Otters and Beavers Word Search
Free Otters and Beavers word search. We picked 12 themed words — the habitats, species, and behaviors of an animal group — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Words to find: OTTERS, BEAVERS, COLONY, FAMILY, LODGE, WEBBED, TAIL, WHISKERS, CLAWS, RIVER, STREAM, POND.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Otters and Beavers word list, defined
- OTTERS /ˈɒtərz/ · noun
- A semi-aquatic mammal with a broad, flat head and a long, slender body, typically having a brown or black coat with a white throat patch. Otters are carnivorous and are found in rivers, lakes, and coastal areas. Related: beavers, minks, weasels, seals.
- BEAVERS /ˈbiːvərz/ · noun
- The plural of beaver: large semiaquatic rodents of the genus Castor, known for building dams and lodges, or multiple instances of things made of beaver fur. Related: rodents.
- 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.
- FAMILY /ˈfæməli/ · noun
- A group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit, or a broader set of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption. It can also refer to any group of related things, such as a category of languages or plants. Related: household, kin, relatives, kinfolk.
- LODGE /lɒdʒ/ in British English; /lɑːdʒ/ in American English · noun and verb
- As a noun, lodge means a small house or building used for accommodation, often associated with a particular activity or place. As a verb, it means to stay temporarily as a guest, become fixed or settled in a place, or formally register or present something such as a complaint or application. Related: stay, reside, settle, register.
- WEBBED /wɛbd/ · adjective
- Having a thin membrane of skin, called webbing, between the fingers or toes. Related: web-footed, web-toed, palmate.
- TAIL /teɪl/ · noun and verb
- A tail is the projecting appendage at the rear of many animals. By extension, it means the final part of something, such as a queue, process, or piece of text; as a verb, it means to follow someone closely. Related: rear, rump, posterior, back end.
- 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.
- 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.
- RIVER /ˈrɪvər/ · noun and verb
- A river is a large natural stream of water flowing through a defined channel toward a sea, lake, or another body of water. The word can also describe a continuous flow or abundance of something. Related: stream, watercourse, waterway, brook.
- STREAM /striːm/ · noun, verb
- A narrow channel of flowing water, or a continuous flow of liquid, air, words, information, or other material. As a verb, to stream means to flow steadily or to transmit or play content continuously over the internet. Related: current, flow, river, channel.
- POND /pɒnd/ (British); /pɑːnd/ (US) · noun
- A small body of still or slow-moving fresh water, usually smaller than a lake, which may be natural or artificially created. Related: pool, tarn, mere, lagoon.
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