動物・生き物

animal (a living creature)

General word for any living creature that is not a plant or human.

pet (an animal kept at home)

An animal kept at home for company.

dog (domestic pet animal)

Common domestic animal kept as a pet or working animal.

puppy (a young dog)

A baby dog.

kitten (a young cat)

A baby cat.

fish (water animal / pet)

Animal that lives in water; also kept as a pet.

bird (winged feathered animal)

Animal with wings and feathers that can usually fly.

horse (large riding/farm animal)

Large farm animal that people can ride.

cow (farm animal that gives milk)

Large farm animal kept for milk and meat.

pig (farm animal)

Farm animal kept for meat.

sheep (woolly farm animal)

Farm animal kept for wool and meat; same form singular and plural.

chicken (farm bird for eggs/meat)

Farm bird kept for eggs and meat.

duck (water bird)

Water bird with a wide beak, often seen on ponds.

lion (large wild cat)

Large wild cat from Africa, often called the king of animals.

elephant (large animal with a trunk)

Very large wild animal with a long trunk and big ears.

bear (large furry wild animal)

Large wild animal with thick fur.

fox (wild red-furred animal)

Wild animal with red-brown fur and a bushy tail.

wolf (wild dog-like animal)

Wild animal that looks like a large dog and lives in groups.

mouse (small rodent)

Very small animal with a long tail; plural is 'mice'.

snake (long legless reptile)

Long animal with no legs that moves along the ground.

frog (small jumping amphibian)

Small green animal that lives near water and can jump.

insect (small six-legged creature)

Very small animal with six legs, such as a fly or an ant.

bee (insect that makes honey)

Small flying insect that makes honey.

butterfly (insect with colourful wings)

Insect with large colourful wings.

spider (eight-legged web-maker)

Small animal with eight legs that makes webs.

ant (small social insect)

Very small insect that lives in large groups.

fly (small flying insect)

Common small flying insect.

mosquito (biting insect)

Small flying insect that bites people.

dolphin (clever sea mammal)

Friendly, clever sea animal that lives in groups.

whale (very large sea mammal)

Very large animal that lives in the sea.

crab (sea animal with claws)

Sea animal with a hard shell and claws that walks sideways.

owl (night bird with big eyes)

Bird with big eyes that is active at night.

eagle (large bird of prey)

Large strong bird with very good eyesight.

parrot (colourful talking pet bird)

Colourful bird that can copy human words; often kept as a pet.

fur (soft animal hair)

The soft hair that covers many animals.

tail (back part of an animal)

The long part at the back of an animal's body.

wing (body part used to fly)

The part of a bird or insect used for flying.

feather (light covering of a bird)

One of the light, soft things that cover a bird's body.

paw (foot of a cat or dog)

The foot of an animal such as a dog or cat.

wild (living in nature, not tame)

Describes animals that live in nature, not with people.

to feed (to give food to an animal)

To give food to an animal.

zoo (place to see wild animals)

A place where wild animals are kept and people can see them.

farm (place with animals and crops)

A place where people keep animals and grow food.

nest (a bird's home for eggs)

The home a bird builds for its eggs.

tame (not wild; used to people)

Describes an animal that is not wild and is friendly with people.

to bite (to use teeth on something)

To cut or hurt something with the teeth.

cage (barred box for an animal)

A box made of bars where a bird or small animal is kept.

cat (domestic pet animal)

Common small domestic animal kept as a pet.

rabbit (small long-eared animal)

Small animal with long ears, kept as a pet or living in the wild.

goat (horned farm animal)

Farm animal with horns, kept for milk and meat.

tiger (large striped wild cat)

Large wild cat with orange and black stripes.

monkey (small or medium primate, often living in trees)

Wild animal that climbs trees and has a long tail.

fish (fish eaten as food, from the sea or rivers)

Group of sea and water creatures eaten as food.

shark (large sea predator)

Large dangerous fish that lives in the sea.

turtle (large reptile with a shell, living in the sea or fresh water)

Slow animal with a hard shell that lives in or near water. In British English 'turtle' usually means a sea turtle, while the land variety is called a 'tortoise'.

egg (oval object laid by birds or reptiles; also a common food)

The round object a bird lays, from which a baby bird is born; also food.

to bark (to make the sharp sound a dog makes)

The loud sound a dog makes.

baby (a very young human or animal; used before a noun to mean young)

A very young animal, often used with the animal's name.

to look after (to take care of)

To take care of an animal or person.