Animals

4. (n.) type of game bird; a complaint; (v.) to complain, grumble
6. This eight-legged sea creature may look like flotsam, but it is actually a living animal.
7. This large, gray, incumbent African animal must stay with its matriarchal herd for life.
9. This African animal may seem like a jocular creature who laughs without end, but uses this as a way of communication.
10. (n.) a fortified place, stronghold
12. One may want to incarcerate this animal for its abnormally long neck, but it would not be able to fit in a jail cell anyway.
16. This mangy, frenetic, fox-like predator is always scavenging for food.
17. (n.) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant
18. (v.) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers
19. This animal is the most genetically similar to humans and may do some ludicrous things, but is very intelligent.

1. If you nettle this giant sea predator too much, you may be eaten and torn apart by thousands of sharp teeth.
2. (adj.) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited
3. This ferocious and scaly water-dwelling reptile sits still in the water with a stratagem to catch its prey by surprise.
5. (adj.) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
8. This bird-like animal lives in Antarctica and consummates its swimming so that it can speedily hunt for food.
11. Throwing food at this small and very common forest animal may cause it disarray, but it will take whatever it can scavenge.
13. (adj.) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money
14. (n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline of failure; (v.) to waste away
15. (adj.) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
20. (n., often pl.) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency