Nature Word Search — Medium

Play a free online Nature word search puzzle. Difficulty: Medium. Find all 12 hidden words on the 11×11 grid below.

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Nature word list, defined

ACCIPITER /əkˈsɪpɪtər/ · noun
A hawk of the genus Accipiter, a group of birds of prey with short broad wings and long tails adapted for hunting in woodland, including the goshawk and sparrowhawk. More broadly, any hawk or bird of prey. Related: hawk, raptor, bird of prey, goshawk.
CONTIGUOUS /kənˈtɪɡjuəs/ · adjective
Sharing a common border or edge; touching or adjoining along a boundary. More broadly, next to or near something in sequence without any gap intervening. Related: adjacent, neighboring, adjoining, abutting.
ESTUARY /ˈɛstʃuəri/ (British), /ˈɛstʃuːˌɛri/ (US) · noun
The tidal mouth of a large river where the tide meets the stream and the water is partly salt and partly fresh; a broad, often funnel-shaped arm of the sea at a river's lower course. Related: inlet, firth, sound, bay.
EXTIRPATE /ˈɛkstərpeɪt/ · verb
To root out and destroy completely; to eliminate something undesirable utterly, whether a practice, belief, or population. In medicine and surgery, to remove an organ, tumor, or other structure entirely. Related: eradicate, eliminate, uproot, abolish.
JETSAM /dʒɛtsæm/ · noun
The part of a ship's cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the ship in an emergency, or the wreckage of a ship that is left behind after it has sunk. Also, the flotsam and jetsam that are washed up on a beach. Related: flotsam, litter, wreckage, discards.
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.

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