Pelican Word Search
Play a Pelican word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the habitats, species, and behaviors of an animal group, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: BEAK, WINGS, FEET, POUCH, COAST, ISLAND, MARSH, WETLAND, FISH, HERRING, SARDINE, ANCHOVY.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Pelican word list, defined
- BEAK /biːk/ · noun
- The hard, pointed projecting mouth of a bird, consisting of upper and lower jaws covered in keratin, used for eating, grooming, and manipulating objects. Informally, also any similar beak-like structure in other animals such as turtles, squid, or octopuses. Related: bill, neb, muzzle, snout.
- WINGS /wɪŋz/ · noun, verb
- The parts of an animal that are used for flying, or the outer covering of these parts. To extend or add something to something else, especially to make it more successful or popular. Related: pinions, ailes, wingspan, outstretched.
- FEET /fiːt/ · noun
- Feet is the plural of "foot": the lower extremities of the leg in humans and animals, on which a person or animal stands and walks. It is also the plural of the unit of linear measurement equal to twelve inches. Related: tootsies, hooves.
- POUCH /pɒʊtʃ/ · noun, verb
- A small bag or pouch, typically made of fabric or leather, used for carrying small items. To put or store something in a pouch. Related: bag, pocket, sack, container.
- COAST /kəʊst/ (UK), /koʊst/ (US) · noun (also verb)
- The land next to the sea; the seashore. As a verb, to move forward without effort or power, especially downhill or with the engine off, or figuratively to progress easily without exertion. Related: shore, seashore, seaside, littoral.
- ISLAND /ˈaɪlənd/ · noun
- A piece of land surrounded by water, typically smaller than a continent, and often separated from the mainland by a sea or ocean. Related: islet, isle, key, atoll.
- MARSH /mɑːʃ/ · noun
- A wetland area dominated by soft-stemmed plants, such as cattails and sedges, and often found near rivers, lakes, or coastal areas. A marsh can be freshwater or saltwater. Related: swamp, bog, fen, wetland.
- WETLAND /wɛtlænd/ · noun
- A wetland is a land area that is saturated with water either permanently or seasonally, such as a marsh, swamp, or bog. Wetlands are characterized by their unique plant and animal communities that are adapted to living in saturated conditions. Related: marsh, swamp, bog, fen.
- FISH /fɪʃ/ · noun, verb
- A fish is an aquatic animal that lives in water, breathing with gills. To fish is to try to catch fish. Related: seafood, catch, angling, aquatic.
- HERRING /ˈhɛrɪŋ/ · noun
- A small, oily fish with a long, slender body, often pickled or cured. Related: sardine, anchovy, mackerel, capelin.
- SARDINE /sɑːrˈdiːn/ · noun
- A small, oily fish, often canned and eaten as a snack or used in cooking. A type of small, usually cylindrical, metal container, especially one used for storing or serving food. Related: herring, anchovy, mackerel, sard.
- ANCHOVY /ˈæn.tʃoʊ.vi/ (US); /ˈæn.tʃə.vi/ (UK) · noun
- A small, silvery-green marine fish of the herring family (genus Engraulis), caught in the Mediterranean and elsewhere and usually eaten salted, cured, or packed in oil; also, a piece of this fish prepared as food. Related: sprat, sardine, pilchard, herring.
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