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From Longman Dictionary ˈduːɡɒŋ a large sea animal with thick grey skin that lives mainly in the Indian Ocean and eats plants
From Longman Dictionary big ˈcat noun [countable] a large animal of the cat family, such as a lion or tiger Example A poster for the local paper on the wall next to the newsagent claims boldly that another big cat has been seen As…
From Longman Dictionary dol‧phin /ˈdɒlfɪn $ ˈdɑːl-, ˈdɒːl-/ ●●○ noun [countable] a very intelligent sea animal like a fish with a long grey pointed nose Example It was not a black man, just a dolphin Net-caught dolphins frequently have lungs filled with water It was a dorado…
From Longman Dictionary ˌkæpiˈbɑːrə an animal like a very large rabbit with thick legs and small ears, which lives near water in South America
From Longman Dictionary hip‧po‧pot‧a‧mus /ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəməs $ -ˈpɑː-/ noun (plural hippopotamuses or hippopotami /-maɪ-/) [countable] a large grey African animal with a big head and mouth that lives near water Example They don’t know the maximum untaxed income, but they do know George Washington had hippopotamus teeth Nevertheless, the marriage of hippopotamus with whale is clear Rather more realistically,…
From Longman Dictionary coy‧ote /ˈkɔɪ-əʊt, kɔɪˈəʊti $ ˈkaɪ-oʊt, kaɪˈoʊti/ noun [countable] a small wild dog that lives in North West America and Mexico Example But coyotes are taking the biggest bite out of sheep farming in Northern California Whether the abandoned innards, which are consumed by coyotes and ravens, harbor the disease is hotly debated At night you can hear coyotes howling…
From Longman Dictionary li‧on‧ess /ˈlaɪənes, -nəs/ noun [countable] a female lion Example But of a sudden she saw by the light of the moon a lioness When Skalsky was on her game, she was a lioness I once watched a lioness hunting a zebra Soon one lioness is close enough to…
From Longman Dictionary aard‧vark /ˈɑːdvɑːk $ ˈɑːrdvɑːrk/ noun [countable] a large animal from southern Africa that has a very long nose and eats small insects Example The story was about an aardvark who wanted to change his nose Words such as aardvark use a number of nodes which are not shared with…
From Longman Dictionary por‧cu‧pine /ˈpɔːkjəpaɪn $ ˈpɔːr-/ noun [countable] an animal with long sharp parts growing all over its back and sides Example Where he had touched her her scalp was prickling like a porcupine Or the do-probe-me inaccessibility of…
From Longman Dictionary lynx /lɪŋks/ noun (plural lynx or lynxes) [countable] a large wild cat that has no tail and lives in forests Example They may be eagle-eyed or watch like a lynx Those of some larger mammals, for example hares and lynx, fluctuate in longer cycles of 10-13 years Grouse are dragged in as the hungry lynx turn to…
From Longman Dictionary i‧bex /ˈaɪbeks/ noun (plural ibexes or ibex) [countable] a wild goat that lives in the mountains of Europe, Asia, and North Africa Example Oryx and ibex are scarce, but they are there He left the young man to admire the ibex head that was mounted above the hall clock The ibex is a distant relative of the mountain…
From Longman Dictionary ˌbluː ˈweɪl a type of whale that is the largest known living animal
From Longman Dictionary squir‧rel1 /ˈskwɪrəl $ ˈskwɜːrəl/ ●●○ noun [countable] a small animal with a long furry tail that climbs trees and eats nuts Example Wire netting is the best defence against rabbits and squirrels, which will chew through plastic netting to plunder fruit crops Woodchucks, like many other ground squirrels, hibernate in their underground burrows where they are thought to sleep away…
From Longman Dictionary ˈsɪvɪt [countable] a wild animal like a cat, found in central Africa and Asia
From Longman Dictionary jag‧u‧ar /ˈdʒæɡjuə $ ˈdʒæɡwɑːr/ noun [countable] a large South American wild cat with brown and yellow fur with black spots Example This region of unusual geological features is home to a number of endangered species, including ocelot and jaguar Even the Amazon’s taxed and patrolled To set laws by the few jaws – Piranha and jaguar A menacing red jaguar with gleaming green eyes greets those who dare to tread further The Southwest Center folks want to see…
From Longman Dictionary ˈbʊʃbeɪbi a small African animal with large eyes that lives in trees
From Longman Dictionary kan‧ga‧roo /ˌkæŋɡəˈruː◂/ noun (plural kangaroos) [countable] an Australian animal that moves by jumping and carries its babies in a pouch Example Billy’s short legs kept getting tangled in the heather, so he bounced along like a kangaroo through the springy tufts But only the lucky and the sharp-eyed will catch sight of…
From Longman Dictionary pu‧ma /ˈpjuːmə/ noun [countable] a cougar Example Puma and tabby No, Minkie the puma doesn’t fancy a helping of plump tabby, they’re just good friends Nigel in his best jeans and sneakers padded along like a puma The pilot of a puma helicopter flying between the Magnus Oil platform and another platform…
From Longman Dictionary an‧te‧lope /ˈæntələʊp $ ˈæntəl-oʊp/ noun [countable] an animal with long horns that can run very fast and is very graceful Example Small forest antelopes are selective feeders and, as a consequence, are solitary and monogamous The other, the four-horned antelope, is far stranger in appearance Across the plain, a herd of antelope ran, and then pivoted all…
From Longman Dictionary din‧go /ˈdɪŋɡəʊ $ -ɡoʊ/ noun (plural dingoes) [countable] an Australian wild dog Example It did not disconcert Sly that he found himself addressing an audience who were all wearing false dingo ears The tiger, the dingo is almost extinct The dingo, too, is not much changed since those days
From Longman Dictionary chim‧pan‧zee /ˌtʃɪmpænˈziː, -pən-/ ●○○ (also chimp /tʃɪmp/) noun [countable] an intelligent African animal that is like a large monkey without a tail Example Least developed in the gorilla but greater in chimpanzees and australopithecines, with formation of incisive canal It does, however, spend more time than chimpanzees in trees, from…
From Longman Dictionary ˈkɪŋkədʒuː a small animal with a very strong tail, which lives in trees in Central and South America and eats mainly fruit
From Longman Dictionary chip‧munk /ˈtʃɪpmʌŋk/ noun [countable] a small American animal similar to a squirrel with black lines on its fur Example A chipmunk dashed across the grass She got to see a grizzly bear, skunks and chipmunks This animal escapes danger most like a. stonefish chipmunk cat 3 That and the chipmunk are the only…
From Longman Dictionary gib‧bon /ˈɡɪbən/ noun [countable] a small animal like a monkey, with long arms and no tail, that lives in trees in Asia Example At first glance I thought I was looking at a cross between a gibbon and…
From Longman Dictionary leop‧ard /ˈlepəd $ -ərd/ noun [countable] a large animal of the cat family, with yellow fur and black spots, which lives in Africa and South Asia Example But we also saw all kinds of animals, like monkeys, parrots, deer, and even a leopard The basic leopard is…
From Longman Dictionary bændɪkuːt a small Australasian animal with a long nose and long tail, which eats mainly insects
From Longman Dictionary wea‧sel /ˈwiːzəl/ noun [countable] a small thin furry animal that kills and eats rats and birds Example Methinks it is like a weasel He’d agreed with her about the low weasels who had nominated her I see fresh red squirrel and hare tracks, but curiously none at all of weasel I saw…
From Longman Dictionary wal‧rus /ˈwɔːlrəs $ ˈwɒːl-, ˈwɑːl-/ noun [countable] a large sea animal with two long tusks (=things like teeth) coming down from the sides of its mouth → seal Example He was a tall heavy-set man of about sixty, bald, with a brick-red face and…
From Longman Dictionary ɪˈkɪdnə an Australasian insect-eating animal that has a long nose, sharp claws on its feet, and sharp spines on its body
From Longman Dictionary ant‧eat‧er /ˈæntˌiːtə $ -ər/ noun [countable] an animal that has a very long nose and eats small insects Example They may be subdivided into anteaters that burrow, anteaters that climb trees and anteaters that wander over the ground Mammals with non-spiny armour include the twenty-one species of armadillos and the seven species of pangolins, or scaly anteaters In the Old World they…
From Longman Dictionary fox1 /fɒks $ fɑːks/ ●●○ noun [countable] a wild animal like a dog with reddish-brown fur, a pointed face, and a thick tail [countable] informal someone who is clever and good at deceiving people [uncountable] the skin and fur of a fox, used to make clothes [countable] American English informal someone who is sexually attractive fox2 verb [transitive] British English informal…
From Longman Dictionary bat /bæt/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] a small animal like a mouse with wings that flies around at night → fruit bat British English a round flat piece of wood with a handle, used to hit a ball in a long wooden stick with a special shape that is used in some sports and games Example The tunnel is…
From Longman Dictionary ze‧bra /ˈziːbrə, ˈze- $ ˈziːbrə/ noun [countable] an animal that looks like a horse but has black and white lines all over its body Example Insofar as a zebra finch can be said to have a mind,…
From Longman Dictionary pilot ˌwhale noun [countable] a small whale with black skin
From Longman Dictionary rhi‧no‧ce‧ros /raɪˈnɒsərəs $ -ˈnɑː-/ noun (plural rhinoceros or rhinoceroses) [countable] a large heavy African or Asian animal with thick skin and either one or two horns on its nose → hippopotamus Example I hear that a rhinoceros flew along the Mississippi in a pink balloon, this morning I though…
From Longman Dictionary rein‧deer /ˈreɪndɪə $ -dɪr/ noun (plural reindeer) [countable] a large deer with long wide antlers (=horns), that lives in cold northern areas Example Ivan Dzhenkoul lost over two hundred reindeer • Yesterday I fed him the bony scraps from my reindeer stew and he is now mine for ever • Our hotel had an indoor pool, a nightclub and good food…
From Longman Dictionary bea‧ver /ˈbiːvə $ -ər/ noun [countable] a North American animal that has thick fur and a wide flat tail, and cuts down trees with its teeth
From Longman Dictionary le‧mur /ˈliːmə $ -ər/ noun [countable] an animal that looks like a monkey and has a long thick tail Example Bees, flies, birds, lemurs and tree kangaroos are all pressed into service One of our fellow primates, the two-foot-long lemur is vegetarian, monogamous, and makes a noise like a saxophone Prosimians, such…
From Longman Dictionary ko‧a‧la /kəʊˈɑːlə $ koʊ-/ (also koala bear / $ .ˈ.. ˌ./) noun [countable] an Australian animal like a small grey bear with no tail that climbs trees and eats leaves Example Is that Troy Aikman or a koala with lower digestive difficulties looking so uncomfortable on the Dallas sideline A koala, who was the loser in a treetop fight,…