Animals

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Giraffe

An African ruminant mammal (Giraffa camelopardalis) having a very long neck and legs, a tan coat with orange-brown to black blotches, and short horns. It is the tallest land animal, often reaching a height of 5 meters (16 1/2 feet), and feeds principally by browsing in the tree canopy of wooded grasslands.

Donkey

An animal that is like a small horse with long ears; ___s are often used to carry things for people.

Skunk

a black and white mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled, found in America

Chicken

a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs

Elephant

a large animal with thick gray skin, big floppy ears, a long trunk, and two curved and pointed tusks

Deer

a large, grass-eating animal, the male of which has antlers

Dog

a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times

Monkey

a primate; a small, human-like animal that has opposable thumbs (thumbs that can be moved separately from other fingers and used to hold objects) and can use its long arms, legs, and tail to hold objects and swing on tree branches

Seal

a sea animal that has thick fur and flippers. It can swim and live in cold places.

Lion

a very large, cat-like animal that lives in Africa, with sharp teeth and claws (fingernails), and with males that have a lot of gold-colored hair all around their face

Goat

any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns

Snake

any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.

Rabbit

any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails

Fish

any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

Cat

feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar

Cow

female beef/dairy animal that has had a calf

Otter

freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur

Tiger

large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes

Beaver

large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail

Alligator

large,lizardlike,flesh-eating animal related to the crocodile,with a short,broad head and big snout

Weasel

member of the Mustelidae family with a long, slender body; excellent hunter that swims and climbs to catch prey

Horse

n. a large animal often used for racing, riding or farm work

Black Bear

one of the biggest mammals in the Eastern Woodlands, found in the mountain region and swamp and marsh region. Can reach 500 pounds. Sometimes hibernate during cold winters. They eat plants, insects and smaller animals.

Duck

small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

Bird

warm-blooded, egg-laying, vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings


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