Cut-out cards Matching sheet

All Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.

1. cats
A. Short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet (plural)
2. dogs
B. A former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars
3. rabbits
C. Voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having
4. eagle
D. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws
5. hamsters
E. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (plural)
6. deer
F. Climbing vine native to China
7. cheetah
G. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (plural)
8. birds
H. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
9. sharks
I. Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough (plural)
10. star fish
J. Large white-furred mammals native to the Arctic.
11. jelly fish
K. Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches (plural)
12. eel
L. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (plural)
13. bears
M. Echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk
14. penguins
N. Bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles
15. polar bears
O. Long-eared animal that hops (plural)
16. snakes
P. Long legless reptile that slithers (plural)
17. kiwi
Q. Large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles
18. octopus
R. Large furry animal that hibernates in winter (plural)