ANIMALS and PETS

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Female of domestic cattle: "`moo-___' is a child's term" (3)
  2. 4. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (3)
  3. 5. Young bird especially of domestic fowl (plural) (6)
  4. 7. Tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills (11)
  5. 8. Small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes (8)
  6. 10. Diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings (9)
  7. 11. Soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat (3)
  8. 13. Any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida (4)
  9. 14. Domestic swine (3)

Down

  1. 1. A person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn (4)
  2. 2. Scaly swimmer that breathes through gills (4)
  3. 3. Farm bird that lays eggs (7)
  4. 4. A wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth (11)
  5. 6. A young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit (5)
  6. 9. Quacking water bird (4)
  7. 12. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (3)