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Word List: Animals of the forest
- deer, deers [dɪə(ɹ)]
(noun) - Definition:
- a ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae, growing and shedding new antlers each year
- Example:
- I wrecked my car after a deer ran across the road.
- Synonym(s):hart
- Homophone(s):dear
- squirrel, squirrels ['skwɜːr.əl]
(noun) - Definition:
- any of the generally small rodents of the family Sciuridae with slender bodies, bushy tails and large eyes
- Example:
- Squirrels live in almost every habitat from tropical rainforest to semiarid desert, avoiding only the high polar regions and the driest of deserts.
- wolf, wolves [ˈwʊlf]
(noun) - Definition:
- a large wild canid (member of the dog family), closely related to, and at times consanguineous to the domestic dog, which is considered a subspecies of the wolf
- Example:
- Did you hear the wolf howl?
- fox, foxes [fɒks]
(noun) - Definition:
- a red fox, small carnivore, related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail
- Example:
- The car hit the fox before the driver could react.
- grasshopper, grasshoppers [ˈɡɹɑːsˌhɒpə(ɹ)]
(noun) - Definition:
- a herbivorous insect noted for its ability to jump long distances
- Example:
- Grasshoppers are often green.
- frog, frogs [fɹɒɡ]
(noun) - Definition:
- a small, often green, hopping amphibian, living close to water
- Example:
- Listen to the frogs' croaking.
- toad, toads [təʊd]
(noun) - Definition:
- an amphibian similar to a frog with bigger back legs and more ragged skin
- Example:
- Toads seem huge in comparison to little frogs.
- worm, worms [wɜːm]
(noun) - Definition:
- a generally tubular invertebrate, varying in size with a cylindrical, flattened, or leaf-like body shape and often without any true limbs or appendages
- Example:
- The worm is so slippery!
- spider, spiders [ˈspaɪdə(r)]
(noun) - Definition:
- any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, most of which spin webs to catch prey
- Example:
- I am extremely scared when I only see a spider.
- ant, ants [ænt]
(noun) - Definition:
- very small insects with elbowed antennae and a distinctive node-like structure that forms a slender waist, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females
- Example:
- Look, there is a huge anthill!
- Homophone(s):aunt
- bee, bees [biː]
(noun) - Definition:
- a flying insect, closely related to wasps and ants, and known for their role in pollination and for producing honey and beeswax
- Example:
- Bees have a long proboscis (a complex "tongue") that enables them to obtain the nectar from flowers.
- Homophone(s):be
- butterfly, butterflies [ˈbʌtɝflaɪ]
(noun) - Definition:
- a flying insect with large, often brightly coloured wings, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight
- Example:
- A butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult.
- beetle, beetles ['biːtəl]
(noun) - Definition:
- any of numerous species of insect characterised by a pair of hard, shell-like, front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest
- Example:
- Beetles can be found in almost all habitats, but are not known to occur in the sea or in the polar regions.
- Synonym(s):bug
Source: http://www.learning-english-online.net/areas/vocabulary/environment-and-nature/animals/animals-of-the-forest/
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