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Interesting Vocabulary: Animals #3, by Dennis Oliver
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Special Names for
Parts
of
Some Animals
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Did you know that there are
special names for parts of
some animals?
Here are some common examples:
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description |
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name |
the horns of a deer,
elk, moose, reindeer |
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antlers |
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the hard, pointed
shell
around the mouth of
most
birds |
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beak |
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the flat, rounded
shell
around the mouth of ducks,
geese,
swans, and
similar birds |
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bill |
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the hard, sharp "nails"
on the feet of many
animals and birds |
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claws |
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the bright red flesh
on the head of roosters
and some other
birds |
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comb |
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the thin, flat, webbed
projections
from the body of a fish
that
it uses for movement |
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fins |
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the "arms"
or "legs" of animals
that live in the
sea (like seals,
walruses, dolphins) |
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flippers |
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the thick hair which
covers
the skin of many animals |
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fur |
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the specialized "toe
nails"
that horses, deer, cows,
and
similar animals have |
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hooves
(singular
hoof) |
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the long hair which
grows
around the head and
shoulders
of a lion and
along the neck of horses
and
similar animals |
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mane |
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the "hands"
of animals that
walk on four legs and have
claws or nails (like dogs,
lions,
beavers, monkeys) |
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paws |
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the "pocket"
that
kangaroos, opossums, and
similar
animals have |
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pouch |
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the large, strong
claws
that eagles, hawks, owls, and
similar
birds have |
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talons |
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