Salmon Word Search
This Salmon 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: FINS, GILLS, SCALES, TAIL, MOUTH, EYES, RIVER, STREAM, OCEAN, ESTUARY, FRESHWATER, MARINE.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Salmon word list, defined
- FINS /fɪnz/ · noun
- Plural of fin: the flat or wing-like appendages that fish, whales, and other aquatic animals use for steering, balance, and propulsion; also, similar projecting parts on aircraft, submarines, surfboards, cars, and other devices used for stability, control, or heat dissipation. Related: flippers, paddles, appendages, blades.
- GILLS /ˈɡɪlz/ · noun
- A gill is a respiratory organ used for breathing in fish, amphibians, and some invertebrates. It is typically a pair of feathery or filamentous structures that extract oxygen from the water. Related: branchiae, respiratory organs, gill slits, branchial respiration.
- SCALES /skɛɪlz/ · noun, verb
- A series of musical notes or a device for measuring weight or thickness. To change or adjust something, especially a musical instrument, to a different pitch or key. Related: series, sequence, range, octave.
- TAIL /tɛɪl/ · noun, verb
- The back part of an animal's body, typically extending from the hips to the end of the spine. To follow or come after something. Related: rear, hindquarters, aft, end.
- MOUTH /mɔʊθ/ · noun, verb
- The opening through which food passes into the body and out of which speech and saliva are emitted. To utter or express something, typically in a loud voice. Related: lip, oral cavity, gape, utter.
- EYES /aɪz/ · noun
- The plural of "eye": the paired organs of sight in humans and animals, or the individual organs regarded collectively. It is also used figuratively to mean a person's attention, judgment, or way of seeing something. Related: sight, vision, gaze, view.
- RIVER /ˈraɪər/ · noun
- A natural flowing body of water, often longer than a stream and smaller than a lake, typically with a bed and banks. Related: stream, brook, creek, watercourse.
- STREAM /strim/ · noun, verb
- A natural flow of water, or a flow of data or video. To flow or move smoothly and continuously. Related: flow, current, river, brook.
- OCEAN /oʊˈshiːən/ · noun
- A vast body of saltwater that covers a significant portion of the Earth's surface, often connected to the sea and forming part of the global ocean system. It is the largest of the Earth's five oceans, covering over 70% of the planet's surface. Related: sea, lake, bay, gulf.
- ESTUARY /ˈɛstʃuəri/ (British), /ˈɛstʃuːˌɛri/ (US) · noun
- The tidal mouth of a large river where the tide meets the stream and the water is partly salt and partly fresh; a broad, often funnel-shaped arm of the sea at a river's lower course. Related: inlet, firth, sound, bay.
- FRESHWATER /ˈfrɛʃwɔːtə/ · noun
- Water that contains little or no dissolved salt, as found in rivers, lakes, streams, and most groundwater, in contrast to seawater. As an adjective, it describes things relating to, living in, or consisting of such water. Related: potable water, inland water, sweet water.
- MARINE /mɛərɪn/ · adjective, noun
- Relating to the sea or ocean; of or pertaining to the sea or its inhabitants. A naval or maritime force. Related: naval, maritime, oceanic, coastal.
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