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Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
T
G
E
Big cat with orange and black stripes
2.
B
A
R
Large furry animal that hibernates in winter
5.
I
D
E
R
Eight-legged creature that spins webs
6.
F
A
I
N
O
Large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill
7.
A
N
T
Social insect living in organized colonies (plural)
8.
G
S
E
Web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic
9.
A
M
A
D
L
O
Burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates
10.
T
R
T
E
Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
11.
K
U
N
A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
12.
S
A
K
Long legless reptile that slithers
13.
R
B
B
I
Long-eared animal that hops
16.
M
O
N
K
Playful animal that swings through trees
17.
B
E
E
T
S
Insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying (plural)
18.
H
W
K
Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail