a nimals and Pets

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. A person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn (4)
  2. 6. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping (4)
  3. 9. Leather made from ___'s hide (9)
  4. 13. Animal you can ride that gallops (5)
  5. 14. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (plural) (5)
  6. 16. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (plural) (4)

Down

  1. 1. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (plural) (4)
  2. 2. Domestic swine (3)
  3. 3. Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet (5)
  4. 4. Large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body (9)
  5. 7. Long legless reptile that slithers (5)
  6. 8. Scaly swimmer that breathes through gills (4)
  7. 10. Relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail (6)
  8. 11. An adult female of domestic cattle. (3)
  9. 12. Big cat with orange and black stripes (5)
  10. 15. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm (4)