From Longman Dictionary kan‧ga‧roo /ˌkæŋɡəˈruː◂/ noun (plural kangaroos) [countable] an Australian animal that moves by jumping and carries its babies in a pouch Example Billy’s short legs kept getting tangled in the heather, so he bounced along like a kangaroo through the springy tufts But only the lucky and the sharp-eyed will catch sight of…
From Longman Dictionary pu‧ma /ˈpjuːmə/ noun [countable] a cougar Example Puma and tabby No, Minkie the puma doesn’t fancy a helping of plump tabby, they’re just good friends Nigel in his best jeans and sneakers padded along like a puma The pilot of a puma helicopter flying between the Magnus Oil platform and another platform…
From Longman Dictionary an‧te‧lope /ˈæntələʊp $ ˈæntəl-oʊp/ noun [countable] an animal with long horns that can run very fast and is very graceful Example Small forest antelopes are selective feeders and, as a consequence, are solitary and monogamous The other, the four-horned antelope, is far stranger in appearance Across the plain, a herd of antelope ran, and then pivoted all…
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…
