Animal Planet

Imtiaz Sarwar (South Korea)
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  1. bovine
    any of various wild or domestic cattle
  2. canine
    a dog, wolf, jackal, or other closely related mammal
  3. equine
    relating to or resembling a horse
  4. feline
    of or relating to cats
  5. leonine
    of or characteristic of or resembling a lion
  6. piscatorial
    relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing
  7. serpentine
    resembling a snake in form
  8. simian
    relating to or resembling an ape or a monkey
  9. ursine
    of or relating to or similar to bears
  10. vulpine
    resembling or characteristic of a fox
  11. ornithology
    the branch of zoology that studies birds
  12. entomology
    the branch of zoology that studies insects
  13. herpetology
    the branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians
  14. ichthyology
    the branch of zoology that studies fishes
  15. physiology
    the science dealing with the functioning of organisms
  16. taxonomy
    a classification of organisms based on similarities
  17. fauna
    all the animal life in a particular region or period
  18. mammal
    a warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin covered with hair
  19. marsupial
    a mammal the female of which has a pouch carrying the young
  20. pachyderm
    a large mammal with thick skin, such as an elephant or hippo
  21. whelp
    young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
  22. viper
    a venomous Old World snake
  23. vixen
    a female fox
  24. behemoth
    someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
  25. satyr
    one of a class of woodland deities
  26. centaur
    a mythical being that is half man and half horse
  27. low
    less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
  28. whinny
    the characteristic sounds made by a horse
  29. spawn
    the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or mollusks
  30. fodder
    coarse food composed of plants or leaves and stalks
  31. forage
    collect or look around for, as food
  32. provender
    food for domestic livestock
  33. flora
    all the plant life in a particular region or period
  34. tanner
    a craftsman who tans skins and hides
  35. tannery
    workplace where skins and hides are tanned
  36. aviary
    a building where birds are kept
  37. apiary
    a shed containing a number of beehives
  38. vivisection
    the act of operating on living animals
  39. menagerie
    a collection of live animals for study or display
  40. fleece
    the outer coat of an animal, especially sheep and yaks
  41. plumage
    the covering of feathers on a bird
  42. venison
    meat from a deer used as food
  43. speciation
    the evolution of a biological species
  44. symbiosis
    the relation between two interdependent species of organisms
  45. chirpy
    (birds or insects) characterized by or tending to chirp
  46. asinine
    devoid of intelligence
  47. trotter
    a horse trained to trot
  48. boar
    a male hog
  49. sow
    place seeds in or on the ground for future growth
  50. byre
    a barn for cows
  51. byre
    a barn for cows
  52. rodent
    a mammal having two pairs of ever-growing front teeth for gnawing
  53. adipose
    composed of animal fat
  54. tamer
    an animal trainer who tames wild animals
  55. burrow
    a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
  56. tame
    brought from wildness into a domesticated state
  57. hawk
    a bird of prey with rounded wings and a long tail
  58. captor
    a person who entraps and holds someone else
  59. capturer
    a person who captures and holds people or animals
  60. vulture
    a large diurnal bird of prey feeding chiefly on carrion
  61. venom
    toxin secreted by animals
  62. taurine
    of or relating to or resembling a bull
  63. incubate
    grow under conditions that promote development
  64. pelt
    the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
Created on Tue Oct 08 11:55:19 EDT 2013 (updated Mon Oct 27 01:00:20 EDT 2014)

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