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Animal Kingdom Glossary

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tail   a part of the body of an animal attached to the base of the back  
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wing   one of the movable, usually long and flat, parts on either side of the body of a bird, insect, or bat that it uses for flying  
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feather   one of the long, light objects that cover a bird’s body  
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beak   the hard, pointed part of a bird’s mouth  
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gill   the organ through which fish and other water creatures breathe  
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lung   either of the two breathing organs in the chest of people and some animals  
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fur   the soft, thick hair that covers the bodies of some animals  
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tentacle   a long, thin, arm of some sea animals, such as the octopus and jellyfish  
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scale   any of the thin pieces of hard skin covering the bodies of fish, snakes, and lizards  
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fin   a thin, wing-shaped part of a fish that helps it to swim  
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shell   the hard outer covering of some animals  
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exoskeleton   a hard outer layer that covers and protects the body of some animals such as insects  
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mammal   Vertebrate. Most have fur or hair. They breath with lungs  
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bird   Vertebrate. Thet have wings, feathers and beak. They breath with lungs  
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fish   Vertebrate. They have scales and fins. They breath with gills.  
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amphibian   Vertebrate. They have moist skin. They live on land and in water.  
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reptile   Vertebrate. They have scales. Some of them have legs.  
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vertebrate   Animal with a backbone.  
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invertebrate   Animal without a backbone.  
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arthropods   Invertebrate. Insects, arachnids, myriapods, and crustaceans.  
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mollusks   Invertebrate. Soft body. They can have a shell.  
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omnivore   Animals that eat animal and plants.  
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carnivore   Animals that eat other animals.  
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herbivore   Animals that eat plants.  
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