Mammals Word Search
A free Mammals word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the habitats, species, and behaviors of an animal group, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: MAMMAL, PLACENTA, MARSUPIAL, MONOTREME, WHISKERS, PAWS, CLAWS, HOOVES, UDDER, TEATS, GESTATION, LACTATION.
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Mammals word list, defined
- 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.
- PLACENTA /pləˈsɛntə/ · noun
- A temporary organ that forms in the uterus during pregnancy, connecting the developing embryo or fetus to the mother through the umbilical cord. It enables the exchange of oxygen, nutrients, and waste and produces hormones that support pregnancy. Related: afterbirth.
- MARSUPIAL /mɑːrˈsuːpiəl/ · noun and adjective
- A marsupial is a mammal whose young are born at an early stage of development and typically develop in a pouch or other specialized structure. As an adjective, marsupial describes animals, characteristics, or features associated with such mammals. Related: pouched mammal, metatherian, pouched animal.
- MONOTREME /ˈmɒnəˌtriːm/ (British); /ˈmɑːnəˌtriːm/ (US) · noun
- A monotreme is a mammal that lays eggs rather than giving birth to live young. The only living monotremes are the platypus and the echidnas. Related: egg-laying mammal, oviparous mammal.
- WHISKERS /ˈwɪskərz/ · noun (plural)
- Whiskers are the hairs growing on the cheeks or sides of a person's face, especially those of the chin. By extension, they are the long, stiff sensory hairs around the muzzle or face of many animals. Related: bristles, feelers, vibrissae, sensory hairs.
- PAWS /pɔːz/ · noun (plural), verb (third-person singular present)
- The plural form of “paw,” referring to the feet or digits of a four-legged animal, especially a dog, cat, or other mammal. As a verb, “paws” means to touch or strike something with a paw or claws. Related: feet, feet pads, claws, taws.
- CLAWS /klɔːz/ (British), /klɑːz/ (US) · noun (plural of claw); also verb (third-person singular of claw)
- The curved, pointed horny nails on the toes of animals such as cats, birds, and reptiles, used for gripping, tearing, or climbing; also a pincer-like limb of crustaceans. As a verb, to claw means to scratch, tear, or seize with claws or fingernails. Related: talons, nails, pincers, hooks.
- HOOVES /huːvz/ · noun
- The plural form of hoof, referring to the terminal growth on the feet of horses and other hoofed animals. It can also refer to the feet of such animals collectively.
- UDDER /ˈʌdər/ · noun
- The external mammary organ of a cow or other milk-giving mammal, especially the fleshy structure containing the teats through which milk is released. Related: teat, pap, breast, mammary gland.
- TEATS /tiːts/ · noun
- Teats are the projecting parts of a mammal's udder from which milk is drawn, especially in cows and other livestock. The word can also refer more generally to the nipples of certain mammals. Related: nipples, nubs, mammary nipples.
- GESTATION /dʒɛˈsteɪʃən/ · noun
- The period of pregnancy, especially in humans and other mammals, from conception to birth; by extension, the process or period during which something develops before completion. Related: pregnancy, incubation, development, generation.
- LACTATION /lækˈteɪʃən/ · noun
- The secretion of milk from the mammary glands, especially during pregnancy and breastfeeding. It can also refer to the period or process of producing and releasing milk. Related: milk production, breastfeeding, nursing, suckling.
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