Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming (plural) (7)
  2. 8. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm (plural) (5)
  3. 9. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium (plural) (4)
  4. 10. Large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body (plural) (10)
  5. 12. A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch (4)

Down

  1. 1. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping (plural) (5)
  2. 2. Large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots (plural) (8)
  3. 3. Playful animal that swings through trees (plural) (7)
  4. 4. A structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion (plural) (4)
  5. 6. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all (plural) (4)
  6. 7. The posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond (plural) (5)
  7. 11. Long-eared animal that hops (plural) (7)