Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Scaly swimmer that breathes through gills (4)
  2. 4. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (plural) (4)
  3. 11. Domestic swine (plural) (4)
  4. 12. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male (5)
  5. 13. Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes (plural) (4)
  6. 14. Long legless reptile that slithers (plural) (6)
  7. 15. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm (plural) (5)

Down

  1. 1. Domestic swine (plural) (4)
  2. 2. Striped African relative of the horse (plural) (6)
  3. 5. Big cat with orange and black stripes (plural) (6)
  4. 6. Massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa (plural) (6)
  5. 7. Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough (plural) (6)
  6. 8. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (plural) (4)
  7. 9. Quacking water bird (plural) (5)
  8. 10. A cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump (plural) (5)
  9. 16. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building (plural) (4)