved outer part of a bird’s mouth
  = bill
  *The gull held the fish in its beak.

Question 9

scavenger (noun)
/ˈskævɪndʒər/

Answer 9

-an animal, a bird, or a person that scavenges
(جانور لاشخور)