Animal Comparisons

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. How fast something moves (5)
  2. 7. Large or big relative to something else (6)
  3. 8. Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough (5)
  4. 10. A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury (6)
  5. 11. Having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree (11)
  6. 12. Big cat known as king of the jungle (4)
  7. 13. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws (7)
  8. 14. A very large person (5)

Down

  1. 1. The property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (4)
  2. 2. Two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans (8)
  3. 3. Long legless reptile that slithers (5)
  4. 4. Quacking water bird (4)
  5. 5. Delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration (9)
  6. 6. The property of being physically or mentally strong (8)
  7. 7. Large furry animal that hibernates in winter (4)
  8. 9. Long-eared animal that hops (6)