Animals
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
3.
n
a
e
Long legless reptile that slithers (plural)
4.
r
t
l
Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming (plural)
5.
s
l
Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm (plural)
7.
h
p
s
Massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa (plural)
8.
s
h
s
Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough (plural)
10.
o
g
Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (plural)
11.
l
s
An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building (plural)
15.
p
s
Domestic swine (plural)
16.
o
w
Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes (plural)
17.
f
i
Scaly swimmer that breathes through gills
19.
m
o
Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male
21.
g
s
Domestic swine (plural)
22.
u
k
Quacking water bird (plural)
23.
o
n
A cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump (plural)
24.
z
a
s
Striped African relative of the horse (plural)