Wildlife Animals

. Uncovered, naked: bare / bear
Pronunciation: \ˈber\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural bears Etymology: Middle English bere, from Old English bera; akin to Old English br큰n brown — more at brownDate:before 12th century 1or plural bear : any of a family (Ursidae of the order Carnivora) of large heavy mammals of America and Eurasia that have long shaggy hair, rudimentary tails, and plantigrade feet and feed largely on fruit, plant matter, and insects as well as on flesh— bear쨌like \-ˌl카k\ adjective

Very expensive, beloved: dear / deer
Main Entry: deer Pronunciation: \ˈdir\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural deer also deers Etymology: Middle English, deer, animal, from Old English dēor beast; akin to Old High German tior wild animal, Lithuanian dvasia breath, spirit Date: before 12th century 1archaic : animal: especially : a small mammal2: any of numerous slender-legged ruminant mammals (family Cervidae, the deer family) having usually brownish fur and antlers borne by the males of nearly all and by the females of a few forms— deer쨌like \-ˌl카k\ adjective

Squirrel

Second person pronoun: you / ewe
Pronunciation: \ˈy체, in rural dials also ˈyō\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēowu; akin to Old High German ouwi ewe, Latin ovis sheep, Greek ois Date: before 12th century : the female of the sheep especially when mature; also : the female of various related animals

Pulled: towed / toad
Main Entry: toad Pronunciation: \ˈtōd\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English tode, from Old English tāde, tādige Date: before 12th century 1 : any of numerous anuran amphibians (especially family Bufonidae) that are distinguished from the related frogs by being more terrestrial in habit though returning to water to lay their eggs, by having a build that is squatter and shorter with weaker and shorter hind limbs, and by having skin that is rough, dry, and warty rather than smooth and moist

To whimper; to make crying sounds: mewl / mule

Pronunciation: \ˈmy체l\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French mul, from Latin mulus Date: 13th century 1 a: a hybrid between a horse and a donkey; especially : the offspring of a male donkey and a mare [a mature female horse] b: a self-sterile plant whether hybrid or not c: a usually sterile hybrid2: a very stubborn person3: a machine for simultaneously drawing and twisting fiber into yarn or thread and winding it into cops4slang : a person who smuggles or delivers illicit substances (as drugs)

. What grows out of the scalp: hair / hare
Pronunciation: \ˈher\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural hare or hares Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hara; akin to Old High German haso hare, Sanskrit śaśa, Old English hasu gray Date: before 12th century : any of various swift long-eared lagomorph mammals (family Leporidae and especially genus Lepus) that are usually solitary or sometimes live in pairs and have the young open-eyed and furred at birth 窶箱a mammal related to and resembling the rabbit.

Bread batter: dough / doe
Pronunciation: \ˈdō\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural does or doe Etymology: Middle English do, from Old English dā; akin to German dialect tē doe Date: before 12th century : the adult female of various mammals (as a deer, rabbit, or kangaroo) of which the male is called buck

Moose (America) or Elk (Europe)

A chilled dessert made with whipped cream and gelatin: mousse / moose
Pronunciation: \ˈm체s\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural moose Etymology: of Algonquian origin; akin to Massachusett moos moose Date: 1603 1: a ruminant mammal (Alces alces) with humped shoulders, long legs, and broadly palmated antlers that is the largest existing member of the deer family and inhabits forested areas of Canada, the northern United States, Europe, and Asia2capitalized [Loyal Order of Moose] : a member of a major benevolent and fraternal order

Section of a chain: links / lynx

Pronunciation:\ˈliŋ(k)s\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural lynx or lynx쨌es Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek; akin to Old English lox lynx and probably to Greek leukos white — Date: 14th century : any of several wildcats with relatively long legs, a short stubby tail, mottled coat, and often tufted ears that are thought to comprise a distinct genus (Lynx) of the cat family or to be part of a genus (Felis) that includes the domestic cat and cougar as a: a lynx (L. lynx) of northern Europe and Asia b: bobcat c: a North American lynx (L. canadensis) distinguished from the bobcat by its larger size, longer tufted ears, and wholly black tail tip —called also Canadian lynx

A thin candle: taper / tapir
Pronunciation: \ˈtā-pər also ˈtā-ˌpir or tə-ˈpir\ Function: nounInflected Form(s): plural tapirs also tapir Etymology: Portuguese tapir, tapira, from Tupi tapiʔ챠ra Date: 1774 : any of a genus (Tapirus) of herbivorous chiefly nocturnal perissodactyl mammals of tropical America and southeastern Asia from Myanmar to Sumatra that have a heavy sparsely hairy body and the snout and upper lip prolonged into a short flexible proboscis ; it's a hoglike mammal of tropical America and the Malay Peninsula.


Having a rough voice: hoarse / horse
Pronunciation: \ˈhȯrs\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural hors쨌es also horse Etymology: Middle English hors, from Old English; akin to Old High German hros horse Date: before 12th century (1): a large solid-hoofed herbivorous ungulate mammal (Equus caballus, family Equidae, the horse family) domesticated since prehistoric times and used as a beast of burden, a draft animal, or for riding (2): racehorse horses> b: a male horse; especially : stallion c: a recent or extinct animal (as a zebra, ass, or onager) of the horse family


Not old: new / gnu
Pronunciation: \ˈn체 also ˈny체\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural gnu or gnus Etymology: Khoikhoi t'gnu Date: 1777 : Synonym: wildebeest Pronunciation: \ˈwil-də-ˌbēst\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural wildebeests also wildebeest Etymology: Afrikaans wildebees, from wilde wild + bees ox Date: circa 1824 : either of two large African antelopes (Connochaetes gnou and C. taurinus) with a head like that of an ox, short mane, long tail, and horns in both sexes that curve downward and outward —called also gnu

To make a hole: bore / boar
Pronunciation: ˈbȯr\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English bor, from Old English bār; akin to Old High German & Old Saxon bēr boar Date: before 12th century 1 a: an uncastrated male swine b: the male of any of several mammals (as a guinea pig)2: wild boar— boar쨌ish \-ish\ adjective

Moose

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