Our Favourite Pets

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A loving feeling (6)
  2. 5. Usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs (8)
  3. 7. Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches (7)
  4. 8. The social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force (14)
  5. 11. A ___ where ___ animals can be purchased (7)
  6. 14. A friend who is frequently in the ___ of another (9)
  7. 16. Protective covering that provides protection from the weather (7)

Down

  1. 1. Usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic (6)
  2. 2. An electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it (6)
  3. 4. A ___ or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live ___ and underwater animals (8)
  4. 6. Freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral (5)
  5. 9. The accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events (10)
  6. 10. A young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit (5)
  7. 12. Living things like trees and flowers that grow in soil (6)
  8. 13. Small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes (8)
  9. 15. A relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun (5)