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April 15, 2014

Animals in General

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº30 v.05
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      Main Definitions

  1. animal |n| a living organism which is typically distinguished from a plant by feeding on organic matter, having specialized sense organs and nervous system, and being able to move about and to respond rapidly to stimuli.
  2. "This animal can be trained to follow simple orders."
  3. "The animals were fed only on pasture."
  4. "He is simply not a social animal."
  5. beast |n| an animal, especially a large or dangerous one.
  6. "To most people, lions are savage beasts."
  7. creature |n| an animal. Used especially when describing a particular animal's characteristics or when referring to animals generally.
  8. "The cheetah is a magnificent creature.
  9. "All the living creatures in the sea."
  10. living thing |n| an animal considered as one of a group of things that grow and then die, including humans and plants.
  11. "The only living things we saw were dogs and cats."

        Main Groups of Animals

  1. species |n| a group of animals whose members are similar and can breed together to produce young animals.
  2. "Seven species of birds of prey have been observed."
  3. breed |n| a special variety of domesticated animals within a species.
  4. "He experiment on a particular breed of white rats."
  5. family |n| a taxonomic group containing one or more genera.
  6. "Sharks belong to the fish family."
  7. colony |n| a group of animals or plants of the same type that are living or growing together.
  8. "A seal colony"
  9. "Breeding colonies of rare birds."
  10. drove 1 |n| a large number of people or animals, often moving or doing something as a group.
  11. drove 2 |n| a flock of animals being driven.

      Specific Groups of Animals

  1. brood |n| a family of young animals, especially birds, produced at one hatching or birth.
  2. flight |n| a flock of flying birds.
  3. "A fligtht of geese."
  4. flock/s |n| a group of sheep, goats or birds.
  5. "These birds fly in huge flocks."
  6. "This is a large flock of sheep."
  7. "A flock of birds passed overhead."
  8. "He looks after a flock of 500 sheep."
  9. herd 1 |n| a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra.
  10. "Zebras live in herds with a dominant stallion as the herd leader."
  11. herd 2 |n| a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans.
  12. "The animals tend to graze in a herd."
  13. pack |n| a group of wild animals, especially wolves, living and hunting together.
  14. "There was a pack of hounds."
  15. "Wolves hunting in packs."
  16. "He was attacked by a pack of savage dogs."
  17. pride |n| a group of lions forming a social unit.
  18. school / shoal |n| a large group of fish.
  19. skein |n| a flock of wild geese or swans in flight, typically in a V-shaped formation.
  20. skulk |n| congregation of vermin, especially foxes.
  21. swarm |n| a large or dense group of flying insects.

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