The 2nd HMJI club

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Social insect living in organized colonies (3)
  2. 7. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm (4)
  3. 9. African antelope with ridged curved horns (6)
  4. 11. Large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body (plural) (10)
  5. 14. Huge gray animal with a trunk (8)
  6. 15. Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence (5)
  7. 16. Long legless reptile that slithers (plural) (6)

Down

  1. 2. Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming (plural) (7)
  2. 3. Striped African relative of the horse (5)
  3. 4. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (plural) (4)
  4. 5. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America (8)
  5. 6. Big cat known as king of the jungle (4)
  6. 8. Voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having (3)
  7. 10. Hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse (4)
  8. 12. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back (6)
  9. 13. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws (7)