Animals and Pets

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (plural) (4)
  2. 4. A garment size for a ___ person (4)
  3. 5. Greasy substance in food and body tissue (3)
  4. 6. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (plural) (5)
  5. 9. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits (plural) (5)
  6. 12. To stir feelings in (7)
  7. 13. A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality (4)

Down

  1. 1. The slender part of the back (5)
  2. 3. The location on a baseball field where the ___ is stationed (5)
  3. 4. The posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond (plural) (5)
  4. 5. Dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (3)
  5. 7. Long legless reptile that slithers (5)
  6. 8. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent (3)
  7. 10. Having or covered with ___ (5)
  8. 11. An average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some (4)
  9. 14. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (plural) (4)