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Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
d
r
a
g
o
Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest (plural)
2.
m
s
a
Beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
3.
f
s
Scaly swimmer that breathes through gills
4.
l
e
s
Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end (plural)
8.
s
a
l
Freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral (plural)
10.
d
u
Quacking water bird (plural)
11.
m
q
t
s
Two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans (plural)
13.
n
e
Small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia
14.
s
w
Stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
15.
b
e
r
The soft brown fur of the ___
17.
f
o
Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping (plural)
20.
a
n
Social insect living in organized colonies (plural)
21.
e
r
Any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season
22.
s
h
i
Small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers
23.
f
l
n
o
Large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill
24.
c
f
s
h
Warm-water lobsters without claws