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Pitts VOCAB 11
Vocab Unit 11- Animals
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| animal that has a backbone | vertebrate |
| animal without a backbone | invertebrate |
| any of a group of warm-blooded animals with a backbone, the mothers produce milk for their young | mammal |
| a cold-blooded animal with a backbone and moist scaleless skin | amphibian |
| a cold-blooded animal with a backbone, covered with horny plates or scales | reptile |
| produce young; raise or grow to get a new or improved kind; a specific kind or type of animal | breed |
| a hole dug in the ground by an animal for refuge or shelter | burrow |
| house for a dog or dogs | kennel |
| not wild, tame | domestic |
| very cruel, savage, fierce | ferocious |
| come down with a rush and seize something | pounce |
| spend the winter in sleep or in an inactive condition | hibernate |
| spring about on the hind legs or on all four legs | prance |
| to make a loud, deep noise, like a roar | bellow |
| any of a group of mammals with large front teeth adapted for gnawing | rodent |
| the North American reindeer | caribou |
| a small salamander that lives in water part of the time | newt |
| a small, burrowing mammal with a protective shell of bony plates | armadillo |
| a small animal belonging to the same group as the spider, with a poisonous stinger at the end of it's tail | scorpion |
| a large tropical American lizard with a spiny crest along its back | iguana |
| roll about, to flounder | wallow |
| feeding mainly on flesh | carnivorous |
| active in the night | nocturnal |
| a sea mammal with a blunt, rounded snout | porpoise |
| bring to an end, wiping out | extinction |
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