Animals vocabulary

Animals vocabulary examples

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• bird

  noun

  An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.

• insect

  noun

  An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.

• mammal

  noun

  A vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having fur or hair and producing milk with which to feed their young.

• wildlife

  noun

  undomesticated animals, especially mammals, birds, and fish, which live in the wild.