Giraffes Word Search
This Giraffes word search hides 12 words on a 15×15 grid — the habitats, species, and behaviors of an animal group. Trace each one with a finger or mouse and it locks in as soon as the whole word is covered. No signup, no download.
Words to find: GIRAFFE, CAMELOPARD, RUMINANT, HOOFED, SAVANNA, ACACIA, NECK, OSSICONES, SPOTS, TONGUE, HERD, CALF.
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Giraffes word list, defined
- GIRAFFE /dʒəˈrɑːf/ (British); /dʒəˈræf/ (US) · noun
- A tall African mammal with a very long neck, long legs, and a coat patterned with irregular brown patches. The giraffe is the tallest living land animal. Related: camelopard.
- CAMELOPARD /kəˈmɛləˌpɑːrd/ · noun
- An archaic name for the giraffe, the long-necked African ruminant; the word combines 'camel' and 'leopard', reflecting the animal's camel-like build and leopard-like spotted coat. Related: giraffe.
- RUMINANT /ˈruːmɪnənt/ · noun and adjective
- A ruminant is a hoofed mammal that chews cud, including cattle, sheep, goats, and deer. As an adjective, ruminant means relating to or characteristic of these animals or their digestive process. Related: cud-chewer, ruminating animal, cud-chewing animal.
- HOOFED /hʊft/ · adjective
- Having hooves, especially as a characteristic of certain mammals. It is commonly used in zoological and biological descriptions. Related: hooved.
- SAVANNA /səˈvænə/ · noun
- A wide, generally treeless grassland, especially one occurring in tropical or subtropical regions. The term may also denote the biome more broadly, including its grasses, scattered trees, and associated wildlife. Related: grassland, plain, prairie, steppe.
- ACACIA /əˈkeɪʃə/ · noun
- A tree or shrub of the genus Acacia (or, in modern classifications, related genera such as Vachellia and Senegalia), native chiefly to warm regions, typically having compound leaves and clusters of small yellow or white flowers; also, the hard, durable wood of such a tree. Related: mimosa, wattle, thorn tree, shittah.
- NECK /nɛk/ · noun
- The part of the body connecting the head to the torso, extending from the base of the skull to the shoulders. In various contexts, it can also refer to a narrow opening, a narrow strip of land, or a curved part of an object. Related: nape, throat, neckline.
- SPOTS /spɒts/ (British), /spɑts/ (American) · noun (plural) and verb (third-person singular present)
- Small marks, stains, or blemishes on a surface; by extension, particular locations, places, or positions. As a verb, spots means notices or identifies something, especially something small, difficult to see, or out of place. Related: marks, stains, locations, places.
- TONGUE /tʌŋ/ · noun
- The muscular organ in the mouth, used in tasting, chewing, and speech. By extension, a tongue can mean a person's language or speech, or a projecting part of an object such as a shoe or musical instrument. Related: language, speech, dialect, vernacular.
- HERD /hɜːd/ (British); /hɝd/ (US) · noun and verb
- As a noun, a herd is a group of animals, especially grazing or herd-forming mammals, living or moving together; it can also refer to a large, undifferentiated group of people. As a verb, it means to gather, drive, or move animals as a group, often with the sense of controlling or directing their movement. Related: group, flock, drove, pack.
- CALF /kæf/ · noun
- A young cow, bull, or other bovine animal; also the fleshy back part of the human leg below the knee. Related: youngling, yearling, heifer.
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