From Longman Dictionary dor‧mouse /ˈdɔːmaʊs $ ˈdɔːr-/ noun (plural dormice) [countable] a small European mouse with a long furry tail Example She says: It would be a tragedy if the dormouse became extinct Other species covered by the programme include the dormouse, natterjack toad, red squirrel and stinking hawk’s-beard Read in studio Conservationists are about to conduct a census of one of…
From Longman Dictionary pan‧ther /ˈpænθə $ -ər/ noun [countable] a large wild animal that is black and a member of the cat family Example He was cat-cautious, lithe as a panther, and thoroughly at home He would move, she guessed, with the supple grace of a panther…
From Longman Dictionary pan‧da /ˈpændə/ noun [countable] a large black and white animal that looks like a bear and lives in the mountains of China a small animal with red-brown fur and a long tail that lives in the southeastern Himalayas Example The popular image of a panda munching a…
From Longman Dictionary hedge‧hog /ˈhedʒhɒɡ $ -hɑːɡ, -hɒːɡ/ noun [countable] a small brown European animal whose body is round and covered with sharp needle-like spines Example A hedgehog tries to climb up the net and when it hears you approach it promptly rolls up into a ball I wanted to see a baby hedgehog…
From Longman Dictionary hy‧e‧na (also hyaena British English) /haɪˈiːnə/ noun [countable] a wild animal like a dog that makes a sound like a laugh Example Look at singer Linda Hopper, quite literally hopping on the spot and grinning like a hyena in an amyl nitrate factory I am out here alone, unprotected, only a thin piece…
From Longman Dictionary killer whale noun [countable] a black and white whale that eats meat
From Longman Dictionary rac‧coon, racoon /rəˈkuːn, ræ- $ ræ-/ noun [countable] a small North American animal with black fur around its eyes and black and grey rings on its tail [uncountable] the skin and thick fur of a raccoon Example a raccoon coat If you had sunglasses on and took them off, you…
From Longman Dictionary bob‧cat /ˈbɒbkæt $ ˈbɑːb-/ noun [countable] a large North American wild cat that has no tail Example Hammond responded to a call to remove a female bobcat from Tucson Raceway Park Behind the empty Ahwahnee Hotel, fresh bobcat tracks mark the morning snow Hammond tried every kind of tasty bobcat food he had…
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From Longman Dictionary humpback ˈwhale (also humpback) noun [countable] a large whale
