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Word List: Sea creatures
- seal, seals [siːl]
(noun) - Definition:
- a fin-footed, fish-eating mammal, typically sleek-bodied and barrel-shaped
- Example:
- Seals can hold their breath for nearly two hours underwater.
- shark, sharks [ʃɑː(r)k]
(noun) - Definition:
- a type of fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton and a highly streamlined body, diversifying into 440 species, found in all seas and common down to depths of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft)
- Example:
- The shark's survival is under serious threat from fishing and other human activities.
- whale, whales [weɪl]
(noun) - Definition:
- a marine mammal with forelimbs modified as fins, a tail with horizontal flukes, and nasal openings on top of the head, ranging in size from the blue whale, the largest animal known to have ever existed at 35 m (115 ft) and 150 tonnes (150 lbs), to various smaller species
- Example:
- Whales collectively inhabit all the world's oceans and number in the millions.
- tortoise, tortoises [tɔː(r)təs]
(noun) - Definition:
- land-dwelling reptiles, varying in size from a few centimeters to two meters and shielded from predators by a shell
- Example:
- Female tortoises dig nesting burrows in which they lay from one to thirty eggs.
- Synonym(s):turtle
- shell, shells [ʃɛl]
(noun) - Definition:
- a hard, protective outer layer, that was created by a sea creature, a marine organism
- Example:
- There is often a surprising degree of variation in the exact shape, pattern, ornamentation, and colour of the shell.
- dolphin, dolphins [ˈdɒlfɪn]
(noun) - Definition:
- an aquatic mammal closely related to whales and porpoises, inhabiting mostly the shallower seas of the continental shelves, famed for its intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans
- Example:
- Dolphins can hear frequencies ten times or more above the upper limit of adult human hearing.
- fish [ˈfɪʃ]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- a cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills
- Example:
- They have many fish in their aquarium.
Source: http://www.learning-english-online.net/areas/vocabulary/environment-and-nature/animals/sea-creatures/
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