Bird Stuff

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. An animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge (6)
  2. 6. The light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds (plural) (8)
  3. 8. The ___ as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy (5)
  4. 10. The part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest (6)
  5. 12. One of the digits of the foot (plural) (4)
  6. 13. A movable organ for flying (plural) (5)
  7. 14. Oval foods laid by hens (4)

Down

  1. 1. Ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile (5)
  2. 2. The white part of an egg (7)
  3. 3. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis (7)
  4. 4. The yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen (4)
  5. 7. The part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's ___ (6)
  6. 8. Sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles (plural) (5)
  7. 9. A structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young (4)
  8. 11. A structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion (plural) (4)
  9. 14. An area that is approximately central within some larger region (3)