Types of Animals Vocabulary List

any of a group of cold-blooded vertebrate animals (as frogs and toads) that have gills and live in water as larvae but breathe air as adults

an animal that lays eggs and has wings and a body covered with feathers

any of a class (Cephalopoda) of marine mollusks including the squids, cuttlefishes, and octopuses that move by expelling water from a tubular siphon under the head and that have a group of muscular usually sucker-bearing arms around the front of the head, highly developed eyes, and usually a sac containing ink which is ejected for defense or concealment

any of a large group of mostly water animals (as crabs, lobsters, and shrimps) with a body made of segments, a tough outer shell, two pairs of antennae, and limbs that are jointed

an animal (such as Sasquatch or the Loch Ness Monster) that has been claimed to exist but never proven to exist

any of a large group of vertebrate animals that live in water, breathe with gills, and usually have fins and scales

any of a group of small and often winged animals that are arthropods having six jointed legs and a body formed of a head, thorax, and abdomen

a warm-blooded animal (as a dog, mouse, bear, whale, or human being) with a backbone that feeds its young with milk produced by the mother and has skin usually more or less covered with hair

a cold-blooded animal (as a snake, lizard, turtle, or alligator) that breathes air and usually has the skin covered with scales or bony plates