B114 words · Intermediate

More Sea Animals vocabulary — B1

A second set of sea and water animal vocabulary at this level, rounding out the first set with creatures like the manatee, plankton, mackerel and goldfish.

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manatee
/ˈmænəˌti/
A slow round-bodied river giant that grazes on water plants.
Example: A manatee drifted past the dock like a very calm sofa.
sea otter
A sea animal that floats on its back and cracks shells open on its chest.
Example: A sea otter was lying there hammering away with a stone.
plankton
/ˈplæŋktən/
The tiny drifting life that fills the sunlit top of the ocean.
Example: The whole food chain out here rests on plankton.
krill
/krɪl/
A small shrimp-like creature that swarms in cold seas and feeds whales.
Example: A blue whale gets through four tonnes of krill in a day.
urchin
/ˈɜrtʃən/
A round spiny sea creature that grazes on seaweed among the rocks.
Example: I stood on an urchin and was picking spines out for days.
prawn
/prɔn/
A larger relative of the shrimp, standard in curries and stir-fries.
Example: Chuck the prawns in last or they'll go rubbery.
mackerel
/ˈmækərəl/
A striped oily sea fish that is best eaten the day it's landed.
Example: We grilled the mackerel on the beach an hour after catching it.
carp
/kɑrp/
A large freshwater fish with big scales, kept in ponds and fished for sport.
Example: Someone landed a thirty-pound carp at the lake last weekend.
catfish
/ˈkætˌfɪʃ/
A river fish with long whiskers hanging round its mouth.
Example: They pulled a catfish out of the canal the size of a dog.
goldfish
/ˈɡoʊldˌfɪʃ/
An orange pet fish that circles a bowl or a garden pond.
Example: We won a goldfish at the fair and it lived for nine years.
bass
/bæs/
A silver sea fish with a spiky back fin, prized by anglers and chefs alike.
Example: He landed a bass off the rocks and we ate it that night.
sole
/soʊl/
A slim oval flat fish, the classic one served whole in butter and lemon.
Example: We split a sole between us and fought over the last of it.
minnow
/ˈmɪnoʊ/
A very small freshwater fish.
Example: Every minnow in the stream moved at once when the shadow fell.
whiting
/ˈwaɪtɪŋ/
A small white sea fish related to the cod.
Example: Whiting used to be cheap and is not any longer.