From Longman Dictionary gi‧raffe /dʒəˈrɑːf $ -ˈræf/ ●●○ noun [countable] a tall African animal with a very long neck and legs and dark spots on its yellow-brown fur Example Suppose you are taking a shot of something tall such as a giraffe Billy was a giraffe,…
From Longman Dictionary seal /siːl/ ●●○ S3 noun [countable] a large sea animal that eats fish and lives around coasts a mark that has a special design and shows the legal or official authority of a person or organization a piece of rubber or plastic that keeps air, water, dirt etc out of something airtight/watertight seal a piece of wax, paper, wire etc that…
From Longman Dictionary ˈhaɪræks an animal that looks like a rabbit but is related to the elephant and lives in desert country in Africa and Arabia
From Longman Dictionary bəˈluːɡə a type of small whale a type of large fish that lives in rivers and lakes in eastern Europe a type of caviar (= fish eggs), from a beluga
From Longman Dictionary rhi‧no /ˈraɪnəʊ $ -noʊ/ noun (plural rhinos) [countable] a rhinoceros Example The design is of a black rhino Of the five rhino species there are just over 8,000 left, Javan rhinos number 50 and Sumatran rhinos 800 The cameras snapped an average of one rhino every five days Up to…
From Longman Dictionary fer‧ret1 /ˈferɪt/ noun [countable] a small animal with a pointed nose, used to hunt rats and rabbits ferret2 verb [intransitive] [always + adverb/preposition] informal to search for something that is lost or hidden among a lot of things or inside a drawer, box etc Example Ferrets die: Two ferrets died when fire swept through…
From Longman Dictionary go‧ril‧la /ɡəˈrɪlə/ noun [countable] a very large African monkey that is the largest of the apes a man who is very large and who looks as if he might become violent Example Like ya bin dressed by a gorilla inna dark…
From Longman Dictionary fruit bat noun [countable] a large bat (=small animal like a flying mouse) that lives in hot countries and eats fruit Example Some species of fruit bat also sip nectar when it is available Probably, like the fruit bat Rousettus, they just…
From Longman Dictionary cou‧gar /ˈkuːɡə, -ɡɑː $ -ɡər, -ɡɑːr/ noun [countable] a large brown wild cat from the mountains of western North America and South America American English informal an older woman in a romantic or sexual relationship with a younger man Example These include the grizzly bear, cougar, wolverine, wolf, coyote, and bald and golden eagles Nothing was paved,…
From Longman Dictionary coy‧pu /ˈkɔɪpuː/ noun [countable] an animal like a beaver, kept on farms for its fur Example How could coypu have got into a Suffolk pond Hargreaves was a bit like a large rodent, a capybara or coypu But the coypu man was different…
