From Longman Dictionary din‧go /ˈdɪŋɡəʊ $ -ɡoʊ/ noun (plural dingoes) [countable] an Australian wild dog Example It did not disconcert Sly that he found himself addressing an audience who were all wearing false dingo ears The tiger, the dingo is almost extinct The dingo, too, is not much changed since those days
From Longman Dictionary chim‧pan‧zee /ˌtʃɪmpænˈziː, -pən-/ ●○○ (also chimp /tʃɪmp/) noun [countable] an intelligent African animal that is like a large monkey without a tail Example Least developed in the gorilla but greater in chimpanzees and australopithecines, with formation of incisive canal It does, however, spend more time than chimpanzees in trees, from…
From Longman Dictionary ˈkɪŋkədʒuː a small animal with a very strong tail, which lives in trees in Central and South America and eats mainly fruit
From Longman Dictionary chip‧munk /ˈtʃɪpmʌŋk/ noun [countable] a small American animal similar to a squirrel with black lines on its fur Example A chipmunk dashed across the grass She got to see a grizzly bear, skunks and chipmunks This animal escapes danger most like a. stonefish chipmunk cat 3 That and the chipmunk are the only…
From Longman Dictionary gib‧bon /ˈɡɪbən/ noun [countable] a small animal like a monkey, with long arms and no tail, that lives in trees in Asia Example At first glance I thought I was looking at a cross between a gibbon and…
From Longman Dictionary leop‧ard /ˈlepəd $ -ərd/ noun [countable] a large animal of the cat family, with yellow fur and black spots, which lives in Africa and South Asia Example But we also saw all kinds of animals, like monkeys, parrots, deer, and even a leopard The basic leopard is…
From Longman Dictionary el‧e‧phant /ˈeləfənt/ ●●● W3 noun [countable] a very large grey animal with four legs, two tusks (=long curved teeth) and a trunk (=long nose) that it can use to pick things up Example He rode on an elephant and on the Ferris wheel, taking only Amelia with him…
From Longman Dictionary bændɪkuːt a small Australasian animal with a long nose and long tail, which eats mainly insects
From Longman Dictionary wea‧sel /ˈwiːzəl/ noun [countable] a small thin furry animal that kills and eats rats and birds Example Methinks it is like a weasel He’d agreed with her about the low weasels who had nominated her I see fresh red squirrel and hare tracks, but curiously none at all of weasel I saw…
From Longman Dictionary wal‧rus /ˈwɔːlrəs $ ˈwɒːl-, ˈwɑːl-/ noun [countable] a large sea animal with two long tusks (=things like teeth) coming down from the sides of its mouth → seal Example He was a tall heavy-set man of about sixty, bald, with a brick-red face and…
