VOCABULARY ENHANCEMENT
Across
- 3. plunge head first into water.
- 7. a swift-running deerlike ruminant with smooth hair and upward-pointing horns
- 10. the lower surface of a room, on which one may walk.
- 11. a very large marine mammal with a streamlined hairless body, a horizontal tail fin, and a blowhole on top of the head for breathing.
- 12. a large flightless seabird of the southern hemisphere, with black upper parts and white underparts and wings developed into flippers for swimming under water.
- 13. a person who is proficient in sports and other forms of physical exercise.
- 16. an insect of an order distinguished by forewings typically modified into hard wing cases (elytra) that cover and protect the hind wings and abdomen.
- 17. a hard permanent outgrowth, often curved and pointed, found in pairs on the heads of cattle, sheep, goats, giraffes, etc.
Down
- 1. It is the fastest animal on land.
- 2. the rate at which someone or something is able to move or operate.
- 4. a person or animal that hunts.
- 5. a hollow place in a solid body or surface.
- 6. the measurement or extent of something from end to end
- 8. living, not dead.
- 9. strive to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others who are trying to do the same.
- 14. raise to a higher position or level.
- 15. It is the largest living land animal.