Animals and Pets
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. dogs
A. Long legless reptile that slithers
2. cats
B. Greasy substance in food and body tissue
3. fish
C. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (plural)
4. snake
D. The location on a baseball field where the ___ is stationed
5. birds
E. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits (plural)
6. fur
F. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (plural)
7. nails
G. To stir feelings in
8. tails
H. A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
9. hairy
I. The slender part of the back
10. tall
J. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (plural)
11. short
K. To lose thickness
12. big
L. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
13. small
M. A garment size for a ___ person
14. fat
N. The posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond (plural)
15. thin
O. Having or covered with ___
16. kind
P. Scaly swimmer that breathes through gills
17. mean
Q. An average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some
18. excited
R. Dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals