Aboriginal Words

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Large furry animal that hibernates in winter (4)
  2. 2. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping (4)
  3. 4. A former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars (5)
  4. 7. Predatory black-and-white toothed ___ with large dorsal fin (11)
  5. 8. Any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt (4)
  6. 9. A forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (6)

Down

  1. 1. Large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains (7)
  2. 3. Large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail (5)
  3. 5. A person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination (plural) (7)
  4. 6. A politically organized body of people under a single government (plural) (7)