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Rabbits : a small animal with long ears and large front teeth that moves by jumping on its long back legs, or the meat of this animal eaten as food

Noun a pet rabbit

Skunks : a small, black and white North American animal that makes a strong, unpleasant smell as a defence when it is attacked

Noun He was an oily, opportunistic skunk.

Coyote : a small wild animal like a dog that lives in North America

Noun Some birds are killed by golden eagles or coyotes

Saber-toother cat : when a cat has very long teeth

Noun my cat has saber teeth

Chemical : any basic substance that is used in or produced by a reaction involving changes to atoms or molecules

Noun The government has pledged to reduce the amount of chemicals used in food production.

Ocean : a very large area of sea

Noun These mysterious creatures live at the bottom of the ocean.

Earth : the planet third in order of distance from the sun, between Venus and Mars; the world on which we live

Noun The earth takes approximately 3651/4 days to go round the sun.

Asteroid : one of many large rocks that circle the sun

Noun Scientists are hoping an asteroid will clue them in about early life on earth.

Worms : a small animal with a long, narrow, soft body without arms, legs, or bones

Noun The kiwi bird eats worms, other invertebrates, and berries.

Reptile : an animal that produces eggs and uses the heat of the sun to keep its blood warm

Noun Humans, insects, reptiles, birds and mammals are all animals.

mammal : any animal of which the female feeds her young on milk from her own body. Most mammals give birth to live young, not eggs

Noun Humans, dogs, elephants, and dolphins are all mammals, but birds, fish, and crocodiles are not.

Insect : a type of very small animal with six legs, a body divided into three parts and usually two pairs of wings, or, more generally, any similar very small animal

Noun Ants, beetles, butterflies, and flies are all insects.

Bacteria : very small organisms that are found everywhere and are the cause of many diseases

Noun a colony of bacteria

Arthropod : a type of animal with no spine, a hard outer skin, legs with bones joined together, and a body divided into different parts, for example a spider, crab, or ant

Noun After the final visual count, the cages were carefully emptied with a blower-vac to obtain near-total numbers of arthropods

Amphibian : an animal, such as a frog, that lives both on land and in water but must produce its eggs in water

Noun Salamanders, frogs, and other amphibian life are particularly sensitive to extreme pH levels.

Prehistoric times : describing the period before there were written records

Adjective prehistoric man/humans/animals

Paleontologist: In this book we find out how paleontologists go about looking at the effects of impact events and determining their roles in biological changes.

Noun Now my childish image is of a paleontologist who has discovered his favorite dinosaur.

Marble : a small ball, usually made of coloured or transparent glass, that is used in children's games

Noun Ventral surface of thorax and abdomen brown, more or less extensively suffused and marbled with bluish or greenish grey.

Limestone : a white or light grey rock that is used as a building material and in the making of cement

Noun Limestone fragments and a few silicified grains (chert) are present, within a calcite spar cement.

Granite : a very hard, grey, pink, or black rock, used for building

Noun Al-rich relic material from the formation of the rapakivi granite melt is another source of assimilation.