Vocabulary word list animals

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Table of Contents

1. Animal/Pets Vocabulary
2. Animal/Pets Vocabulary Activity
3. Wildlife Vocabulary and Collocations
4. Wildlife Vocabulary and Collocations Activity

• Animal shelter – A place that takes care of rescued or orphaned animals
• Breed – A type of animal that has been bred by humans and shares similar characteristics. For example, dog breeds – Sheepdog, Labrador, Yorkshire terrier etc
• Cage – A structure of bars or wires to confine zoo animals or rodents
• Canines – Formal word for dogs
• Coat – The hair of a dog/cat
• Companionable – Friendly and sociable
• Curl up next to – Cuddle with/lay next to (informal).
• Docile – Quiet and easy to influence, persuade, teach or control
• Domesticated – Familiar with human contact/interaction
• Feathers – The long hairs on a bird
• Fur – Animal hair
• Guide dog – A dog that helps a blind person to navigate their way around
• Hooves – Animal feet, usually on farm animals like horses, sheep, and goats
• House-trained — An animal that has been trained to go outside when it needs the toilet
• Man’s best friend – An idiom used to describe dogs, as they are loyal companions (informal)
• Puppy — A baby dog
• Puppy-dog eyes – The sweet facial expression a person or dog uses when they want something from you (informal)
• Reptiles – Cold-blooded animals with scales, for example, snakes
• Rodent — a type of small animal that has long sharp front teeth, for example, a hamster
• Species – Animals or plants that share characteristics and can reproduce
• Stray — A homeless animal such as a dog or cat
• To be put down – When an animal is put to death by injection because of illness or age
• To curb loneliness – To reduce feelings of feeling alone
• To provide companionship – To give friendship and affection to a person
• To tame — To make an animal feel comfortable around people

• Animal kingdom – All living animals
• Animal lover – A person who likes animals a lot
• Animal rights – The rights of animals to be protected against exploitation or abuse
• Amphibians– Animals that can live in the water and on land
• Battery farming– Industrial practice that involves putting lots of animals, usually chickens, in an extremely small space
• Breed in captivity — Impregnating a wild animal and bringing up the offspring in a controlled environment
• Brink of extinction – Close to becoming extinct
• Captivity – The condition of being imprisoned or confined, usually in a zoo
• Carnivores – Meat-eating animals
• Conservation – The protection of plants, habitats, or animals
• Destruction of natural habitats – The process that occurs when natural habitat is changed dramatically by humans
• Ecosystems – The relationship between living things in a particular environment
• Endangered – At the risk of extinction.
• Endangered species – Plants or animals that only exist in very small numbers and that may soon cease to exist
• Exotic — Something that is interesting or exciting because it comes from a faraway place
• Fangs — Large sharp teeth found on animals
• Free-range animal — A farm animal that roams freely during its life
• Guinea pig – a small rodent/ An idiom for anything that is experimented on
• Herbivores – An animal that eats plants
• Instinct – A natural reaction in animals to external stimuli
• Mammals – Animals that give birth to live young
• Marsupials – Characterised by the newborn being attached to the mother’s lower belly.
• Mating season – The period of the year when animals reproduce
• Pest — An unwanted/unwelcome insect or animal that attacks and damages things
• Poaching – Illegal hunting
• Predators – Animals that eat other animals
• Prey – An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.
• Roam – When animals are free to walk where they please without the confines of fences etc…
• Safari – an expedition to observe or hunt animals in their natural habitat, especially in East Africa.
• Safari Park – A recreation of wild animals’ habitat where visitors are charged to see animals who roam relatively free compared to those in a zoo
• Species – A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.
• Tame – Not wild or dangerous, either naturally or because of training from humans
• The violation of animal rights – Actions that violate animal rights such as cruelty or neglect
• To keep something in captivity – To keep someone or something in a place and not allow them to leave
• To mate – To reproduce
• To treat animals humanely – To be kind to animals and to treat them well so they do not suffer
• Venomous – Poisonous

a small, very intelligent African ape with black or brown fur

a large female farm animal kept to produce meat and milk

a quite large animal with four legs that eats grass and leaves

a common animal with four legs, especially kept by people as a pet or to hunt or guard things

a very large grey mammal that has a trunk (= long nose) with which it can pick things up

a wild mammal belonging to the dog family that has a pointed face and ears, a wide tail covered in fur

a large African animal with a very long neck and long legs

an animal related to sheep that usually has horns and a beard. Goats live wild on mountains or are kept on farms to provide milk, meat, wool, etc.:

a small, brown mammal with a covering of sharp spines on its back

a very large animal with short legs and thick, dark grey skin that lives near water in Africa

a large animal with four legs that people ride on or use for carrying things or pulling vehicles

a large Australian mammal with a long stiff tail, short front legs and long powerful back legs on which it moves by jumping

an Australian animal that looks like a small bear with grey fur and lives in trees.

a large wild cat that has yellow fur with black spots on it and lives in Africa and southern Asia

a large wild animal of the cat family with yellowish-brown fur that lives in Africa and southern Asia

a small mammal that is almost blind, has dark fur, and lives in passages that it digs underground

an animal that lives in hot countries, has a long tail, and climbs trees.

a small mammal with short fur, a pointed face, and a long tail

a mammal with four legs and short brown fur that swims well and eats fish

a bull (= male cow) that has had its reproductive organs removed, used in the past for pulling heavy things on farms, or, more generally, any adult of the cattle family

a large, black and white mammal that lives in forests in China. Pandas eat bamboo.

a large pink, brown, or black farm animal with short legs and a curved tail, kept for its meat

a small North American animal with black marks on its face and a long tail with black rings on it

a farm animal with thick wool that eats grass and is kept for its wool, skin, and meat

 small animal covered in fur with a long tail. Squirrels climb trees and feed on nuts and seeds

a mammal that lives in the sea and on beaches in the Arctic. It is similar to a seal but larger, with two tusks and long hairs growing near its mouth

a white or grey bird, often used as a symbol of peace

a bird that lives near the sea and has short legs, long wings, and white and grey feathers

a large bird, the male of which has very long tail feathers that it can spread out to show bright colours and patterns shaped like eyes

European bird, the male of which has black feathers and a bright yellow beak

a bird with a flat face and large eyes that hunts small mammals at night

a large, usually white bird with a long neck that lives on rivers and lakes

the largest bird in the crow family, with shiny black feathers

a bird that uses its strong beak to make holes in tree trunks in order to find insects to eat

a small, brown European bird with a red front, or a similar but slightly larger brown bird of North America

a tropical bird with a curved beak, often kept as a pet and trained to copy the human voice

a large North American eagle with a white head, used as a symbol of the US

a very large bird from Africa that cannot fly

a black and white bird that cannot fly but uses its small wings to help it swim

a large water bird similar to a duck but larger, or the meat from this bird

a large bird with pink feathers, long, thin legs, a long neck, and a beak that curves down

a large bird grown for its meat on farms

a large, white bird with very long legs that walks around in water to find its food

a large, usually grey bird that is often seen in towns sitting on buildings in large groups

a large wild animal of the cat family with yellowish-orange fur with black lines that lives in parts of Asia

a small, brown animal, similar to a frog, that has big eyes and long back legs for swimming and jumping

a bird with a flat face and large eyes that hunts small mammals at night

a small reptile that has a long body, four short legs, a long tail, and thick skin

a quite large animal with four legs that eats grass and leaves

a sea mammal that is large, smooth, and grey, with a long, pointed mouth

a very large sea mammal that breathes air through a hole at the top of its head

a wild mammal belonging to the dog family that has a pointed face and ears, a wide tail covered in fur

a wild animal of the dog family

a small, very intelligent African ape with black or brown fur

a large animal with a long neck, that lives in the desert and has one or two humps on its back

an animal that lives in hot countries, has a long tail, and climbs trees.

a large wild cat that has yellow fur with black spots on it and lives in Africa and southern Asia

a sea creature with a soft, oval, almost transparent body

a sea creature with a soft, oval body and eight tentacles

a small, black creature with a large head and long tail that lives in water and develops into a frog or toad

an African wild animal that looks like a horse, with black or brown and white lines on its body