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Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
2.
b
e
a
Large furry animal that hibernates in winter
4.
p
u
p
An inexperienced young person
5.
c
o
o
i
l
e
Large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body
6.
p
i
l
A person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor
7.
l
o
n
Big cat known as king of the jungle
8.
p
a
n
Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet
9.
p
u
a
Large American feline resembling a lion
11.
d
c
t
r
Person who treats sick people
12.
t
i
r
Big cat with orange and black stripes
13.
c
m
e
Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions
14.
n
u
r
Person who cares for patients in a hospital
15.
l
p
a
r
d
Large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots
16.
s
n
e
Long legless reptile that slithers
17.
t
x
i
d
r
v
e
Someone who drives a taxi for a living
18.
h
s
t
e
r
Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches
19.
b
u
t
t
e
r
Diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
20.
s
d
e
n
t
A learned person
21.
m
o
u
Small rodent that squeaks, or a computer pointer
22.
s
i
d
e
Eight-legged creature that spins webs
23.
s
g
e
r
United States writer of Yiddish stories and novels
24.
p
a
r
t
Usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic