Zoo
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
e
c
k
Any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards
2.
g
r
t
Any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season
3.
p
y
h
n
Large Old World boas
4.
a
m
l
Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions
5.
m
c
w
Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America
6.
m
n
k
e
Playful animal that swings through trees
7.
s
e
a
Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm
8.
e
a
e
Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong
9.
i
z
a
r
Relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail
10.
b
i
r
Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
11.
t
u
t
e
Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
13.
w
a
l
l
y
Any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos
14.
e
n
e
c
Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar
15.
f
l
a
m
n
Large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill
16.
c
o
c
k
a
c
Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects
17.
a
n
t
u
l
a
Large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of ___
19.
m
e
e
r
a
A mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes
20.
a
r
m
e
t
Small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails
21.
f
g
o
u
t
h
Insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth
22.
o
a
t
Any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
23.
l
o
t
Any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America