Tide Pool Animals Word Search
Free Tide Pool Animals 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: ANEMONE, BARNACLE, CRAB, LIMPET, MUSSEL, PERIWINKLE, SEASTAR, URCHIN, CHITON, SCULPIN, BLENNY, GOBY.
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Tide Pool Animals word list, defined
- ANEMONE /əˈnɛm.ə.ni/ · noun
- A genus of perennial flowering plants in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae), bearing showy, often brightly coloured, cup-shaped flowers; also called windflower. Related: windflower, pasqueflower, buttercup.
- BARNACLE /ˈbɑːrnəkəl/ · noun
- A barnacle is a small marine crustacean with a hard calcareous shell that attaches itself permanently to surfaces such as rocks, ship hulls, and the skin of whales. Figuratively, it refers to a person who clings persistently to another, especially in a burdensome or freeloading way. Related: crustacean, limpet, clingstone, hanger-on.
- CRAB /kræb/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, crab is a crustacean with a broad shell, ten legs, and a pair of prominent claws, or the meat of this animal. It can also informally mean a person who is persistently complainful or difficult to please. As a verb, crab means to move sideways, to complain persistently, or to annoy or irritate someone. Related: crustacean, decapod, complain, grumble.
- LIMPET /ˈlɪmpɪt/ · noun
- A small marine mollusc with a conical shell, found attached to rocks and other surfaces in the sea. Limpets are named for their ability to cling firmly and are commonly seen in rocky intertidal habitats. Related: sea snail, mollusc, gastropod.
- MUSSEL /ˈmʌsəl/ · noun
- A mollusk with two hinged shells, typically found in coastal waters or freshwater, and often eaten as food. A mussel may attach firmly to rocks, piers, or other surfaces by its byssal threads. Related: mollusk, bivalve.
- PERIWINKLE /ˈperɪwɪŋkəl/ · noun, adjective
- Periwinkle is a blue-violet color, a small marine gastropod mollusk, or a flowering evergreen plant of the genus Vinca. As an adjective, it describes something of a periwinkle color. Related: lavender, violet, mauve, blue-violet.
- URCHIN /ˈɜːrtʃɪn/ · noun
- A spiny marine animal of the class Echinoidea, especially the familiar sea urchin with a rounded, often prickly shell. By extension, an urchin can be a mischievous or unruly child; the older sense referring to a hedgehog is now obsolete. Related: sea urchin, echinus, rascal, scamp.
- CHITON /ˈkaɪtən/ · noun
- A chiton is an ankle-length woolen tunic worn by ancient Greeks, typically fastened at the shoulder with a brooch. It also denotes a marine mollusk with an oval shell composed of eight overlapping plates. Related: tunic, gown, robe, garment.
- SCULPIN /ˈskʌlpɪn/ · noun
- A small, broad-headed fish of the family Cottidae, typically having a large head, prominent eyes, and spines on the back and fins. The word can also refer to a contemptible or insignificant person, especially in older and informal usage. Related: bullhead, cottus.
- BLENNY /ˈblɛni/ · noun
- A blenny is a small marine fish of the family Blenniidae (and related families), typically having an elongated body, a long dorsal fin, and blunt head, often found in shallow coastal waters and rock pools. Related: shanny, blennioid, rockfish, gobiesociform.
- GOBY /ˈɡoʊbi/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, a goby is any of numerous small, mostly marine fishes of the family Gobiidae, many of which inhabit shallow coastal waters and have fused pelvic fins. As a verb, goby means to pass by or move past, although it is usually written as the phrasal verb go by. Related: pass by, go past, move past.
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