My favorite pets

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. Scaly swimmer that breathes through gills (4)
  2. 6. A native or inhabitant of ___ (7)
  3. 7. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (3)
  4. 9. Voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having (3)
  5. 10. A relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun (5)
  6. 11. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (3)

Down

  1. 1. Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming (plural) (7)
  2. 2. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (4)
  3. 3. Long-eared animal that hops (6)
  4. 4. A number or letter indicating quality (4)
  5. 8. A writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else (5)