Bats Word Search
Bats, as a word search. 12 words drawn from the habitats, species, and behaviors of an animal group sit hidden in a 15×15 letter grid, running in every direction. Drag across a word to claim it, and clear the board to finish.
Words to find: COLONY, NOCTURNAL, ECHOLOCATION, WING, MAMMAL, CAVE, ROOST, INSECT, FLIGHT, ULTRASOUND, PREY, FANG.
Every word on the list appears exactly once. Words can run forwards or backwards, so scan both directions before you move on.
Bats word list, defined
- COLONY /ˈkɒləni/ · noun
- A country or area under the political control of a distant nation, whose settlers occupy it; more broadly, a group of people or animals of the same kind living together in one place. Related: settlement, outpost, possession, dependency.
- NOCTURNAL /nɒkˈtɜːnl/ (British); /noʊˈtɜːrnl/ (US) · adjective
- Occurring, happening, or being active during the night rather than during the daytime. In zoology, it describes animals that are most active at night. Related: nighttime, nightly, late-night, night-time.
- ECHOLOCATION /ˌɛkəʊləʊˈkeɪʃən/ (British), /ˌɛkoʊloʊˈkeɪʃən/ (US) · noun
- The perception of objects in the environment by detecting echoes reflected from them, typically by emitting sound waves and interpreting the returning echoes. It is used especially by animals such as bats and dolphins, and by humans with visual impairment as a navigational aid. Related: biosonar, sonar, echo ranging.
- WING /wɪŋ/ · noun; verb
- A wing is a projecting part of an animal or aircraft that provides lift or, in the case of a bird or bat, enables flight. As a verb, wing means to fly or propel, and informally to improvise or proceed without adequate preparation. Related: limb, airfoil, pinion, faction.
- MAMMAL /ˈmæməl/ · noun
- A warm-blooded vertebrate that possesses mammary glands and typically gives birth to live young or nourishes its young with milk. Mammals include animals such as whales, bats, elephants, and humans. Related: mammalian animal.
- CAVE /keɪv/ · noun
- A natural underground chamber, typically one with an opening to the surface, large enough for a person to enter. Related: cavern, grotto, hollow, den.
- ROOST /ruːst/ · noun and verb
- A roost is a perch or resting place where a bird sleeps or settles for the night. By extension, it can mean a person's place to sleep or stay. Related: perch, resting place, lodging, quarters.
- INSECT /ˈɪnsɛkt/ · noun
- A small arthropod with a segmented body, six legs, and usually two pairs of wings. Insects belong to the class Insecta and include ants, bees, butterflies, beetles, flies, and grasshoppers. Related: bug, hexapod.
- FLIGHT /flaɪt/ · noun
- The action or process of moving through the air, especially by means of wings or an aircraft; also, a journey made by an aircraft, or an act of fleeing from danger. Related: journey, soaring, voyage, escape.
- ULTRASOUND /ˈʌltrəsaʊnd/ · noun
- Sound waves with frequencies above the range normally detectable by the human ear. In medicine, the term also refers to diagnostic imaging that uses high-frequency sound waves to produce pictures of structures inside the body. Related: ultrasonic waves, sonography, ultrasonography, ultrasonic imaging.
- PREY /preɪ/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, prey means an animal hunted by another animal, or a person or thing pursued, victimized, or exploited. As a verb, it means to hunt or seize prey, or figuratively to exploit or victimize someone. Related: victim, quarry, hunted animal, hunt.
- FANG /fæŋ/ · noun
- A long, sharply pointed tooth, especially a canine tooth of a dog or wolf, or a venom-injecting tooth of a snake. Related: tusk, canine tooth, cuspid.
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