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English Vocabulary
Pick a CEFR level (A1–C2, plus C2+ for rare words beyond the CEFR scale) — A1 is the friendliest place to start — and browse its words grouped by topic: travel, food, the body, emotions, and more. Each word shows its meaning, example sentences, and US/UK pronunciation.
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37 words
nest
C1
/nɛst/
A structure that a bird or other animal builds to lay eggs and raise its young.
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goose
C1
/ɡus/
A large water bird with webbed feet and a long neck, bigger than a duck.
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prey
C1
/pɹeɪ/
An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal.
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hawk
C1
/ˈhɔk/
a bird of prey with keen eyesight, broad wings, and a hooked bill
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pigeon
C1
/ˈpə.dʒən/
A common grey bird with a plump body and short legs, often seen in towns and cities.
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predator
C1
/ˈpɹɛd.ə.tɚ/
An animal that hunts and kills other animals for food.
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peacock
C1
/ˈpiː.kɑːk/
A large male bird with a long, brightly coloured tail that it can spread out like a fan.
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antenna
C1
/ænˈtɛn.ə/
one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans
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hedgehog
C1
/ˈhɛd͡ʒ.hɒɡ/
A small spiny mammal that rolls into a ball when threatened and is active at night.
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aquarium
C1
/əˈkwɛɹ.i.jəm/
A glass tank or bowl filled with water for keeping fish and other water animals.
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snail
C1
/sneɪl/
A small slow-moving animal with a soft body and a spiral shell on its back.
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mink
C1
/mɪŋk/
a small, dark-furred semiaquatic carnivorous mammal related to weasels
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stallion
C1
/ˈstæljən/
an adult uncastrated male horse, especially one kept for breeding
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fetus
C1
/ˈfiːtəs/
An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.
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hoof
C1
/hʊf/
the hard covering at the end of the foot of a horse, deer, sheep, or other ungulate
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louse
C1
/laʊs/
a small, wingless parasitic insect that lives on the skin, hair, or feathers of a person or animal
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shrew
C1
/ʃɹuː/
a small, active, insect-eating mammal with a pointed snout, resembling a mouse
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manger
C1
/ˈmeɪn.dʒɚ/
an open box or trough in a stable from which horses, cattle, or other animals feed
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mite
C1
/maɪt/
any of numerous minute arachnids, many of which live as parasites on animals or plants
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tigress
C1
/ˈtaɪ.ɡrəs/
a female tiger
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lasso
C1
/ˈlæs.oʊ/
a long rope with a sliding loop used especially to catch cattle or horses
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centaur
C1
/ˈsen.tɔːr/
in Greek mythology, a creature with a horse's body and a human head, arms, and torso
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burro
C1
/ˈbɝː.oʊ/
a small donkey, especially one used as a pack animal in the southwestern United States or Mexico
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ewe
C1
/juː/
An adult female sheep.
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ibis
C1
/ˈaɪbəs/
a long-legged wading bird with a long, downward-curving bill used to probe mud for food
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septum
C1
/ˈseptəm/
a wall or partition separating two cavities or regions in an animal or plant body
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warthog
C1
/ˈwɔɹtˌhɔɡ/
a large African wild pig with tusks and wartlike growths on its face
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antler
C1
/ˈænt.lɚ/
one of the branching bony structures grown and usually shed each year by deer and related animals
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canter
C1
/ˈkæn.tɚ/
a controlled three-beat gait of a horse, faster than a trot but slower than a gallop
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earwig
C1
/ˈɪə(ɹ)wɪɡ/
an elongated insect with a pair of forceps-like pincers at the end of its abdomen
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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
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domesticate
C1
/dəˈmɛ.stɪ.keɪt/
To tame an animal so it can live with and be useful to humans.
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horsemanship
C1
/ˈhɔːrs.mən.ʃɪp/
skill in riding, handling, and sometimes training horses
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budgerigar
C1
/ˈbʌdʒəriˌɡɑr/
a small Australian parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus, commonly kept as a cage bird and bred in many colors
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forepaw
C1
/ˈfɔrpɔː/
either of the two front paws of a four-legged animal
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tail-feather
C1
/ˈteɪlˌfɛðər/
one of the feathers in a bird's tail
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wing-feather
C1
/ˈwɪŋˌfɛðər/
one of the feathers of a bird's wing
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