(animalandia &bird World) Crossword

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. Tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills (11)
  2. 6. Large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains (7)
  3. 9. Massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa (12)
  4. 11. Large American feline resembling a lion (6)
  5. 12. Diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight (6)
  6. 13. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm (4)
  7. 14. Intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests (10)
  8. 15. A person who is born while the sun is in ___ (8)
  9. 16. Someone who attacks in search of booty (7)

Down

  1. 1. A kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail (8)
  2. 2. Large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish (7)
  3. 3. Terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping (11)
  4. 4. Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur (9)
  5. 7. Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail (3)
  6. 8. Climbing vine native to China (4)
  7. 10. European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot (7)