Backyard animals
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. Chipmunks
A. A range horse of the western United States
2. rabbit
B. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (plural)
3. Heron
C. Black birds having a raucous call (plural)
4. Redfox
D. One of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope (plural)
5. bees
E. A kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail (plural)
6. Coyote
F. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping (plural)
7. frogs
G. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species (plural)
8. hawks
H. Small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests (plural)
9. cardinals
I. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (plural)
10. crows
J. Long-eared animal that hops
11. squirrels
K. The common Old World ___
12. cats
L. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
13. ladybugs
M. A forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires
14. deer
N. Any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects (plural)
15. dogs
O. A burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia (plural)
16. sparrows
P. Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails
17. opossum
Q. Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail (plural)
18. pony
R. Grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and long bill