# Animals

**Type:** Topic
**Words:** 858

## About

Mammals, birds, fish, insects, and the words biologists use to describe them.

## Words by Level

### A1
- dog — A common four-legged animal often kept as a pet or for work.; frequency rank 529
- horse — A large four-legged animal that people ride and use for pulling loads.; frequency rank 857
- fish — An animal that lives in water and breathes through gills, usually with scales and fins.; frequency rank 876
- cat — A small furry animal with whiskers and a tail, often kept as a pet.; frequency rank 1029
- animal — A living creature that can move and feel, such as a dog, bird, or fish, but not a plant.; frequency rank 1325
- bird — An animal with feathers and wings that lays eggs and can usually fly.; frequency rank 1336
- pig — A farm animal with a fat body, short legs, and a flat nose, kept for its meat.; frequency rank 1744
- egg — A rounded object laid by a bird, especially a hen, used as food.; frequency rank 2306
- snake — A long, legless reptile with a thin body and a forked tongue.; frequency rank 2477
- pen — A thin instrument that holds ink and is used for writing or drawing.; frequency rank 2554
- tiger — A large, powerful wild cat with orange fur and black stripes, native to Asia.; frequency rank 2674
- lion — A large wild cat with a tan coat, the males having a shaggy mane, native to Africa and India.; frequency rank 2867
- sheep — A farm animal with a thick woolly coat, kept for its wool and meat.; frequency rank 3041
- rabbit — A small furry animal with long ears and a short tail that lives in burrows.; frequency rank 3059
- butterfly — A flying insect with large, often brightly coloured wings.; frequency rank 5513

### A2
- worry — To feel anxious or uneasy about something that might happen.; frequency rank 354
- bear — A large, heavy wild animal with thick fur and strong claws.; frequency rank 1065
- bite — To cut into or grip something with your teeth.; frequency rank 1708
- creature — A living thing, especially an animal.; frequency rank 2374
- pet — An animal that you keep at home for company and pleasure.; frequency rank 3214
- elephant — A very large grey animal with a long trunk and big ears, found in Africa and Asia.; frequency rank 3749
- robe — clothe formally; frequency rank 6982
- insect — A small animal with six legs and a hard outer shell, and usually one or two pairs of wings, such as an ant, fly, or beetle.; frequency rank 8466
- meow — the characteristic crying sound made by a cat; frequency rank 8983
- madly — used as an intensive, extremely; frequency rank 10435

### B1
- beast — An animal, especially a large or dangerous wild one.; frequency rank 2358
- wing — One of the two body parts a bird, bat, or insect uses to fly.; frequency rank 2979
- pope — An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.; frequency rank 3426
- shark — a mostly marine fish with a cartilaginous skeleton, rough skin, and several rows of teeth; frequency rank 3618
- bee — A flying insect that collects pollen from flowers and, in some species, makes honey.; frequency rank 3938
- spider — A small eight-legged creature that spins webs to catch insects.; frequency rank 4269
- cattle — Cows and bulls kept on a farm for their milk or meat.; frequency rank 4411
- den — a wild animal’s sheltered resting or breeding place; frequency rank 5532
- breed — A particular type of a domestic animal within a species.; frequency rank 6535
- mule — An animal that is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.; frequency rank 7462
- wildlife — Wild animals and plants living in their natural surroundings.; frequency rank 9614
- goldfish — a small domesticated freshwater fish, usually orange or golden, commonly kept in ponds or aquariums; frequency rank 11129
- das — any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes; frequency rank 11530
- alligator — a large semiaquatic reptile related to crocodiles, with a broad rounded snout; frequency rank 11669
- hive — a structure where bees live, especially one made or kept by people; frequency rank 12039
- habitat — The natural place where a plant or animal lives.; frequency rank 12288
- envious — Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging.; frequency rank 12762
- cheetah — a slender, long-legged spotted cat of Africa and Iran, noted for its exceptional speed over short distances; frequency rank 13598
- reservoir — anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies; frequency rank 13741
- grasshopper — a plant-eating insect with powerful hind legs adapted for jumping; frequency rank 16644
- firefly — a beetle of the family Lampyridae whose abdomen produces light, especially at twilight; frequency rank 21074
- flamingo — a tall wading bird with long legs, a curved bill, and usually pink or reddish feathers; frequency rank 21392
- duckling — a young duck; frequency rank 27341
- anteater — a toothless mammal of tropical America with a long snout and tongue, specialized for feeding on ants and termites; frequency rank 43264
- mare — a female horse or other equine animal
- trout — a common freshwater fish with a speckled body, prized as a game fish

### B2
- sergeant — The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police.; frequency rank 1228
- martin — a swallow-like bird with long pointed wings that catches insects while flying; frequency rank 1478
- wolf — A large wild animal of the dog family that hunts in groups.; frequency rank 2343
- stock — The supply of goods that a shop or business has available to sell.; frequency rank 2583
- species — A group of living things that are similar and can breed with one another.; frequency rank 2771
- jay — a noisy, often brightly colored bird of the crow family, typically with a crest; frequency rank 2909
- fox — A wild animal like a small dog, with reddish-brown fur, pointed ears, and a long bushy tail.; frequency rank 2991
- warren — a connected system of burrows in which rabbits live, or the rabbits occupying it; frequency rank 4139
- donkey — A grey animal with long ears, similar to a small horse, used for carrying loads.; frequency rank 5346
- butler — The chief male servant of a household who has charge of other employees, receives guests, directs the serving of meals, and performs various personal services.; frequency rank 5348
- lobster — a large marine crustacean with a hard shell, long antennae, and, in many species, large claws; frequency rank 6445
- finch — a small songbird, typically with a short conical bill adapted for eating seeds; frequency rank 6915
- steer — To control the direction of a vehicle, boat, or aircraft.; frequency rank 7425
- cavalry — The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.; frequency rank 7555
- hart — an adult male deer, especially a red deer more than five years old; frequency rank 7934
- dwarf — To be so much bigger than something else that it makes it look small.; frequency rank 7973
- ox — An adult male of the cattle family, often used to pull heavy loads.; frequency rank 8413
- unarmed — (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms; frequency rank 8619
- falcon — a fast-flying bird of prey of the genus Falco, with long pointed wings and a hooked beak; frequency rank 8911
- leash — A strap, cord, or rope used to hold and control an animal, especially a dog.; frequency rank 9452
- octopus — a soft-bodied sea animal with eight sucker-bearing arms; frequency rank 9757
- thigh — The part of the leg between the hip and the knee.; frequency rank 9928
- paw — The foot of an animal such as a dog, cat, or bear, that has claws.; frequency rank 10743
- hybrid — Something made by combining two different things.; frequency rank 10771
- nightingale — A Eurasian and African songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, family Muscicapidae, famed for its beautiful singing at night; a common nightingale.; frequency rank 11185
- cockroach — a fast-running, usually flattened insect of the order Blattodea, several species of which are common household pests; frequency rank 11428
- slime — cover or stain with slime; frequency rank 11785
- oyster — a marine bivalve mollusk with a rough, irregular shell; frequency rank 12160
- zebra — A wild African animal like a horse, with black and white stripes.; frequency rank 12373
- bitterness — The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment; the quality of exhibiting such feelings.; frequency rank 13339
- herring — a small oily sea fish often eaten as food; frequency rank 13644
- manure — To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.; frequency rank 13788
- catfish — a mainly freshwater fish with whiskerlike barbels around its mouth; frequency rank 14911
- poodle — a breed of intelligent dog with a dense, curly coat, occurring in standard, miniature, and toy sizes; frequency rank 14962
- mammoth — a large extinct elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammuthus, often with long curved tusks and a hairy coat; frequency rank 15223
- scandalous — giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; frequency rank 15523
- outcast — To cast out; to banish.; frequency rank 16741
- rodent — relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing; frequency rank 17438
- dodo — a large flightless bird formerly native to Mauritius that became extinct in the seventeenth century; frequency rank 17589
- bowler — A bowler hat; a round black hat formerly popular among British businessmen.; frequency rank 18162
- stork — a large long-legged wading bird with a long straight bill, belonging to the family Ciconiidae; frequency rank 18792
- springer — a springer spaniel, a medium-sized gundog bred to flush game; frequency rank 19119
- hyena — a strong-jawed carnivorous mammal of Africa and Asia, known for scavenging and for calls that can resemble laughter; frequency rank 19292
- kennel — a small shelter or house for a dog; frequency rank 19330
- coo — to make the soft, low call characteristic of a dove or pigeon; frequency rank 19455
- steamer — A dish made by cooking diced meat very slowly in a tightly sealed pot with a minimum of flavourings, allowing it to steam in its own juices; specifically such a dish made with kangaroo meat.; frequency rank 19832
- mane — Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion.; frequency rank 20072
- shellfish — an aquatic invertebrate with a shell, especially a mollusk or crustacean; frequency rank 20269
- pelican — a large waterbird with a long bill and a broad, expandable throat pouch used for catching fish; frequency rank 20453
- blackbird — To enslave someone, especially through chicanery or force; frequency rank 21990
- beagle — A small dog with short legs and a smooth coat, often kept as a pet and used for hunting.; frequency rank 22055
- horseshoe — a U-shaped metal plate fixed to a horse's hoof; frequency rank 22833
- prawn — A small sea creature with a shell and ten legs, eaten as food and similar to a shrimp.; frequency rank 22858
- therein — (formal) in or into that thing or place; frequency rank 22939
- chipmunk — a small striped ground squirrel with cheek pouches, native chiefly to North America; frequency rank 24351
- flipper — a broad, flat limb adapted for swimming in animals such as whales, seals, turtles, and plesiosaurs; frequency rank 24499
- centipede — a predatory arthropod of the class Chilopoda, with a flattened segmented body and one pair of legs on each leg-bearing segment; frequency rank 25398
- beehive — a structure or container in which a colony of bees lives; frequency rank 25476
- armadillo — a burrowing mammal of the Americas whose body is protected by jointed bony plates; frequency rank 25710
- lemur — a primate native to Madagascar and nearby islands, typically with large eyes, a pointed face, and a long tail; frequency rank 26103
- termite — a pale, soft-bodied social insect that lives in a colony and feeds chiefly on wood or other cellulose-rich material; frequency rank 27312
- haddock — a North Atlantic marine fish related to cod and widely caught for food; frequency rank 28745
- collie — a dog of any of several related herding breeds, typically alert, agile, and long-muzzled; frequency rank 31554
- neigh — of a horse, to make its characteristic high, prolonged cry; frequency rank 33679
- honeycomb — a structure of hexagonal wax cells made by bees to hold honey, pollen, and developing young; frequency rank 35509
- codfish — a cod, especially one caught or prepared for food; frequency rank 40061
- birdcage — A cage for keeping a pet bird in.; frequency rank 44438
- setter — a long-haired hunting dog trained to indicate the location of game birds; frequency rank 44871
- cobweb — a spider's web, especially an old, dusty, or irregular one; frequency rank 45460
- fishery — the business or activity of catching, processing, and selling fish; frequency rank 51133
- dormouse — a small Old World rodent with a furry tail that hibernates or becomes torpid in cold weather; frequency rank 68928
- millipede — an elongated terrestrial arthropod of the class Diplopoda, with most apparent body segments bearing two pairs of legs; frequency rank 71029
- herbivorous — feeding chiefly or entirely on plants; frequency rank 117009
- polar bear
- rein — a long, narrow strap attached to a horse's bit, used to guide or control the animal
- hummingbird — a tiny bird that can hover and feeds on nectar
- jellyfish — a soft sea animal with a gelatinous body and stinging tentacles
- prosternum — entomology: the ventral exoskeletal plate of an insect's prothorax

### C1
- buck — To resist or oppose something, especially a trend or rule.; frequency rank 3115
- nest — A structure that a bird or other animal builds to lay eggs and raise its young.; frequency rank 4154
- gut — The stomach or belly, especially a large one.; frequency rank 4453
- fist — the signature style of a Morse code operator; frequency rank 4876
- constable — One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.); frequency rank 5130
- drake — an adult male duck; frequency rank 5168
- hawk — a bird of prey with keen eyesight, broad wings, and a hooked bill; frequency rank 6030
- predator — An animal that hunts and kills other animals for food.; frequency rank 8531
- fin — organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals; frequency rank 8781
- puss — an informal or affectionate term for a cat; frequency rank 10070
- repent — To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".; frequency rank 10184
- ordeal — A trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused.; frequency rank 11562
- antenna — one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; frequency rank 11938
- rye — A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder.; frequency rank 12689
- nausea — A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.; frequency rank 13054
- uterus — a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; frequency rank 13524
- gill — a respiratory organ by which fish and many other aquatic animals extract dissolved oxygen from water; frequency rank 13943
- mink — a small, dark-furred semiaquatic carnivorous mammal related to weasels; frequency rank 14004
- stallion — an adult uncastrated male horse, especially one kept for breeding; frequency rank 14263
- quill — the stiff hollow shaft of a feather, or a large feather with such a shaft; frequency rank 15918
- nasal — sounding as if the nose were pinched; frequency rank 17052
- hoof — the hard covering at the end of the foot of a horse, deer, sheep, or other ungulate; frequency rank 17150
- starling — a gregarious songbird, often dark and glossy, belonging to the family Sturnidae; frequency rank 17361
- corral — to collect or gather; frequency rank 17977
- otter — A small river or sea animal with webbed feet and thick brown fur that eats fish.; frequency rank 18681
- heiress — A woman who has a right of inheritance or who stands to inherit.; frequency rank 18854
- louse — a small, wingless parasitic insect that lives on the skin, hair, or feathers of a person or animal; frequency rank 18924
- mangy — affected by mange, or looking as though affected by it; frequency rank 21841
- wren — a very small, active songbird, typically brown, with a short upright tail; frequency rank 21862
- stinger — a sharp organ used by an insect, scorpion, stingray, or other animal to wound or inject venom; frequency rank 22385
- shrew — a small, active, insect-eating mammal with a pointed snout, resembling a mouse; frequency rank 23210
- mite — any of numerous minute arachnids, many of which live as parasites on animals or plants; frequency rank 23452
- caw — the harsh cry made by a crow, rook, or raven; frequency rank 23855
- terrier — Someone displaying terrier-like qualities such as determined pursuit.; frequency rank 24153
- tigress — a female tiger; frequency rank 24966
- peat — Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel.; frequency rank 27912
- restlessness — the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active; frequency rank 30976
- parakeet — any of numerous small or medium-sized parrots with a slender body and a long tail; frequency rank 31465
- uncontrolled — Not controlled; not under control.; frequency rank 31579
- guardianship — The office or position of one acting as a guardian or conservator, especially in a legal capacity.; frequency rank 32616
- tentacle — a long, flexible organ of an animal, used for touching, grasping, feeding, or movement; frequency rank 34708
- castration — surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men); frequency rank 34865
- burro — a small donkey, especially one used as a pack animal in the southwestern United States or Mexico; frequency rank 35592
- ewe — An adult female sheep.; frequency rank 35690
- ibis — a long-legged wading bird with a long, downward-curving bill used to probe mud for food; frequency rank 37667
- gnat — a very small two-winged fly, especially one that swarms or bites; frequency rank 38122
- manatee — a large, slow-moving, plant-eating aquatic mammal of the genus Trichechus, with paddle-like flippers and a broad rounded tail; frequency rank 38699
- porpoise — a small toothed whale of the family Phocoenidae, typically with a blunt snout; frequency rank 39949
- warthog — a large African wild pig with tusks and wartlike growths on its face; frequency rank 40521
- antler — one of the branching bony structures grown and usually shed each year by deer and related animals; frequency rank 42254
- nape — The back part of the neck.; frequency rank 42422
- pincer — one of a pair of curved claws or jaws used by an arthropod to grasp or cut; frequency rank 48056
- earwig — an elongated insect with a pair of forceps-like pincers at the end of its abdomen; frequency rank 48546
- disclaimer — A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate.; frequency rank 48756
- wearily — In a weary manner; feeling weary.; frequency rank 49667
- irrepressible — impossible to repress or control; frequency rank 51294
- macaw — any of several large, long-tailed parrots native to Central and South America, usually with powerful bills and brightly colored plumage; frequency rank 52461
- inwardly — with respect to private feelings; frequency rank 54643
- solemnity — The quality of being deeply serious and sober or solemn.; frequency rank 55813
- stoat — Mustela erminea, the ermine or short-tailed weasel, a mustelid native to Eurasia and North America, distinguished from the least weasel by its larger size and longer tail with a prominent black tip.; frequency rank 58821
- serenely — in a peacefully serene manner; frequency rank 62988
- greedily — In a greedy manner; with keen or ardent desire.; frequency rank 64568
- doggedly — with obstinate determination; frequency rank 77610
- invertebrate — an animal without a backbone, such as an insect, mollusk, or worm; frequency rank 85933
- peahen — an adult female peafowl; frequency rank 99249
- budgerigar — a small Australian parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus, commonly kept as a cage bird and bred in many colors; frequency rank 116728
- axolotl — a critically endangered Mexican salamander, Ambystoma mexicanum, that normally remains aquatic and retains larval features such as external gills as an adult; frequency rank 150475
- cockatrice — a legendary monster with features of a rooster and serpent, traditionally said to kill with its gaze; frequency rank 215227
- forepaw — either of the two front paws of a four-legged animal; frequency rank 285954
- tail-feather — one of the feathers in a bird's tail
- wing-feather — one of the feathers of a bird's wing
- breeding-season — the time of year when animals mate and produce young

### C2
- cock — to tilt or slant to one side; frequency rank 3349
- alpha — early testing stage of a software or hardware product; frequency rank 3710
- phoebe — any of several small North American flycatchers of the genus Sayornis, especially the eastern phoebe; frequency rank 5211
- pony — A small serving of an alcoholic beverage, especially beer.; frequency rank 5712
- swamp — a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables; frequency rank 5836
- stunt — a difficult, unusual, or dangerous feat; frequency rank 5930
- rogue — A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.; frequency rank 6427
- raven — feed greedily; frequency rank 7401
- steed — A stallion, especially one used for riding.; frequency rank 7591
- lizard — Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or part of Mosasauria — typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, four limbs and a long tail, although some species are legless.; frequency rank 7642
- womb — In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus.; frequency rank 7752
- drone — A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.; frequency rank 7820
- ungrateful — not feeling or showing gratitude; frequency rank 7994
- moose — large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; frequency rank 8278
- crust — to form a crust or form into a crust; frequency rank 9186
- velvet — A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.; frequency rank 9370
- wretch — An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.; frequency rank 9535
- weasel — a small slender carnivorous mammal of the genus Mustela or a related genus; frequency rank 9536
- cobra — any of several venomous Asian or African elapid snakes that can spread the ribs of the neck to form a hood, especially a snake of the genus Naja; frequency rank 9668
- scorpion — an arachnid with grasping pincers and a segmented tail ending in a venomous sting; frequency rank 9858
- peck — To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).; frequency rank 10025
- shaggy — Having long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur or wool.; frequency rank 10152
- panther — a black-coated leopard, or less often a black-coated jaguar; frequency rank 10168
- trance — A state of awareness, concentration, or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being).; frequency rank 10552
- lair — a place where a wild animal lives or hides; frequency rank 10590
- hare — swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; frequency rank 10807
- tit — a small, active songbird that often feeds on insects and seeds; frequency rank 10857
- teal — any of several small, short-necked dabbling ducks, especially species traditionally placed in the genus Anas; frequency rank 10926
- boar — A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.; frequency rank 11147
- skunk — a small black-and-white American mammal that can spray a powerful-smelling defensive fluid; frequency rank 11224
- rust — a plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; frequency rank 11954
- gallows — A wooden framework on which persons are executed by hanging.; frequency rank 12089
- obnoxious — Unjustly disagreeable, argumentative or objectionable; brazenly rude.; frequency rank 12290
- raccoon — a nocturnal North American mammal with a black facial mask, dexterous forepaws, and a ringed tail; frequency rank 13238
- hutch — a cage or enclosed box in which rabbits or other small animals are kept; frequency rank 13308
- horseback — on the back of a horse; frequency rank 13412
- eel — Any freshwater fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.; frequency rank 13536
- bullock — a young bull that has been castrated, especially one raised or used as an ox; frequency rank 13603
- latch — fasten with a latch; frequency rank 13814
- python — a large nonvenomous constricting snake of the family Pythonidae, native chiefly to Africa, Asia, and Australia; frequency rank 13845
- horseman — A soldier on horseback, especially a cavalryman.; frequency rank 14018
- frown — A wrinkling of the forehead with the eyebrows brought together, typically indicating displeasure, severity, or concentration.; frequency rank 14518
- snuff — inhale audibly through the nose; frequency rank 14638
- roach — a silvery-green European freshwater fish, or any of several related fishes; frequency rank 14932
- chestnut — of a golden brown to reddish brown color; frequency rank 14986
- sled — A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it.; frequency rank 15171
- harem — The private section of a Muslim household forbidden to male strangers.; frequency rank 15437
- runt — the smallest or weakest animal in a litter; frequency rank 15604
- mackerel — a streamlined sea fish with dark wavy markings, commonly caught for food; frequency rank 16168
- ostrich — fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; frequency rank 16399
- implore — To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.; frequency rank 16611
- muzzle — fit with a muzzle; frequency rank 16717
- homicidal — characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being; frequency rank 16849
- wolverine — a powerful, thickset northern mustelid, Gulo gulo, known for strength, endurance, and scavenging over a large range; frequency rank 16932
- medusa — the free-swimming, usually bell-shaped and sexually reproducing stage of a cnidarian, commonly recognized as a jellyfish; frequency rank 16954
- mammal — any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; frequency rank 17356
- mantis — a predatory insect of the order Mantodea, with a mobile triangular head and powerful grasping forelegs held as if in prayer; frequency rank 17394
- newt — a small semiaquatic salamander whose adults typically have a lizard-like body and flattened tail; frequency rank 17898
- gauze — A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing.; frequency rank 17969
- creak — a squeaking sound; frequency rank 18286
- mavis — the song thrush; chiefly literary or Scottish; frequency rank 18297
- bison — a large wild bovine of the genus Bison, with a massive head, short horns, and a shaggy forequarter; frequency rank 18346
- hornet — a large social wasp, especially one of the genus Vespa, capable of delivering a powerful sting; frequency rank 18429
- coney — archaic or historical: a rabbit, especially the European rabbit, or its fur; frequency rank 18937
- pheasant — A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food.; frequency rank 18994
- roe — a small Eurasian deer of the genus Capreolus, now usually called a roe deer; frequency rank 19283
- pug — a small, sturdy dog with a short muzzle, broad wrinkled face, smooth coat, and tightly curled tail; frequency rank 19456
- baa — to make the characteristic bleating sound of a sheep or goat; frequency rank 19575
- vixen — a female fox; frequency rank 19944
- hock — the joint in the hind leg of a horse or other hoofed animal between the knee and the fetlock; frequency rank 20162
- seine — fish with a seine; frequency rank 20229
- rattlesnake — any of several venomous American pit vipers with interlocking horny segments at the tail tip that produce a rattling warning sound; frequency rank 20230
- filly — a young female horse, especially one below the age at which it is called a mare; frequency rank 20477
- ruff — common Eurasian sandpiper; frequency rank 20592
- condor — Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California.; frequency rank 20618
- antelope — The pronghorn, Antilocapra americana.; frequency rank 21118
- prowess — Skillfulness or extraordinary ability in a particular area of expertise; dexterity, mastery, or proficiency.; frequency rank 21336
- midge — a very small two-winged fly, including both biting and non-biting kinds; frequency rank 21427
- rhea — a large, fast-running, flightless bird native to South America, with long legs and three-toed feet; frequency rank 21479
- yelp — a sharp, high-pitched cry, especially by a dog; frequency rank 21592
- oar — A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat.; frequency rank 21601
- fawn — A young deer.; frequency rank 21653
- gazelle — a small, slender, swift antelope native to Africa or Asia; frequency rank 21747
- dragonfly — a predatory insect with a long body, very large eyes, and two pairs of transparent wings held open at rest, especially one of the infraorder Anisoptera; frequency rank 21790
- albatross — a very large oceanic bird with long, narrow wings adapted for gliding great distances; frequency rank 22279
- frock — To clothe (somebody) in a frock.; frequency rank 22283
- koala — a tree-dwelling Australian marsupial with thick grey fur, rounded ears, and a diet consisting mainly of eucalyptus leaves; frequency rank 22396
- trotter — a foot of a pig or sheep, especially when prepared as food; frequency rank 22402
- iguana — a large tropical American lizard, typically with a crest of spines along its back and a long tail; frequency rank 22512
- roost — a perch on which a bird rests or sleeps; frequency rank 22748
- greyhound — a tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; frequency rank 22750
- coachman — A man who drives a horse-drawn coach, a male coach driver.; frequency rank 22759
- gander — A male goose.; frequency rank 22886
- bluebird — any of three North American thrushes of the genus Sialia, whose males have conspicuous blue plumage; frequency rank 22928
- sardine — any of several small, oily, silvery fish related to herrings, especially a pilchard; frequency rank 23429
- starfish — a star-shaped marine echinoderm, typically with five or more arms radiating from a central disc; frequency rank 23557
- mallard — a widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos, from which most domestic duck breeds descend; the male has a glossy green head; frequency rank 23697
- wildcat — a small or medium-sized cat that lives in the wild, especially a species resembling the domestic cat; frequency rank 23811
- bourgeoisie — A class of citizens who were wealthier members of the third estate.; frequency rank 23814
- loon — A crazy or deranged person; a lunatic.; frequency rank 23897
- yoke — stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team; frequency rank 24017
- venomous — Of an animal: producing venom and able to inject it by biting or stinging.; frequency rank 24269
- molasses — A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (Canada, US) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.; frequency rank 24382
- llama — a domesticated South American camelid kept as a pack animal and for its wool and meat; frequency rank 24484
- cob — a strong, compact horse with short legs, commonly used for riding or pulling a carriage; frequency rank 24576
- gar — any of several large North American freshwater fish with an armored body and long, toothed jaws; frequency rank 24605
- primate — any mammal of the order Primates, including humans, apes, monkeys, lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers; frequency rank 24792
- caribou — a North American reindeer, a large Arctic and subarctic deer in which both sexes can grow antlers; frequency rank 24856
- scallop — a marine bivalve mollusc with a fan-shaped, fluted shell, capable of swimming by rapidly opening and closing its shell; frequency rank 25141
- sportsman — A man who engages in sports; an athlete.; frequency rank 25431
- salamander — a long-bodied amphibian with a tail and short legs, superficially resembling a lizard; frequency rank 25743
- mew — a short, high-pitched cry made by a cat or similar animal; frequency rank 26298
- trachea — membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi; frequency rank 26357
- schoolmaster — Anything that teaches.; frequency rank 27066
- foal — a young horse or other equine, especially one less than a year old; frequency rank 27231
- cur — a dog regarded as aggressive, inferior, or of mixed breed; now usually contemptuous; frequency rank 27560
- spaniel — any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears; frequency rank 27970
- footman — A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.; frequency rank 27997
- heron — grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill; frequency rank 28020
- bloodhound — a large scent hound with an exceptionally keen sense of smell, used to track people; frequency rank 28032
- thoroughbred — a horse of the Thoroughbred breed, developed chiefly for racing from English mares and imported Arabian, Barb, and Turkoman stallions; frequency rank 28605
- reptilian — Relating to reptiles such as snakes, lizards, and crocodiles.; frequency rank 28704
- retriever — a gun dog trained to find and bring back shot game, or a dog belonging to one of the breeds developed for that work; frequency rank 28807
- woodpecker — Any bird of species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.; frequency rank 28840
- roan — having a coat in which white hairs are evenly mixed with hairs of a darker base color; frequency rank 29249
- larva — an immature form of an insect, amphibian, or other animal, usually very different from the adult; frequency rank 29438
- pterodactyl — Any pterosaur.; frequency rank 29470
- shiner — any of numerous small, silvery North American freshwater fishes, especially minnows used as bait; frequency rank 30126
- carnivorous — relating to or characteristic of carnivores; frequency rank 30363
- lynx — any of several medium-sized wild cats of the genus Lynx, with a short tail, long legs, and usually tufted ears; frequency rank 30523
- bushy — Like a bush in having many branches that spread out densely in all directions.; frequency rank 30597
- hippopotamus — The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius); frequency rank 30724
- orangutan — a large, long-armed arboreal ape of the genus Pongo, native to the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra; frequency rank 30992
- thrifty — Thriving, prosperous, successful; (of an animal or plant) growing rapidly or vigorously.; frequency rank 31087
- bream — any of various deep-bodied freshwater fishes, especially the European common bream or North American sunfishes; frequency rank 31178
- crayfish — a small freshwater crustacean resembling a lobster, or its flesh used as food; frequency rank 31318
- marten — a slender, agile, tree-climbing mammal of the weasel family, especially one of the genus Martes; frequency rank 31558
- sturgeon — any of a family of usually large, long-bodied freshwater or migratory fishes with rows of bony plates, valued especially for roe used as caviar; frequency rank 31755
- bough — A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.; frequency rank 31777
- cookery — The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.; frequency rank 32006
- locust — A fruit or pod of a carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua).; frequency rank 32333
- cheep — a short, high-pitched cry made by a young bird or another small animal; frequency rank 32822
- orifice — an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; frequency rank 33011
- stealthily — in a stealthy manner; frequency rank 33216
- songbird — a bird known for a musical call or song; frequency rank 33600
- carnivore — any animal that feeds on flesh; frequency rank 33676
- pore — A tiny opening in the skin.; frequency rank 33744
- palp — a paired sensory or feeding appendage near the mouth of an arthropod or another invertebrate; frequency rank 33772
- whinny — a gentle or relatively high-pitched neigh made by a horse; frequency rank 33943
- steamboat — A boat or vessel propelled by steam power.; frequency rank 34011
- polygamy — The condition of having more than one spouse or marriage partner at one time.; frequency rank 34017
- crawfish — chiefly US: a small freshwater crustacean resembling a lobster; a crayfish; frequency rank 34440
- lapdog — a small, tame dog that can be held comfortably on a person's lap; frequency rank 34463
- mandible — the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth; frequency rank 34480
- monocle — lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; frequency rank 34564
- boisterous — violently agitated and turbulent; frequency rank 34579
- weevil — a plant-eating beetle, typically with a long snout, many species of which damage stored grain or crops; frequency rank 34613
- thistle — any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves; frequency rank 34810
- cockerel — a young male domestic chicken, especially one less than a year old; frequency rank 35329
- basset — a basset hound, a short-legged dog with long ears and a strong sense of smell; frequency rank 35358
- cuttlefish — a marine cephalopod with eight arms, two longer tentacles, and a broad internal shell called a cuttlebone; frequency rank 35967
- woodcock — a stocky woodland wading bird of the genus Scolopax, with mottled plumage and a long slender bill; frequency rank 36422
- bloodsucker — an animal, especially a leech or biting insect, that feeds by sucking blood; frequency rank 36488
- peregrine — the peregrine falcon, a powerful and widely distributed bird of prey noted for its extremely fast dive; frequency rank 36603
- menagerie — a collection of wild or unusual animals kept for exhibition; frequency rank 36762
- sexton — A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer.; frequency rank 36920
- dorsal — belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part; frequency rank 36930
- bloodless — destitute of blood or apparently so; frequency rank 37471
- caiman — any crocodilian of the subfamily Caimaninae, native to Central and South America and closely related to alligators; frequency rank 37473
- thorax — The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.; frequency rank 37691
- mastodon — an extinct elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammut, distinguished from mammoths and elephants by the cone-shaped cusps on its molar teeth; frequency rank 37699
- woodchuck — reddish brown North American marmot; frequency rank 38426
- gibbon — a small tailless ape of Southeast Asian forests, with very long arms adapted for swinging between branches; frequency rank 38756
- emu — large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller; frequency rank 38826
- cockatoo — a parrot of the family Cacatuidae, typically having a prominent movable crest; frequency rank 38996
- fireside — A supplementary meeting in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.; frequency rank 39361
- craw — the crop or food-storage pouch in the throat of a bird or some other animals; frequency rank 39609
- grindstone — a revolving stone shaped like a disk; frequency rank 39739
- complacency — self-satisfaction, contentment with one's situation; frequency rank 39901
- avian — Relating to or typical of birds.; frequency rank 39961
- earthworm — a segmented worm that lives in soil, where its burrowing helps mix and aerate the ground; frequency rank 40116
- meagre — An edible fish, of species Argyrosomus regius, of the family Sciaenidae, found from the Black Sea to the eastern Atlantic.; frequency rank 40161
- simian — relating to monkeys and apes; frequency rank 40180
- sulky — silent and withdrawn after being upset; frequency rank 40331
- chinchilla — a small South American rodent with exceptionally dense, soft gray fur; frequency rank 40406
- bevy — a flock of birds, especially when gathered close together on the ground; frequency rank 40739
- wantonly — in a wanton manner; frequency rank 40832
- echidna — a spiny, toothless, egg-laying mammal of Australia and New Guinea that feeds mainly on ants and termites; frequency rank 41156
- dachshund — a small dog of a German breed with a long body, very short legs, and long drooping ears; frequency rank 41232
- minnow — a very small freshwater fish, especially the common Eurasian minnow Phoxinus phoxinus; frequency rank 41267
- bonito — any of several swift marine fishes of the genus Sarda, related to mackerel and tuna and valued as food and sport fish; frequency rank 41394
- lek — a place where males of certain animal species gather to perform courtship displays and compete for mates; frequency rank 41528
- hobble — strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison; frequency rank 41576
- cicada — a stout-bodied insect with large transparent wings, whose males produce a loud buzzing or clicking call; frequency rank 42277
- warbler — any of numerous small, active songbirds, especially members of the Old World family Sylviidae or the New World family Parulidae; frequency rank 42332
- mussel — a marine or freshwater bivalve mollusc with an elongated shell, often living attached to rocks or buried in a riverbed; frequency rank 42344
- retinue — A group of attendants or servants, especially of someone considered important.; frequency rank 42887
- hermaphrodite — Cosexual: an organism possessing both types of gonads; a flower possessing both stamens and pistils.; frequency rank 43462
- alpaca — a domesticated South American camelid kept for its soft fleece; frequency rank 43793
- ermine — a stoat in its white winter coat, apart from the black tip of its tail; frequency rank 43810
- wombat — a stocky, burrowing Australian marsupial of the family Vombatidae, with short legs and strong digging claws; frequency rank 44102
- viscous — Of or pertaining to viscosity.; frequency rank 44122
- equine — relating to, affecting, or resembling horses and other members of the horse family; frequency rank 44370
- coccyx — The final (bottom-most) fused vertebrae at the base of the spine, the tailbone.; frequency rank 44787
- bluish — Having a tint or hue similar to the colour blue.; frequency rank 45657
- muskrat — a semiaquatic North American rodent with dark brown fur and a long, flattened, scaly tail; frequency rank 45891
- leathery — Having the consistency, feel, or texture of leather.; frequency rank 45955
- lemming — a small, short-tailed rodent of Arctic and subarctic tundra regions; frequency rank 46027
- whelp — a young dog or wolf, or the young of certain other carnivorous mammals; frequency rank 46220
- gizzard — a thick-walled muscular part of the digestive tract that grinds food in birds and various other animals; frequency rank 46458
- bullfrog — a large frog, especially the North American species Lithobates catesbeianus, whose deep call resembles a bull's bellow; frequency rank 46567
- dobbin — dated: a quiet, patient horse used for ordinary farm work or transport; frequency rank 46925
- periwinkle — a small edible marine snail of the genus Littorina, especially the common periwinkle; frequency rank 47212
- anemone — a sea animal related to coral, with a cylindrical body and a ring of stinging tentacles; frequency rank 47307
- chamois — A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra.; frequency rank 47338
- gyroscope — An apparatus composed of a wheel which spins inside of a frame (gimbal) and causes the balancing of the frame in any direction or position. In the form of a gyroscopic stabilizer, used to help keep aircraft and ships steady.; frequency rank 47598
- crustacean — an arthropod such as a crab, lobster, shrimp, or barnacle, usually with a hard shell; frequency rank 48554
- plover — a compact shorebird with a short bill, pointed wings, and a habit of running along open ground or water margins; frequency rank 48957
- asp — a venomous snake of North Africa traditionally identified with the cobra said to have killed Cleopatra; frequency rank 49320
- halcyon — Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher.; frequency rank 49873
- narwhal — a medium-sized Arctic toothed whale whose male usually bears a long, spirally twisted tusk formed from an upper canine tooth; frequency rank 49957
- ibex — a wild mountain goat of the genus Capra, typically with large backward-curving horns; frequency rank 50263
- bedbug — a small, flat, nocturnal insect that hides near sleeping places and feeds on the blood of people or other warm-blooded animals; frequency rank 50339
- silkworm — the silk-producing caterpillar of a moth, especially the domesticated Bombyx mori raised for commercial silk; frequency rank 50796
- mimicry — An act or ability to simulate or effect the appearance, characteristics, or behavior of someone or something else.; frequency rank 50977
- aviary — a building where birds are kept; frequency rank 51335
- sandpiper — any of numerous small or medium-sized wading birds of the family Scolopacidae, typically with a slender bill and a piping call; frequency rank 51337
- lory — any of several small, brightly colored Australasian parrots with brush-tipped tongues adapted for feeding on nectar and soft fruit; frequency rank 51406
- cavalcade — A procession of riders, vehicles, ships, etc.; frequency rank 52031
- marsupial — of or relating to the marsupials; frequency rank 52109
- kestrel — a small falcon that often hovers while hunting, especially the common kestrel or American kestrel; frequency rank 53397
- linnet — a small Old World finch whose male develops crimson markings on the forehead and breast; frequency rank 53503
- finny — having fins or resembling a fin; frequency rank 53790
- polecat — a dark-brown Eurasian mustelid that releases a strong-smelling secretion when threatened; frequency rank 54189
- pupa — an insect in the inactive stage between larva and adult; frequency rank 54328
- kingfisher — a nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; frequency rank 54533
- sprat — a small silvery marine fish of the herring family, especially the European sprat, eaten as food or used as bait; frequency rank 54621
- firelight — The light of a fire, such as from a campfire or fireplace.; frequency rank 54635
- tsetse — any blood-feeding African fly of the genus Glossina, some species of which transmit trypanosomes that cause sleeping sickness in humans and disease in livestock; frequency rank 54831
- chela — a pincerlike claw at the end of a limb of a crustacean or arachnid; frequency rank 55163
- bantam — a chicken of a naturally small breed or a miniature variety of a larger breed; frequency rank 55299
- mastiff — an old breed of powerful deep-chested smooth-coated dog used chiefly as a watchdog and guard dog; frequency rank 55393
- hansom — Ellipsis of Hansom cab.; frequency rank 55481
- sheldrake — an older name for a shelduck, especially a male bird of the genus Tadorna; frequency rank 56241
- stegosaurus — a large herbivorous dinosaur of the genus Stegosaurus, with upright plates along its back and spikes on its tail; frequency rank 56801
- wattle — A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.; frequency rank 56965
- tallow — A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants.; frequency rank 56984
- horsy — relating to, resembling, or characteristic of horses; frequency rank 57090
- shrike — a predatory songbird with a hooked bill, known for impaling uneaten prey on thorns or wire; frequency rank 58433
- strenuously — In a strenuous manner.; frequency rank 58500
- tern — a slender seabird related to gulls, typically with long pointed wings and a forked tail; frequency rank 58714
- mesmerize — To exercise mesmerism on; to affect another person, such as to heal or soothe, through the use of animal magnetism.; frequency rank 59318
- yearling — an animal between one and two years old, or otherwise classed as being in its second year; frequency rank 59426
- vertebrate — having a backbone or spinal column; frequency rank 59454
- noddy — any of several stout-bodied tropical seabirds of the genus Anous, closely related to terns; frequency rank 59863
- opossum — a mainly nocturnal American marsupial with a pointed snout and usually a long, nearly hairless prehensile tail; frequency rank 59979
- goldfinch — small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings; frequency rank 60011
- whippoorwill — a nocturnal North American nightjar whose repeated call sounds like 'whip-poor-will'; frequency rank 60188
- marmot — a large, stocky burrowing rodent of the squirrel family, typically living in mountainous or northern regions; frequency rank 61465
- mammary — Of or relating to the mamma or breast (of a woman or a female animal).; frequency rank 61994
- oriole — any of various brightly colored songbirds, including New World orioles of the genus Icterus and Old World orioles of the family Oriolidae; frequency rank 62049
- bulbul — any of a family of often gregarious songbirds native to Africa and Asia; frequency rank 62463
- instigation — The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.; frequency rank 63199
- placental — relating to, supplied through, or possessing a placenta; frequency rank 63386
- biped — an animal, person, or machine that walks on two feet or legs; frequency rank 63537
- gnu — a large African antelope with a heavy head, curved horns, sloping back, and long tufted tail; a wildebeest; frequency rank 64058
- toucan — a tropical American bird with a very large, often brightly colored bill; frequency rank 65424
- ocelot — a medium-sized, mostly nocturnal wild cat of the Americas with a yellowish coat marked by dark spots and elongated blotches; frequency rank 66717
- topmost — At or nearest to the top; uppermost; being the very highest.; frequency rank 67102
- marmoset — a small Central or South American monkey of the callitrichid group, typically with clawlike nails on most digits; frequency rank 67494
- exasperation — actions that cause great irritation or even anger; frequency rank 67882
- oryx — a large African or Arabian antelope of the genus Oryx, with a pale coat, dark facial markings, and long nearly straight horns; frequency rank 68415
- pachyderm — an elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, or other large thick-skinned mammal formerly grouped in the obsolete order Pachydermata; frequency rank 68779
- egret — a long-legged wading bird in the heron family, often white and sometimes bearing long breeding plumes; frequency rank 68834
- dulcet — pleasing to the ear; frequency rank 69170
- titmouse — a small songbird of the tit family, especially one of the North American genus Baeolophus; historically also used more broadly for tits; frequency rank 69923
- dugong — sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; frequency rank 69945
- tench — a robust freshwater fish, Tinca tinca, native to Europe and western Asia and widely introduced elsewhere; frequency rank 70322
- curlew — a large migratory wading bird of the genus Numenius, with long legs and a long slender bill curved downward; frequency rank 71473
- tapir — An odd-toed ungulate of the genus Tapirus with a long prehensile upper lip.; frequency rank 73148
- spoor — the tracks, scent, droppings, or other trail left by an animal; frequency rank 73722
- saiga — a migratory antelope of the Eurasian steppe with a distinctive enlarged, flexible nose; frequency rank 73854
- rookery — a breeding colony or nesting place of rooks, penguins, seals, or other social animals; frequency rank 74115
- conger — any of several large, scaleless marine eels of the genus Conger or family Congridae, found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; frequency rank 75024
- saurian — a lizard or lizardlike reptile, especially a large or prehistoric reptile; frequency rank 75061
- dace — a small, slender European freshwater fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, that commonly swims in shoals; frequency rank 75224
- lamprey — a jawless, eel-shaped aquatic vertebrate with a round sucking mouth, many species of which attach to other fish; frequency rank 75794
- allosaurus — a large two-legged carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Allosaurus that lived during the Late Jurassic period; frequency rank 75959
- macaque — an Old World monkey of the genus Macaca, native mainly to Asia with one wild species in northwestern Africa; frequency rank 77735
- gannet — a large mostly white seabird of the genus Morus that catches fish by plunging steeply into the sea; frequency rank 77795
- horseflesh — the flesh of a horse, especially when used as food; frequency rank 77831
- jackdaw — a small black-and-gray Eurasian corvid related to crows and often nesting in buildings, cliffs, or trees; frequency rank 78001
- dromedary — the one-humped camel of North Africa and southwestern Asia; frequency rank 78461
- molt — periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles; frequency rank 79173
- yeomanry — a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army; frequency rank 79206
- throstle — Northern English: a song thrush; frequency rank 79912
- capybara — pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; frequency rank 80395
- drongo — an insect-eating Old World passerine bird of the family Dicruridae, typically glossy black with a forked or ornamented tail; frequency rank 80471
- cassowary — a large, powerful flightless bird of the genus Casuarius, native chiefly to New Guinea and northern Australia, with a horny casque on its head; frequency rank 80714
- albacore — a large long-finned tuna (Thunnus alalunga) of warm and temperate oceans, valued as food for its pale flesh; frequency rank 81513
- horsefly — a large, fast-flying fly of the family Tabanidae whose females bite mammals and feed on blood; frequency rank 82371
- fantail — Any of several birds, of the genus Rhipidura, from Asia, Australia and New Zealand.; frequency rank 82758
- pronghorn — a swift ruminant of western North America, Antilocapra americana, whose males have horns with a forward-pointing prong; frequency rank 83184
- bustard — a large, mainly ground-dwelling bird of open country in the Old World, with long legs and powerful flight; frequency rank 83389
- kudu — either of two large African antelopes whose males bear long spiral horns, the greater kudu and the lesser kudu; frequency rank 84067
- eland — either of two very large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, with spirally twisted horns in both sexes; frequency rank 84204
- goby — any of numerous generally small, bottom-dwelling fishes, especially members of the family Gobiidae, many of which have pelvic fins joined into a suckerlike disc; frequency rank 84923
- mollusc — invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell; frequency rank 86098
- falconry — the practice or sport of training falcons and other birds of prey to hunt wild quarry; frequency rank 86377
- waterfowl — a duck, goose, swan, or other bird that lives or feeds chiefly on or near water; such birds collectively; frequency rank 86433
- turbit — a breed of fancy domestic pigeon with a short beak, a peaked or shell-shaped crest, and a frill of feathers on the breast; frequency rank 86586
- iguanodon — a large herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur of the Early Cretaceous genus Iguanodon, known for its thumb spikes; frequency rank 86656
- vicuna — a small wild South American camelid of the high Andes, related to the llama and valued for its exceptionally fine fleece; frequency rank 86867
- quadruped — having four feet; frequency rank 87242
- bullfinch — A large, thick quickset hedge.; frequency rank 87528
- blue jay — a crested North American jay with bright blue, white, and black plumage; frequency rank 87708
- carapace — a hard protective shell covering all or part of the back of an animal such as a turtle, crab, or barnacle; frequency rank 88486
- bittern — a secretive, brown-streaked marsh bird of the heron family, noted for the male's deep booming call; frequency rank 89854
- petrel — a long-winged oceanic seabird of the order Procellariiformes, often seen skimming close to the waves; frequency rank 89940
- calve — of a cow or certain other large mammals: to give birth to a calf; frequency rank 90010
- horsewoman — a woman who rides horses, especially one skilled in riding or managing them; frequency rank 90149
- faintness — the trait of lacking boldness and courage; frequency rank 92102
- flycatcher — any of various small birds that characteristically catch flying insects, especially members of the Old World family Muscicapidae or the New World family Tyrannidae; frequency rank 92403
- grebe — a freshwater diving bird with lobed toes, a pointed bill, and legs set far back on the body; frequency rank 93107
- bowerbird — an Australasian bird of the family Ptilonorhynchidae, whose males in many species build and decorate display structures to court females; frequency rank 93809
- hoopoe — a crested Old World bird of the genus Upupa, with a long downcurved bill and boldly barred black-and-white wings and tail; frequency rank 93981
- apelike — Similar to an ape in appearance or behaviour.; frequency rank 94441
- auk — any of a family of compact black-and-white northern seabirds adapted for swimming and diving, including puffins, guillemots, and murres; frequency rank 96317
- springbok — a swift southern African antelope, Antidorcas marsupialis, known for making high stiff-legged leaps; frequency rank 99059
- omnivorous — feeding on both plant and animal matter; frequency rank 100672
- petulance — Rudeness, insolence.; frequency rank 101607
- pullet — a young female chicken, especially one less than a year old or not yet laying eggs; frequency rank 103012
- eyrie — the nest of an eagle or other bird of prey, usually built in a high place; frequency rank 104551
- orang — dated: a shortened form of orangutan, the large arboreal ape native to Borneo and Sumatra; frequency rank 105504
- lapwing — Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae, within family Charadriidae.; frequency rank 106809
- woodlouse — a small terrestrial isopod crustacean with a rigid segmented body, usually found in damp, dark places; frequency rank 108326
- chanticleer — literary: a rooster, especially one personified in a fable or story; frequency rank 109445
- capelin — a small silvery smelt, Mallotus villosus, of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans that gathers in large schools to spawn near shore; frequency rank 110576
- agouti — agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; frequency rank 111351
- fetlock — the joint of a horse's leg between the cannon bone and the pastern, above the hoof; frequency rank 111631
- wagtail — a slender Old World songbird of the genus Motacilla, named for its habit of repeatedly bobbing its long tail; frequency rank 113332
- hornbill — a tropical African or Asian bird with a very large curved bill, often topped by a hollow casque; frequency rank 113369
- nuthatch — a small, strong-footed songbird that climbs tree trunks, often head downward, and feeds on nuts and insects; frequency rank 114465
- brach — Originally, a synonym of scent hound (“a hunting dog that tracks prey using its sense of smell rather than by its vision”); later, any female hound; a bitch hound.; frequency rank 116971
- glowworm — the luminous larva or wingless adult female of certain beetles, especially members of the family Lampyridae; frequency rank 117314
- capercaillie — a very large Eurasian woodland grouse, the male of which has dark plumage and a fan-shaped tail; frequency rank 118317
- carthorse — a large, strong horse used for pulling carts or other heavy loads; frequency rank 122274
- gamecock — a rooster bred and trained for cockfighting; frequency rank 125729
- hackle — a long, narrow feather from a bird's neck or back, especially one used in an artificial fishing fly; frequency rank 126237
- ortolan — a small migratory Eurasian bunting, Emberiza hortulana, historically fattened and eaten as a delicacy; frequency rank 128691
- guillemot — a northern seabird of the auk family, especially one of the genera Uria or Cepphus, with dark upperparts and strong underwater swimming ability; frequency rank 129642
- dogmatism — the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot; frequency rank 130049
- zebu — a domesticated humped form of cattle, Bos taurus indicus, adapted to hot climates and widely kept in South Asia, Africa, and elsewhere; frequency rank 131536
- featherless — having no feathers or having lost the usual covering of feathers; frequency rank 133153
- poundage — Weight, especially body weight.; frequency rank 133683
- kinkajou — a nocturnal tree-dwelling mammal of tropical Central and South America, with golden-brown fur and a long prehensile tail; frequency rank 136841
- piscine — of, relating to, or characteristic of fish; frequency rank 137256
- hidebound — Bound with the hide of an animal.; frequency rank 140406
- katydid — a long-horned, usually green insect of the family Tettigoniidae, the males of many species producing loud calls by rubbing their wings; frequency rank 140808
- stickleback — a small freshwater or coastal fish of the family Gasterosteidae, distinguished by separate sharp spines along its back; frequency rank 140864
- corncrake — a secretive migratory rail that breeds in European and western Asian meadows and has a rasping repeated call; frequency rank 141442
- imago — the final, sexually mature stage of an insect after metamorphosis; frequency rank 143339
- megatherium — an extinct giant ground sloth of the genus Megatherium, native to South America during the Pliocene and Pleistocene; frequency rank 143418
- cayuse — Western US, historical: a small, hardy range horse or pony; frequency rank 146233
- tomtit — chiefly British: a small tit, especially the blue tit; frequency rank 147994
- whicker — a soft, breathy neigh or whinny made by a horse; frequency rank 151557
- wader — a long-legged bird that searches for food in shallow water or wet ground; frequency rank 152838
- tanager — any of numerous, often brightly colored songbirds native to the Americas; frequency rank 157045
- sumpter — historical: a horse, mule, or other pack animal used to carry loads; frequency rank 158663
- nightjar — a crepuscular or nocturnal insect-eating bird with cryptic mottled plumage, large eyes, and a broad mouth; frequency rank 160306
- siskin — a small greenish-yellow Eurasian finch, Spinus spinus, related to the goldfinch; frequency rank 160531
- fledge — of a young bird, to develop the feathers needed for flight or become able to fly; frequency rank 161416
- leveret — a young hare, especially one less than a year old; frequency rank 162244
- peewit — a northern lapwing, a crested wading bird of open fields and wetlands; frequency rank 162534
- forefoot — either of the front feet of a four-legged animal; frequency rank 163055
- ichneumon — an ichneumon wasp, a usually slender parasitoid wasp whose larvae develop in or on other arthropods; frequency rank 163481
- burrower — an animal that digs a hole or tunnel, especially one that lives in the shelter it makes; frequency rank 163781
- nosebag — a bag containing feed that is fastened over a horse's or similar working animal's muzzle; frequency rank 164101
- vulpine — of, relating to, or resembling a fox; frequency rank 164169
- caddis — a caddisfly or its aquatic larva, which often builds a portable case from sand, twigs, or other debris; frequency rank 164734
- foxhound — a medium-sized scent hound of the English or American breed developed for pursuing foxes and noted for its stamina; frequency rank 165394
- fennec — A small fox of the species Vulpes zerda, found in the Sahara (excluding the coast) and having distinctive oversized ears.; frequency rank 166643
- gastropod — a mollusk of the class Gastropoda, including snails, slugs, limpets, and related animals, typically moving on a broad muscular foot; frequency rank 169036
- gloomily — with gloom; frequency rank 170858
- peccary — a social, piglike hoofed mammal native to the Americas, belonging to the family Tayassuidae; frequency rank 172707
- pichi — a small hairy armadillo, Zaedyus pichiy, native to the dry grasslands and scrub of Argentina and Chile; frequency rank 174151
- ruminant — A hoofed animal, such as a cow, sheep, or deer, that chews the cud and has a stomach with several compartments.; frequency rank 175973
- quagga — an extinct southern African subspecies of plains zebra, striped mainly on the head and front of the body; frequency rank 176979
- apar — a South American three-banded armadillo of the genus Tolypeutes, able to roll its armored body into a nearly complete ball; frequency rank 177086
- casque — a hard helmet-like structure on the head or bill of certain birds and reptiles; frequency rank 179262
- courser — historical or literary: a swift, strong horse, especially one ridden in battle; frequency rank 179307
- raffish — marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; frequency rank 182112
- ovipositor — a tubular or blade-like organ used by a female insect or certain other animals to place or lay eggs; frequency rank 183410
- merganser — any of several fish-eating diving ducks with a narrow bill edged by toothlike serrations; frequency rank 183918
- bivalve — a mollusc of the class Bivalvia whose body is enclosed by two hinged shell valves, such as a clam, mussel, oyster, or scallop; frequency rank 186252
- pipit — a small, slender, usually brown and streaked ground-feeding songbird, chiefly of the genus Anthus, found in open country; frequency rank 187579
- carnivora — Carnivorans.; frequency rank 188940
- spoonbill — a long-legged wading bird related to the ibises, with a broad, flat bill rounded at the tip; frequency rank 193778
- greenfinch — a small Old World finch of the genus Chloris, typically with greenish plumage and bright yellow areas on the wings and tail; frequency rank 195286
- dewlap — a loose fold of skin hanging beneath the neck of cattle, dogs, goats, and some other animals; frequency rank 195473
- pickerel — A freshwater fish of the genus Esox.; frequency rank 196898
- kulan — an Asiatic wild ass (Equus hemionus) of the Central Asian steppes and deserts, especially the Turkmen kulan subspecies (E. h. kulan); frequency rank 199242
- megalosaurus — a large meat-eating theropod dinosaur of the genus Megalosaurus, known from Middle Jurassic fossils in England; frequency rank 199362
- gaur — a very large wild bovine, Bos gaurus, native to forests of South and Southeast Asia; frequency rank 204835
- cere — the fleshy or waxy skin at the base of the upper beak in certain birds, containing the nostrils; frequency rank 208368
- plesiosaurus — a marine reptile of the extinct genus Plesiosaurus, with a small head, long neck, broad body, and four paddle-shaped limbs; frequency rank 210857
- currycomb — a comb with rows of short teeth or ridges, used especially for grooming a horse; frequency rank 213466
- peafowl — any of several large pheasant-family birds whose males are peacocks and females are peahens, especially species of Pavo and Afropavo; frequency rank 216038
- annelid — a segmented worm of the phylum Annelida, such as an earthworm, leech, or ragworm; frequency rank 221898
- guanaco — wild llama; frequency rank 224838
- wapiti — the North American elk (Cervus canadensis), a large deer whose males bear branching antlers; frequency rank 229238
- amphipod — any small crustacean of the order Amphipoda, typically with a laterally compressed body and differently directed pairs of legs; frequency rank 229662
- shorthorn — a member of a British breed of cattle developed in northeastern England and raised in dairy and beef varieties; frequency rank 237154
- mudcat — US: any of several catfish associated with muddy water, especially a bullhead or flathead catfish; frequency rank 242974
- chough — either of two glossy black Eurasian birds of the genus Pyrrhocorax, noted for red or yellow bills and legs; frequency rank 244989
- nudibranch — a shell-less marine gastropod in the group Nudibranchia, often brightly colored and bearing exposed gills or other respiratory structures; frequency rank 245936
- crossbill — any finch of the genus Loxia whose upper and lower bill tips cross, an adaptation for extracting seeds from conifer cones; frequency rank 246903
- untrammeled — not confined or limited; frequency rank 249283
- tragopan — any of several Asian forest pheasants of the genus Tragopan, whose brightly colored males have two fleshy head horns and an inflatable throat lappet; frequency rank 249554
- insectivorous — feeding mainly or entirely on insects; frequency rank 251062
- turnspit — a small type of dog formerly trained to turn a roasting spit by running in a wheel; frequency rank 253818
- cavy — any short-tailed South American rodent of the family Caviidae, including the wild ancestors and relatives of guinea pigs; frequency rank 255823
- cowbird — a New World blackbird of the genus Molothrus that commonly lays its eggs in the nests of other bird species; frequency rank 257157
- fieldfare — a large Eurasian thrush, Turdus pilaris, with a gray head and rump, often seen in flocks during winter; frequency rank 258315
- ichthyosaurus — an extinct dolphin-shaped marine reptile of the genus Ichthyosaurus, known chiefly from Early Jurassic rocks of Europe; frequency rank 262701
- ursine — relating to, characteristic of, or resembling a bear; frequency rank 264336
- scoter — a large northern sea duck of the genus Melanitta, whose adult males are predominantly black and which feeds by diving; frequency rank 265020
- effectually — in an effectual or successful manner; frequency rank 266584
- clasper — a specialized appendage used to hold a mate during reproduction, especially in male fish, insects, or crustaceans; frequency rank 272069
- macaco — a historical common name for the black lemur, Eulemur macaco, and formerly for several related lemurs; frequency rank 274949
- wildfowl — wild birds hunted as game or food, especially ducks, geese, and other waterfowl; frequency rank 283160
- pintail — a slender, long-necked dabbling duck whose central tail feathers form a narrow point, especially the northern pintail; frequency rank 283600
- blenny — a small, usually elongated marine fish of the blenny groups, especially a bottom-dwelling combtooth blenny of the family Blenniidae; frequency rank 289540
- godwit — a large migratory wading bird of the genus Limosa, with a very long bill and long legs; frequency rank 292781
- redstart — any of several small Old World insect-eating birds, especially members of the genus Phoenicurus, with conspicuous reddish tails; frequency rank 294744
- twite — a small brown finch, Linaria flavirostris, breeding in northern Eurasia and identified by its yellow bill and forked tail; frequency rank 300663
- hamadryas — a large baboon native to northeastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, whose adult males have a silvery mantle; frequency rank 302465
- aphis — technical and now uncommon: an aphid, especially an aphid of the genus Aphis; frequency rank 303468
- crinoid — a marine echinoderm of the class Crinoidea, including sea lilies and feather stars, with feathery arms around a central body; frequency rank 314348
- dunnock — A small European and Asian passerine bird, Prunella modularis; the hedge sparrow or hedge warbler.; frequency rank 319845
- fritillary — any of several orange, brown, or tawny butterflies, especially nymphalids with dark markings and often silvery spots beneath the wings; frequency rank 320517
- muntjac — a small Asian deer of the genus Muntiacus, whose barking call gives it the alternative name barking deer; frequency rank 321795
- trogon — a tropical forest bird of the family Trogonidae, typically with brilliant plumage, a long tail, and a short broad bill; frequency rank 322213
- plantigrade — walking with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground, as humans and bears do; frequency rank 330074
- hawfinch — a large Eurasian finch with a very powerful bill used to crack hard seeds and fruit stones; frequency rank 332745
- blackcap — a small Eurasian warbler, Sylvia atricapilla, whose adult male has a black crown; frequency rank 354417
- plastron — the lower, usually flatter part of a turtle's or tortoise's shell; frequency rank 360645
- protozoon — dated: a single protozoan organism; one of the mostly microscopic unicellular organisms formerly grouped as Protozoa; frequency rank 380326
- spiracle — zoology: an external respiratory opening in an insect or another air-breathing arthropod, connected to the tracheal system; frequency rank 386123
- coxa — the basal segment of an arthropod limb, by which the leg is attached to the body; frequency rank 388035
- incrustation — An accumulated characteristic of a person that disguises their true nature.; frequency rank 394680
- lancelet — a small translucent, fishlike marine chordate that retains a notochord and usually lives partly buried in sand; frequency rank 396907
- thornback — the thornback ray or skate, Raja clavata, a ray with rough skin and rows of thornlike spines along its back and tail; frequency rank 401525
- batrachian — a frog, toad, or other amphibian, especially one formerly classified in the group Batrachia; frequency rank 414077
- banteng — a wild Southeast Asian ox, Bos javanicus, with marked differences in color and horn size between adult males and females; frequency rank 415253
- ouzel — an old name for the Eurasian blackbird or a related dark thrush, retained especially in ring ouzel; frequency rank 417316
- beroe — a transparent, often iridescent marine comb jelly of the genus Beroe, with a rounded or thimble-shaped body; frequency rank 419249
- coralline — a branching bryozoan or hydroid that resembles coral, especially in older zoological writing; frequency rank 430038
- radula — a ribbonlike feeding organ bearing rows of tiny teeth, used by most mollusks to scrape or cut food; frequency rank 431921
- branchia — zoology: a gill or another respiratory organ with the same function in an aquatic animal; frequency rank 454880
- unwearied — Not wearied, not tired.; frequency rank 459557
- cockchafer — a large European scarab beetle whose larvae and adults can damage crops and other vegetation; frequency rank 477126
- blackcock — chiefly British: a male black grouse, distinguished by glossy dark plumage and a lyre-shaped tail; frequency rank 485027
- ascidian — a solitary or colonial marine tunicate of the class Ascidiacea, typically having a saclike adult body with an incurrent and an excurrent siphon; frequency rank 486150
- echinus — a sea urchin, especially one described by the older zoological name Echinus; frequency rank 505540
- coypu — aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; frequency rank 524204
- prothorax — the front of the three segments of an insect's thorax, bearing the first pair of legs but no wings; frequency rank 525238
- guenon — a slender, long-tailed African monkey of the genus Cercopithecus, often with distinctive facial coloring; frequency rank 533838
- curculio — a weevil of the genus Curculio, especially one whose larvae develop inside acorns or nuts; frequency rank 541615
- viviparous — producing live young that developed inside the parent's body rather than laying eggs; frequency rank 560248
- hymenopterous — belonging or relating to the insect order Hymenoptera, which includes bees, wasps, ants, and sawflies; frequency rank 561503
- operculum — a hard flap or plate that covers an opening in an animal, such as a fish's gills or a snail's shell; frequency rank 601456
- pewee — a small North American flycatcher of the genus Contopus, named for its call; frequency rank 615101
- scutella — a small horny plate or scale on a bird's foot or toe; frequency rank 647422
- furcula — the forked bone formed by the fused collarbones of most birds; the wishbone; frequency rank 656424
- veery — a tawny North American woodland thrush noted for its descending, flute-like song; frequency rank 677994
- melanism — an unusually high amount of dark melanin pigment in an animal or person, making the skin, fur, feathers, or eyes darker than usual; frequency rank 702312
- goatsucker — a dated name for a nightjar, a crepuscular or nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae; frequency rank 832015
- frugivorous — feeding chiefly or entirely on fruit; frequency rank 832593
- sphex — a sand or digger wasp of the genus Sphex or a closely related genus; frequency rank 858509
- nilgai — a large antelope, Boselaphus tragocamelus, native to the Indian subcontinent, the adult male of which is bluish gray; frequency rank 917997
- whitethroat — an Old World warbler with a conspicuously pale throat, especially the common whitethroat, Curruca communis; frequency rank 932948
- natatory — relating to swimming or adapted for movement through water; frequency rank 967301
- seafowl — a bird that lives or feeds at sea or along the coast; a seabird; frequency rank 1025960
- marsupium — the external abdominal pouch in which a female marsupial carries and nurses its undeveloped young; frequency rank 1026043
- goosander — the common merganser, Mergus merganser, a large fish-eating diving duck of northern rivers and lakes; frequency rank 1036547
- anopheline — a mosquito of the genus Anopheles or a closely related genus, including species that transmit malaria; frequency rank 1059045
- deerhound — a very large, rough-coated sighthound originally bred in Scotland to hunt deer; frequency rank 1147625
- stonechat — any of several small Old World insect-eating birds of the genus Saxicola, especially the European stonechat; frequency rank 1215852
- suctorial — adapted for drawing in food or liquid by sucking; frequency rank 1223592
- huia — an extinct glossy-black New Zealand wattlebird, Heteralocha acutirostris, whose male and female had strikingly different bill shapes; frequency rank 1409086
- coleopterous — Of or pertaining to beetles of the order Coleoptera.
- cirripede — a marine crustacean such as a barnacle, with feathery appendages for catching food
- stridulation — the production of a shrill sound by rubbing body parts together, especially in insects
- nidification — nest-building by birds or other animals
- anthropomorphous — having human form or humanlike characteristics
- elytron — one of the hardened front wings of a beetle or similar insect that covers and protects the flight wings
- nervure — one of the rigid veins that support an insect's wing
- zoophyte — in older zoology, a plantlike invertebrate such as a coral, sponge, or sea anemone
- water ouzel — a dipper: any of the small aquatic songbirds of the genus Cinclus (family Cinclidae) that wade and dive in swift streams, especially the white-throated dipper in Eurasia or the American dipper in North America
- mistle thrush — a large thrush (Turdus viscivorus) of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia, with pale, boldly spotted underparts, noted for eating and vigorously defending berry-bearing trees, including mistletoe
- swim bladder — a gas-filled internal sac present in many bony fishes, used chiefly to regulate buoyancy and maintain depth and, in some species, also involved in respiration, hearing, or sound production
- tyrant flycatcher — any bird of the large New World family Tyrannidae, whose members typically have a broad, flattened bill and feed mainly on insects
- willow wren — a traditional British name for the willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus), also formerly applied to the closely related chiffchaff
- ganoid — having hard, shiny, enamel-like scales of the type found on gars and some other fishes
- fallfish — a large silvery freshwater minnow (Semotilus corporalis) native to streams of northeastern North America
- exuvia — a skin, shell, exoskeleton, or other outer covering shed by an animal during molting
- neuration — the pattern or arrangement of veins, especially in an insect's wing and sometimes in a leaf
- teleostean — relating to the teleosts, the large group containing most living bony fishes
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms
- fossorial — adapted for digging or for living chiefly underground
- palpus — a segmented sensory appendage attached to a mouthpart of an arthropod and used chiefly for touch or taste
- dragonet — any small, often brightly colored, scaleless bottom-dwelling marine fish of the family Callionymidae
- elater — a click beetle of the family Elateridae, able to spring into the air with a clicking movement when placed on its back
- gallinazo — any of several American vultures, especially the black vulture or turkey vulture
- amphioxus — a lancelet: a small, translucent, fishlike marine chordate that burrows in sand and retains a notochord throughout life
- phalanger — an Australasian arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae, including the cuscuses and brushtail possums
- univalve — having a shell formed from one piece or valve, especially as opposed to a bivalve shell
- wigeon — any of several medium-sized dabbling ducks of the genus Mareca, especially the Eurasian or American wigeon
- catarrhine — a primate of the group Catarrhini, comprising Old World monkeys, apes, and humans
- clypeus — a shieldlike plate on the front of an insect's head, between the frons and the upper lip
- platyrrhine — a New World monkey of the primate group Platyrrhini, including capuchins, marmosets, howler monkeys, and their relatives
- pygidium — the terminal dorsal plate or last exposed abdominal segment of certain insects
- vibrissa — one of the long, stiff, highly sensitive hairs on the snout or face of many mammals; a whisker
- barbule — one of the minute branches growing from a feather barb, often bearing hooks that interlock with neighboring branches
- cephalothorax — the fused head and thorax forming the front body region of spiders, crustaceans, and some other arthropods
- mesothorax — the middle of the three segments of an insect's thorax, bearing the second pair of legs and, when present, the forewings
- metasternum — entomology: the ventral exoskeletal plate of an insect's metathorax
- cachalot — a sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, especially in older natural-history or whaling writing
- gaggle — a group of geese, especially on land or water

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- spit — expel saliva, phlegm, or sputum from the mouth; frequency rank 3179
- pierce — make a hole into; frequency rank 4929
- buffalo — any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; frequency rank 5750
- spear — pierce with a spear; frequency rank 7875
- lantern — An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.; frequency rank 9586
- mast — The fruit of forest-trees (beech, oak, chestnut, pecan, etc.), especially if having fallen from the tree, used as fodder for pigs and other animals.; frequency rank 16434
- jackal — an Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; frequency rank 18261
- walrus — A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.; frequency rank 19360
- dun — of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color; frequency rank 19645
- full-grown — Fully developed in a broader sense; complete, at one’s height.; frequency rank 30108
- good-natured — having an easygoing and cheerful disposition; frequency rank 31946
- squalid — Extremely dirty and unpleasant.; frequency rank 33577
- varmint — a troublesome wild pest, especially around farms; frequency rank 35348
- man-eater — an animal that has killed and eaten humans, especially a tiger, lion, crocodile, or shark; frequency rank 37214
- well-to-do — Rich, prosperous, financially stable and comfortable.; frequency rank 38226
- looking-glass — Synonym of mirror (“smooth surface that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it”).; frequency rank 68171
- devilfish — any of several large or striking marine animals, especially an octopus or manta ray; frequency rank 105568
- vinchuca — a blood-feeding South American triatomine bug, especially Triatoma infestans, that may transmit the parasite causing Chagas disease; frequency rank 174250
- toxodon — a large extinct herbivorous South American mammal of the genus Toxodon, a member of the hoofed-mammal order Notoungulata; frequency rank 209600
- birdcatcher — a person who catches or traps wild birds; frequency rank 254774
- dimorphodon — an extinct long-tailed pterosaur of the genus Dimorphodon, known from the Early Jurassic period; frequency rank 304766
- babirusa — a wild pig of the Indonesian genus Babyrousa, whose adult males have long upper canine teeth that curve upward through the snout; frequency rank 307391
- necrophagous — feeding on dead or decaying animal matter; frequency rank 340188
- ousel — a blackbird or related thrush, especially in older or regional usage; frequency rank 363097
- bee-eater — any brightly colored insect-eating bird of the family Meropidae, known for catching bees and wasps in flight; frequency rank 405777
- sandhopper — a small beach-dwelling amphipod crustacean, especially a talitrid, that moves by hopping; frequency rank 406021
- bearlike — resembling a bear in appearance, movement, strength, or temperament; frequency rank 436501
- seabeach — A beach lying along the sea.; frequency rank 470617
- peludo — a hairy South American armadillo, especially the big hairy armadillo of Argentina and neighboring countries; frequency rank 534974
- nemertean — an unsegmented worm of the phylum Nemertea, typically marine and equipped with a long eversible proboscis; a ribbon worm; frequency rank 547167
- motmot — a tropical American bird of the family Momotidae, usually green or blue-green and often having two long racket-tipped central tail feathers; frequency rank 636025
- teru-tero — a South American lapwing with a conspicuous crest, a sharp alarm call, and a spur at the bend of each wing; frequency rank 877281
- aculeate — zoology: having a stinger, especially belonging to the hymenopteran group Aculeata; frequency rank 1015413
- blackbeetle — chiefly British: the Oriental cockroach, a large dark-brown or blackish cockroach; frequency rank 1174492
- landrail — the corncrake, a migratory Eurasian rail that lives mainly in meadows and fields; frequency rank 1231862
- hindfoot — a rear foot of a four-legged animal, especially when contrasted with a forefoot; frequency rank 1279286
- fang — a long sharp tooth, as of a snake or dog
- badger — a burrowing nocturnal mammal; to pester or harass persistently
- barking — making a dog's sharp cry; British slang for mad or crazy
- beastly — like a beast; very unpleasant or disagreeable
- bovine — relating to cattle; sluggish or dull in manner
- hound — a hunting dog; also, to pursue or harass relentlessly
- pest — a destructive insect or animal, or an annoying person
- decoy — something used to lure or mislead, often a fake bird
- halter — a rope or strap for leading an animal; a noose for hanging
- brutish — savagely violent, coarse, or animal-like
- cub — the young of a bear, lion, or other carnivorous mammal
- mongrel — a dog or animal of mixed or indeterminate breed
- animalcule — a microscopic animal, such as an amoeba or other tiny organism
- animalivore — an animal that feeds on other animals; a carnivore
- arachnid — an eight-legged invertebrate such as a spider, scorpion, or mite
- barghest — a monstrous goblin-dog of northern English folklore, an omen of death
- bleat — to make the wavering cry of a sheep or goat; to complain feebly
- burdenous — burdensome; oppressive or heavy to bear
- burrow — an animal's underground hole; to dig or nestle into something
- carp — to complain or find fault persistently; a freshwater fish
- catlike — resembling a cat in stealth, grace, or agility
- doe — a female deer, rabbit, or hare
- elephantic — of or resembling an elephant; huge and ponderous
- feline — of or resembling a cat; catlike
- herbivore — an animal that feeds on plants
- howler — a glaring and ludicrous mistake; also an animal that howls
- leam — a leash for a hound, or to lead a dog by such a leash
- leonine — resembling or characteristic of a lion
- maw — the jaws or gullet of a voracious animal; a devouring opening
- ovine — of, relating to, or resembling sheep
- porkish — resembling pork or a pig; piggish
- ratter — a dog or other animal that hunts and kills rats
- redbreast — a bird with a red breast, especially the European robin
- reptile — a cold-blooded scaly vertebrate such as a snake, lizard, or crocodile
- rook — a black crow-like bird; a chess castle; to cheat or swindle
- sloth — habitual laziness; also a slow-moving tropical mammal
- talon — a sharp hooked claw, especially of a bird of prey
- tether — a rope or chain that ties an animal so it can graze only within a set range
- visitant — a visitor, especially a supernatural one or a migratory bird
- wether — a castrated male sheep
- bizcacha — Rare form of viscacha.
- tuco-tuco — any of several stocky burrowing South American rodents of the genus Ctenomys
- ocellated — marked with rounded, eye-shaped spots called ocelli
- zoophagous — feeding on animals or animal matter; carnivorous
- cleg — a horsefly or gadfly, especially in northern British and Irish usage
- dowp — the carrion crow, in northern English dialect
- nauplius — an early free-swimming crustacean larva with a median eye, little body segmentation, and usually three pairs of appendages
- tornaria — the transparent, free-swimming larva of an acorn worm or another enteropneust hemichordate
- lepidopteron — an insect of the order Lepidoptera, comprising butterflies, moths, and skippers
- staghound — a large, powerful hound formerly bred and used to hunt stags and other large game
- zoophagy — the feeding on animals or animal matter; carnivorous feeding
- mammiferous — historical zoology: mammalian; belonging to the class of animals whose females have mammary glands
- chucao — the chucao tapaculo (Scelorchilus rubecula), a secretive, loud-calling forest bird with a reddish throat and breast, native to central and southern Chile and adjacent Argentina
- niata — an extinct breed of small South American cattle, formerly found in Argentina and Uruguay, distinguished by a very short, broad, upturned muzzle and projecting lower jaw
- tropilla — in Argentina and Uruguay, a group of riding horses kept together, traditionally trained to follow a bell mare
- surmullet — a red mullet or related goatfish, a brightly colored marine fish with sensory barbels beneath its chin
- aperea — a wild South American cavy of the species Cavia aperea, closely related to the domestic guinea pig
- coleoptera — beetles collectively; insects of the order Coleoptera, characterized by hardened forewings that protect the flight wings
- phorusrhacos — an extinct giant flightless predatory bird of the South American genus Phorusrhacos, known from Miocene fossils
- brown thrasher — a reddish-brown North American songbird (Toxostoma rufum) with a long tail, streaked underparts, and a varied song
- tu-whit tu-whoo — a conventional imitation of an owl's cry, especially the paired calls associated with tawny owls
- wood pewee — either of two small North American flycatchers of the genus Contopus, especially the eastern wood pewee (C. virens)
- hen harrier — a long-winged Eurasian bird of prey (Circus cyaneus) whose male is pale gray and whose female is brown; historically also a name for the closely related North American northern harrier
- fishhawk — an osprey, a large bird of prey that dives feet-first to catch fish
- estivate — to spend a hot or dry period in a dormant or inactive state
- chewink — an eastern towhee, a large New World sparrow with reddish sides and, in the male, black upperparts
- carunculated — having one or more caruncles, especially fleshy growths on the head or neck of a bird
- cephalopodic — belonging to, characteristic of, or resembling a cephalopod
- homopterous — relating to the Homoptera, a former grouping of insects including cicadas, aphids, and scale insects
- stridulate — to make a shrill chirping, creaking, or grating sound by rubbing specialized body parts together
- peetweet — a North American name for the spotted sandpiper, derived from its call
- amadavat — a variant name for the red avadavat, a small South and Southeast Asian estrildid finch whose breeding male is red with white spots
- stercovorous — feeding on dung, especially as an insect or other small animal
- mud turtle — any of several small freshwater turtles, especially of the genus Kinosternon, that live in muddy ponds, marshes, and slow streams
- annelidous — relating to or resembling annelids, the segmented worms that include earthworms and leeches
- fishbelly — the underside or belly of a fish
- edental — having no teeth, or having very few teeth
- water moccasin — a venomous semiaquatic pit viper of the southeastern United States, also called the cottonmouth
- titlark — an old or regional name for a pipit, especially the meadow pipit of Europe and western Asia
- culpeo — a large foxlike South American canid of the Andes and Patagonia, Lycalopex culpaeus
- plantain-eater — a fruit-eating African bird of the turaco family Musophagidae; now especially either of the grey plantain-eaters in the genus Crinifer
- chevrotain — a very small, hornless, deerlike ruminant of the family Tragulidae, native to tropical Africa or Asia; a mouse deer
- entozoon — historical zoology: an animal parasite living inside another animal, especially an intestinal or tissue-dwelling worm
- foretarsus — the tarsus or distal foot segment of a foreleg, especially in an arthropod
- honeysucker — historical or regional: a sunbird, especially one of the nectar-feeding birds of Africa or southern Asia
- interoperculum — ichthyology: one of the bones in the opercular series of a bony fish, lying below the preopercle and between neighboring gill-cover bones
- nidify — formal or zoological: to build a nest or engage in nesting
- hoolock — any gibbon of the genus Hoolock, native to forests of northeastern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and nearby regions
- musk deer — a small tusked, antlerless Asian hoofed mammal of the family Moschidae, whose males have traditionally been hunted for a musk-producing gland
- sultan tit — a large Asian tit, Melanochlora sultanea, with glossy dark upperparts, yellow underparts, and a prominent crest
- Great Dane — a very large, tall domestic dog of a smooth-coated breed