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kangaroo: any herbivorous marsupial of the family Macropodidae, of Australia and adjacent islands, having a small head, short forelimbs, powerful hind legs used for leaping, and a long, thick tail: several species are threatened or endanger

noun: The kangaroo lives in droves in the open grassy plains.

alarm: an automatic device that serves to call attention, to rouse from sleep, or to warn of fire, smoke, an intruder, etc.

verb/noun: In the distance, an alarm sounded.

midnight: the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.

noun: At midnight dancing was still going on.

hyena: a doglike carnivore of the family Hyaenidae, of Africa, southwestern Asia, and south central Asia, having a coarse coat, a sloping back, and large teeth and feeding chiefly on carrion, often in packs.

noun: The striped hyena is scattered over the country sparsely.

hippo: A hippopotamus.

noun: that's a hippo

snake: any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.

noun: What if a snake had been in those bushes?

monkey: any of more than 250 species of simian primates belonging to the two distinct lines of New World monkeys and Old World monkeys.

noun: Your monkey is safe.

lion: a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.

noun: There was a lion in the linen closet and no one wanted to reach for the towel.

zebra: any of several horselike African mammals of the genus Equus, each species having a characteristic pattern of black or dark-brown stripes on a whitish background: all zebra species are threatened or endangered.

noun: The zebra, giraffe and the rare okapi are found in the north-eastern borderlands.

zoo: Also called zoological garden. a parklike area in which live animals are kept in cages or large enclosures for public exhibition.

noun: She felt like she was at the zoo, standing in front of the cage of a hungry lion.

poach: to trespass, especially on another's game preserve, in order to steal animals or to hunt.

noun: I practice poach

capture: to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize.

verb: We will set up our plan to capture him.

wild: living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated.

adjective: He was a bit wild at times, but a good kid.

species: a class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities; distinct sort or kind.

noun: Some species show fermentative power.

refuge: shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.

noun: Angra served as a refuge for Queen Maria II.

habitat: the natural environment of an organism; place that is natural for the life and growth of an organism.

noun: Vipera have the same habitat in British waters as certain species of soles.

deforestation: the clearing or severe thinning of a forest or other wooded area, leaving few or no trees.

noun: The process of reckless deforestation is perceptible in certain districts.

creature: Anything created, animate or inanimate.

noun: What kind of creature could do this?

captivity: the state or period of being held, imprisoned, enslaved, or confined.

noun: That this law was not observed before the captivity we learn from Lev.