Animals

nest C1

/nɛst/ A structure that a bird or other animal builds to lay eggs and raise its young. Meaning Off Sound Off

goose C1

/ɡus/ A large water bird with webbed feet and a long neck, bigger than a duck. Meaning Off Sound Off

prey C1

/pɹeɪ/ An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal. Meaning Off Sound Off

hawk C1

/ˈhɔk/ a bird of prey with keen eyesight, broad wings, and a hooked bill Meaning Off Sound Off

pigeon C1

/ˈpə.dʒən/ A common grey bird with a plump body and short legs, often seen in towns and cities. Meaning Off Sound Off

predator C1

/ˈpɹɛd.ə.tɚ/ An animal that hunts and kills other animals for food. Meaning Off Sound Off

peacock C1

/ˈpiː.kɑːk/ A large male bird with a long, brightly coloured tail that it can spread out like a fan. Meaning Off Sound Off

parasite C1

/ˈpæɹəˌsaɪt/ An animal or plant that lives on or inside another and feeds off it. Meaning Off Sound Off

antenna C1

/ænˈtɛn.ə/ one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans Meaning Off Sound Off

hedgehog C1

/ˈhɛd͡ʒ.hɒɡ/ A small spiny mammal that rolls into a ball when threatened and is active at night. Meaning Off Sound Off

aquarium C1

/əˈkwɛɹ.i.jəm/ A glass tank or bowl filled with water for keeping fish and other water animals. Meaning Off Sound Off

snail C1

/sneɪl/ A small slow-moving animal with a soft body and a spiral shell on its back. Meaning Off Sound Off

mink C1

/mɪŋk/ a small, dark-furred semiaquatic carnivorous mammal related to weasels Meaning Off Sound Off

stallion C1

/ˈstæljən/ an adult uncastrated male horse, especially one kept for breeding Meaning Off Sound Off

fetus C1

/ˈfiːtəs/ An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal. Meaning Off Sound Off

hoof C1

/hʊf/ the hard covering at the end of the foot of a horse, deer, sheep, or other ungulate Meaning Off Sound Off

louse C1

/laʊs/ a small, wingless parasitic insect that lives on the skin, hair, or feathers of a person or animal Meaning Off Sound Off

shrew C1

/ʃɹuː/ a small, active, insect-eating mammal with a pointed snout, resembling a mouse Meaning Off Sound Off

manger C1

/ˈmeɪn.dʒɚ/ an open box or trough in a stable from which horses, cattle, or other animals feed Meaning Off Sound Off

mite C1

/maɪt/ any of numerous minute arachnids, many of which live as parasites on animals or plants Meaning Off Sound Off

tigress C1

/ˈtaɪ.ɡrəs/ a female tiger Meaning Off Sound Off

lasso C1

/ˈlæs.oʊ/ a long rope with a sliding loop used especially to catch cattle or horses Meaning Off Sound Off

centaur C1

/ˈsen.tɔːr/ in Greek mythology, a creature with a horse's body and a human head, arms, and torso Meaning Off Sound Off

burro C1

/ˈbɝː.oʊ/ a small donkey, especially one used as a pack animal in the southwestern United States or Mexico Meaning Off Sound Off

ewe C1

/juː/ An adult female sheep. Meaning Off Sound Off

ibis C1

/ˈaɪbəs/ a long-legged wading bird with a long, downward-curving bill used to probe mud for food Meaning Off Sound Off

septum C1

/ˈseptəm/ a wall or partition separating two cavities or regions in an animal or plant body Meaning Off Sound Off

warthog C1

/ˈwɔɹtˌhɔɡ/ a large African wild pig with tusks and wartlike growths on its face Meaning Off Sound Off

antler C1

/ˈænt.lɚ/ one of the branching bony structures grown and usually shed each year by deer and related animals Meaning Off Sound Off

canter C1

/ˈkæn.tɚ/ a controlled three-beat gait of a horse, faster than a trot but slower than a gallop Meaning Off Sound Off

earwig C1

/ˈɪə(ɹ)wɪɡ/ an elongated insect with a pair of forceps-like pincers at the end of its abdomen Meaning Off Sound Off

tepee C1

/ˈtiː.piː/ a portable conical dwelling traditionally made from poles and animal hides or canvas by Indigenous peoples of the North American Plains Meaning Off Sound Off

domesticate C1

/dəˈmɛ.stɪ.keɪt/ To tame an animal so it can live with and be useful to humans. Meaning Off Sound Off

horsemanship C1

/ˈhɔːrs.mən.ʃɪp/ skill in riding, handling, and sometimes training horses Meaning Off Sound Off

invertebrate C1

/ɪnˈvɝː.tə.brət/ an animal without a backbone, such as an insect, mollusk, or worm Meaning Off Sound Off

budgerigar C1

/ˈbʌdʒəriˌɡɑr/ a small Australian parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus, commonly kept as a cage bird and bred in many colors Meaning Off Sound Off

forepaw C1

/ˈfɔrpɔː/ either of the two front paws of a four-legged animal Meaning Off Sound Off

tail-feather C1

/ˈteɪlˌfɛðər/ one of the feathers in a bird's tail Meaning Off Sound Off

wing-feather C1

/ˈwɪŋˌfɛðər/ one of the feathers of a bird's wing Meaning Off Sound Off