Animals and Nature by Ray Sahelian, M.D.
Armadillo is a
small placental mammal that has a bony armor shell.
Cetaceans, water mammals, dolphins, popoises, whales
Coyote
Jird, hamster relative, relative of a gerbil
Ichtyosaur
Philly, a female horse under the age of 4 or a lively lass
Skunk
Turtle,
loggerhead
CAT
Balinese
Munchkin, small feet
Siamese
Lizard
Salamander, mud puppy
INSECT
Flea on dot
Locust, plague of Egypt, they come every 17 years
Silkwoms spin their cocoons by moving their heads in a figure eight pattern. One silkworm is the larva of the bombyx mori moth, mori comes from morus multicaulis, the scientific name of the mulberry tree
BIRDS
Chicken, Rock Cornish game hen, Rhode Island Red
Decoy, fake wooden bird
Goose, Canada, Mother, Snow
Grouse, blackcock or ruffed grouse
Hawk, red shouldered, red tailed
Kingfisher dives for fish
Pelican, brown and white mouthed are the two main types
Pheasant, Golden or Ring necked
Stork is a symbol of fertility
FISH
Mako shark, Bonito shark
Trout, rainbow species migrate to sea, their color changes to silver, then they
are called steelheads
Whale shark, largest fish
SHELLFISH
Shrimp, the biggest species of shrimp are called Prawns (jumbo shrimp and collossal shrimp)
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