From Longman Dictionary ant‧eat‧er /ˈæntˌiːtə $ -ər/ noun [countable] an animal that has a very long nose and eats small insects Example They may be subdivided into anteaters that burrow, anteaters that climb trees and anteaters that wander over the ground Mammals with non-spiny armour include the twenty-one species of armadillos and the seven species of pangolins, or scaly anteaters In the Old World they…
From Longman Dictionary fox1 /fɒks $ fɑːks/ ●●○ noun [countable] a wild animal like a dog with reddish-brown fur, a pointed face, and a thick tail [countable] informal someone who is clever and good at deceiving people [uncountable] the skin and fur of a fox, used to make clothes [countable] American English informal someone who is sexually attractive fox2 verb [transitive] British English informal…
From Longman Dictionary bat /bæt/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] a small animal like a mouse with wings that flies around at night → fruit bat British English a round flat piece of wood with a handle, used to hit a ball in a long wooden stick with a special shape that is used in some sports and games Example The tunnel is…
From Longman Dictionary ze‧bra /ˈziːbrə, ˈze- $ ˈziːbrə/ noun [countable] an animal that looks like a horse but has black and white lines all over its body Example Insofar as a zebra finch can be said to have a mind,…
From Longman Dictionary pilot ˌwhale noun [countable] a small whale with black skin
From Longman Dictionary rhi‧no‧ce‧ros /raɪˈnɒsərəs $ -ˈnɑː-/ noun (plural rhinoceros or rhinoceroses) [countable] a large heavy African or Asian animal with thick skin and either one or two horns on its nose → hippopotamus Example I hear that a rhinoceros flew along the Mississippi in a pink balloon, this morning I though…
From Longman Dictionary rein‧deer /ˈreɪndɪə $ -dɪr/ noun (plural reindeer) [countable] a large deer with long wide antlers (=horns), that lives in cold northern areas Example Ivan Dzhenkoul lost over two hundred reindeer • Yesterday I fed him the bony scraps from my reindeer stew and he is now mine for ever • Our hotel had an indoor pool, a nightclub and good food…
From Longman Dictionary bea‧ver /ˈbiːvə $ -ər/ noun [countable] a North American animal that has thick fur and a wide flat tail, and cuts down trees with its teeth
From Longman Dictionary le‧mur /ˈliːmə $ -ər/ noun [countable] an animal that looks like a monkey and has a long thick tail Example Bees, flies, birds, lemurs and tree kangaroos are all pressed into service One of our fellow primates, the two-foot-long lemur is vegetarian, monogamous, and makes a noise like a saxophone Prosimians, such…
From Longman Dictionary ko‧a‧la /kəʊˈɑːlə $ koʊ-/ (also koala bear / $ .ˈ.. ˌ./) noun [countable] an Australian animal like a small grey bear with no tail that climbs trees and eats leaves Example Is that Troy Aikman or a koala with lower digestive difficulties looking so uncomfortable on the Dallas sideline A koala, who was the loser in a treetop fight,…
