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ELL Intro Vocabulary
Introduction to animal vocabulary
| Cat | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dog | any carnivore of the dogfamily Canidae, having prominent canine teeth and, in the wild state, a long and slender muzzle, a deep-chested muscular body, a bushy tail, and large, erect ears. Compare canid. (dictionary.com) |
| Bird | any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg. (dictionary.com) |
| Pig | a young swine of either sex, especially a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 pounds (220 kg) (dictionary.com) |
| Sheep | any of numerous ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the goats, especially O. aries, bred in a number of domesticated varieties. (dictionary.com) |
| Goat | any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties. (dictionary.com) |
| Frog | any tailless, stout-bodied amphibian of the order Anura, including the smooth, moist-skinned frog species that live in a damp or semiaquatic habitat and the warty, drier-skinned toad species that are mostly terrestrial as adults. (dictionary.com) |
| Cat | a small domesticated carnivore, Felis domestica or F. catus, bred in a number of varieties. (dictionary.com) |