Animals
Autor: teacher Jota | Publicado: 2010-10-01T03:12:00-07:00


Words List   
                     Animals     


                         Word or phrase                         
                         Description             
             
        
                         armadillo/tatu                                                  A small animal whose body is covered in hard strips that allow it to curl into a ball

armadillo
             
             
        
                         bat/morcego                                                  A small animal like a mouse with wings that flies at night

bat
             

             
        
                         bear/urso                                                  A large, heavy mammal with thick fur and a very short tail             





polar bear























             
        
                         beaver/esquilo                                                  An animal with smooth fur, sharp teeth and a large flat tail, which lives in a dam



beaver

             
             
        
                         bison/espécie de bufalo                                                  A large wild animal, similar to a cow but having a larger head and hairy shoulders



bison



             
             
        
                         buffalo                                                  A large animal of the cattle family, with long curved horns

             
                      
                         camel                                                  A large animal with a long neck, that lives in the desert and has one or two humps

             
                      
                         cat                                                  A small four-legged furry animal with a tail and claws, usually kept as a pet or for catching mice             
                      
                         chipmunk                                                  A small furry North American animal with dark strips along its back             
             
        
                         deer                                                  A quite large four-legged animal which eats grass and leaves and has wide branch-like horns             
                      
                         dog                                                  A common four-legged animal, especially kept by people as a pet or to hunt or guard things             
                      
                         donkey                                                  An animal like a small horse with long ears             
                      
                         elephant                                                  A very large grey mammal which has a trunk with which it can pick things up             
                      
                         fox                                                  A reddish-brown  wild mammal belonging to the dog family which has a pointed face and ears             
                      
                         giraffe                                                  A large African animal with a very long neck and long legs             
                      
                         gopher                                                  A North American animal which lives in holes that it makes in the ground             
                      
                         grizzly                                                  A very large greyish brown bear from North America and Canada             
             
        
                         guinea pig                                                  A small furry animal with rounded ears, short legs and no tail, which is often kept as a pet             
             
        
                         hamster                                                  A small furry animal with large spaces in each side of its mouth which are used for storing food             
             
        
                         hedgehog                                                  A small brown mammal with a protective covering of spines on its back             
                      
                         hippopotamus                                                  A very large animal with short legs and thick, dark grey skin which lives near water in Africa             
             
        
                         horse                                                  A large animal with four legs which people ride on             
                      
                         hyena                                                  A wild animal from Africa and Asia that makes a sound similar to an unpleasant human laugh             
                      
                         kangaroo                                                  A large Australian mammal with long powerful back legs on which it moves by jumping             
                      
                         koala                                                  An Australian animal which lives in trees and looks like a small bear with grey fur             
                      
                         leopard                                                  A large wild cat that has yellow fur with black spots on it and lives in Africa and southern Asia             
                      
                         lion                                                  A large wild animal of the cat family with yellowish brown fur which lives in Africa             
                      
                         llama                                                  A large animal with a long neck and long hair, and which is often kept for its meat, milk, fur             
                      
                         monkey                                                  An animal that lives in hot countries, has a long tail and climbs trees             
                      
                         moose                                                  A type of large deer with large flat horns and a long nose which lives in the forests of North America             
             
        
                         mouse                                                  A small mammal with short fur, a pointed face, and a long tail             
                      
                         panda                                                  A large black and white mammal similar to a bear, that lives in forests in China             
                      
                         porcupine                                                  An animal with a protective covering of long stiff needle-like hairs on its back             
                      
                         possum                                                  A small animal which lives in trees and has thick fur, a long nose and a tail without hair             
             
        
                         rabbit                                                  A small animal with long ears and large front teeth, which moves by jumping on its long back legs             
                      
                         raccoon                                                  A small North American animal with black marks on its face and a long tail with black rings on it             
                      
                         rat                                                  A small rodent, larger than a mouse, which has a long tail and is considered to be harmful             
             
        
                         rhinoceros                                                  A very large thick-skinned animal from Africa or Asia, which has one or two horns on its nose             
                      
                         seal                                                  A large fish-eating mammal which lives partly in the sea and partly on land or ice             
                      
                         skunk                                                  A small black and white North American animal that makes a strong unpleasant smell             
                      
                         squirrel                                                  A small furry animal with a long furry tail which climbs trees and feeds on nuts and seeds             
                      
                         tiger                                                  A large wild animal of the cat family with yellowish orange fur with black lines             
                      
                         wolf                                                  A wild animal of the dog family             
                      
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