From Longman Dictionary wom‧bat /ˈwɒmbæt $ ˈwɑːm-/ noun [countable] an Australian animal like a small bear whose babies live in a pocket of skin on its body Example Days passed, weeks passed, months passed, and there was no wombat Out of Canberra you can see wombats, possums and kangaroos at dusk if you…
From Longman Dictionary wild‧cat1 /ˈwaɪldkæt/ noun [countable] a type of cat that looks similar to a pet cat and lives in mountains, forests etc wildcat2 verb (wildcatted, wildcatting) [intransitive] American English to look for oil in a place where nobody has found any yet Example Tiny though she was compared with her assailant, she fought like a wildcat In a…
From Longman Dictionary water vole noun [countable] British English an animal like a big mouse that can swim and lives near water Example A water vole swam vigorously across from a little island, its round face and bright eyes showing above the water The muskrat is a swamp-dwelling rodent something…
From Longman Dictionary water ˌbuffalo noun (plural water buffaloes or water buffalo) [countable] a large animal like a cow with long horns, used to work on farms in Asia Example A great white heron uses a water buffalo as a fishing perch Outside, ducks and water buffalo roam free We ate raclette…
From Longman Dictionary wart‧hog /ˈwɔːtˌhɒɡ $ ˈwɔːrtˌhɒːɡ, -ˌhɑːɡ/ noun [countable] an African wild pig with long front teeth that stick out of the side of its mouth Example It is illustrated with drawings of buffalo, giraffe, warthog and camp scenes, and describes a rhino hunt
From Longman Dictionary wal‧la‧by /ˈwɒləbi $ ˈwɑː-/ noun (plural wallabies) [countable] an Australian animal like a small kangaroo Example There are wallabies crawling out of the woodwork No of course not … but I ain’t leavin’ Liverpool to chase bloody wallabies There we can see lacy monitors, wallabies and even…
From Longman Dictionary vole /vəʊl $ voʊl/ noun [countable] a small animal like a mouse with a short tail that lives in fields and woods and near rivers Example Visitors also can see coyotes, chipmunks, raccoons, marmots and vole Cats, too, are sensitive to ultrasonic frequencies and can hear mice and voles in hidden places These excursions in…
From Longman Dictionary vix‧en /ˈvɪksən/ noun [countable] a female fox literary an offensive word for a woman who is bad-tempered or who fights
From Longman Dictionary vampire bat noun [countable] a South American bat that sucks the blood of other animals
From Longman Dictionary ta‧pir /ˈteɪpə, -pɪə $ -pər, teɪˈpɪr/ noun [countable] an animal like a pig with thick legs, a short tail, and a long nose, that lives in tropical America and Southeast Asia Example The shape of a tapir makes it possible for it to push its way through the…
