Animals (4)
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. lion
A. Adult male chicken
2. antelope
B. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions
3. rooster
C. Small lynx of North America
4. mouse
D. Animal you can ride that gallops
5. wolf
E. A long-tailed rodent, usually larger than a mouse.
6. lamb
F. Big cat known as king of the jungle
7. chimpanzee
G. Intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests
8. giraffe
H. Tallest living quadruped
9. gazelle
I. Graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward
10. rat
J. Small rodent that squeaks, or a computer pointer
11. horse
K. A person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn
12. vulture
L. The largest or most massive thing of its kind
13. camel
M. A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants
14. gorilla
N. Small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes
15. leviathan
O. Climbing vine native to China
16. pheasant
P. Large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere
17. goat
Q. English essayist
18. shark
R. Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough
19. echidna
S. Any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt
20. kiwi
T. Someone who attacks in search of booty
21. bobcat
U. Largest anthropoid ape