skunk
/skʌŋk/A black and white American animal that sprays a foul smell in defence.
Example: Something disturbed a skunk and the whole street knew about it.
B114 words · Intermediate
More Land Mammals vocabulary — B1
A second set of land mammal vocabulary at this level, rounding out the first set with animals like the skunk, sloth, bison and polar bear.
14 questions
Words in this set
14sloth
/sloʊθ/A very slow tree animal of South America that hangs upside down.
Example:
The sloth took a full minute to move one arm.
weasel
/ˈwizəl/A long thin brown hunter that slips into burrows after rabbits.
Example:
A weasel shot across the track like a brown ribbon.
bison
/ˈbaɪsən/A shaggy American cattle animal with a huge humped shoulder.
Example:
A single bison stood in the road and we simply waited.
boar
/bɔr/A wild pig with tusks that roots through the forest floor.
Example:
A boar crashed through the undergrowth ten metres away.
ferret
/ˈfɛrət/A tame long-bodied pet with a pointed face, once used for hunting.
Example:
His ferret escaped down a drainpipe and took two days to find.
gazelle
/ɡəˈzɛl/A small quick antelope of dry country, known for its high leaps.
Example:
A gazelle bounced away stiff-legged the moment it saw us.
hare
/hɛr/A long-legged relative of the rabbit that lives above ground.
Example:
A hare sat bolt upright in the middle of the field.
lynx
/lɪŋks/A short-tailed wild cat with tufted ears and huge padded paws.
Example:
A lynx left neat round prints along the snowy ridge.
orangutan
/ɔˈræŋətæn/A red-haired ape from the forests of Borneo and Sumatra.
Example:
An orangutan swung slowly hand over hand above our heads.
coyote
/kaɪˈoʊti/A slim wild dog of the North American plains that yips and howls.
Example:
A coyote trotted down the empty street at four in the morning.
anteater
/ˈænˌtitər/A South American animal with a long snout and sticky tongue for termites.
Example:
The anteater ripped open the mound and went straight to work.
polar bear
A huge white meat-eater of the Arctic ice, with black skin under its fur.
Example:
A polar bear will swim for days between one floe and the next.
pika
A small mountain animal related to the rabbit.
Example:
A pika stores hay under rocks for the whole winter.
