Wētā (Level 2)
Across
- 1. somewhat or slightly wet
- 5. to lose a covering of hair, feathers, etc., and replace it with new growth in the same place
- 7. a small animal that is related to the weasel and is used for hunting rodents
- 11. to bite or pinch (someone or something) lightly
- 12. someone or something that could cause trouble, harm, etc.
- 13. a small black insect that jumps high and that makes loud, high-pitched noises
- 16. to put someone or something new in the place or position of (someone or something)
- 18. a small animal that has a long body and brown fur that turns white in winter
- 20. a hard covering that protects something (such as a vehicle or an animal)
Down
- 2. the season between summer and winter
- 3. to detect the presence or occurrence of (something)
- 4. any one of a group of living things (such as molds, mushrooms, or yeasts) that often look like plants but have no flowers and that live on dead or decaying things
- 6. a very long, large tooth that sticks out of the mouth of an animal (such as an elephant, walrus, or boar)
- 8. having rotted or decayed and no longer able to be used, eaten, etc.
- 9. a continuous slight shaking movement : a series of small, fast movements back and forth or from side to side
- 10. of a bird, insect, fish, etc. : to come out of an egg : to be born by coming out of an egg
- 14. a rare reptile found only in New Zealand
- 15. a sharp, pointed part on an animal or plant
- 17. to make a hole or tunnel in the ground by digging
- 19. something (such as a leaf, skeleton, or footprint) that is from a plant or animal which lived in ancient times and that you can see in some rocks