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Book: Lions at Lunchtime
Words & Phrases

Learn the following words. These are aniamals found on African plains.

  Noun Picture Meaning
1. zebras
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zebras Wild animals that looks like horses but usually have black and white stripes on their bodies
2. giraffes
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giraffes Large African animals with extremely long necks and long legs
3. gazelle
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gazelle A small but fast deer-like animal with long ringed horns and black face markings
4. lions
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lions A l arge, strong animal of the cat family with yellow-brown fur and a large mane
5. wildebeests
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wildebeests Large antelopes with heads like oxen and downward curving horns
6. vulture
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vulture A large bird with dark feathers and broad wings that eats the flesh of dead animals
7. hyena
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hyena A wild animal that looks like a dog and makes a laughing sound
8. elephant
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elephant A very large, gray animal with a trunk, living in Africa and India
9. bees
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bees

Flying insects that make a buzzing sound, able to sting and make honey

10. lioness
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lioness A female lion
11. cubs
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cubs The young of wild meat-eating mammals , such as bears, lions and tigers

Reference: Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary, MSN Encarta Dictionary