2015-03-11 Communication: animal vocabulary

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: p. 166 (animal vocabulary)
1a body parts
1 claws
2 fins
3 fur
4 horns
5 wings
6 shell
7 beak
8 tail
9 paws
A horse's foot has a hoof on it. (plural: hooves)
Birds are covered with feathers.
Fish and reptiles are covered with scales.
Kangaroos and other marsupials keep their babies in a pouch.
1b verbs
  a anything with teeth or a beak, also spiders, ants, mosquitoes, other insects
  b scorpions, bees, hornets, wasps (anything with a stinger, usually on the tail)
  c anything with nails or claws
  d donkey, horse, cow (most animals with hooves)
  e sheep, camels, goats, some snakes
3 idioms
1 B
2 D
3 O ("He took to it like a fish to water." = he got into it very quickly)
4 H
5 A
6 G
7 F (Also, a "dark horse candidate" is a political candidate who is suddenly and unexpectedly popular.)
8 L (As in, you're not allowed to sleep in the house tonight.)
9 I
10 J
11 N
12 E
13 M
14 K
15 C

habitat: the place where someone or something typically lives; if you destroy the habitat it will cause problems for the animals that live there

stray dog: a dog in a city who would normally live with people but doesn't
wild dog: a dog that has lived its whole life away from people

breed/bred/bred = keep animals together so they will have babies
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(strict) vegetarian: doesn't eat any part of an animal's body

vegan: doesn't eat anything that comes from an animal (including eggs, milk, honey)