Biology Word Search — Quick
Play a free online Biology word search puzzle. Difficulty: Quick. Find all 12 hidden words on the 9×9 grid below.
Words to find
- BIOME
- AMPHIBIAN
- ATROPHY
- ALGAE
- MOLT
- FISH
- EGG
- BENIGN
Plus 4 hidden bonus words.
Biology word list, defined
- BIOME /ˈbaɪoʊm/ · noun
- A large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, such as a forest or tundra. It is a broad ecological classification defined chiefly by climate and dominant vegetation. Related: biotic community, ecosystem, habitat, life zone.
- AMPHIBIAN /æmˈfɪbiən/ · noun
- A cold-blooded vertebrate animal, such as a frog, toad, salamander, or newt, that typically has an aquatic larval stage with gills and an adult terrestrial or semi-aquatic stage with lungs. The word also denotes a vehicle or aircraft designed to operate on both land and water. Related: frog, toad, salamander, newt.
- ATROPHY /ˈætrəfi/ · noun and verb
- (Noun) The gradual wasting away or degeneration of a body part, tissue, or organ, typically through lack of use, disease, or inadequate nourishment. (Verb) To waste away, decline, or deteriorate in this manner. Related: wasting, degeneration, decline, deterioration.
- ALGAE /ˈæl.dʒiː/ · noun
- Algae are simple, typically aquatic organisms that photosynthesize but lack the true roots, stems, leaves, and vascular tissues of plants, ranging from single-celled phytoplankton to large seaweeds. Related: seaweed, phytoplankton, kelp.
- MOLT /mɔlt/ · verb
- To shed or cast off the outer covering of a feather, hair, or skin, especially in the process of growth or renewal. To change or transform suddenly, often in a dramatic or complete way. Related: shed, cast off, slough, discard.
- FISH /fɪʃ/ · noun, verb
- A fish is an aquatic animal that lives in water, breathing with gills. To fish is to try to catch fish. Related: seafood, catch, angling, aquatic.
- EGG /ɛɡ/ · noun
- An oval or round object laid by a female bird, reptile, fish, or invertebrate, usually containing a developing embryo; also the egg of a chicken (or other bird) used as food. Related: ovum, roe.
- BENIGN /bɪˈnaɪn/ · adjective
- Gentle, kind, and not harmful or threatening; in medicine, referring to a condition or growth that is not dangerous to health. Related: harmless, gentle, kindly, benevolent.
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