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Animal Classification Vocabulary

Words for classifying animals: vertebrates, mammals, amphibians, gills and more.

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  1. mammal

    Animal with hair or fur that feeds its young milk

  2. bird

    Animal with feathers and a beak that hatches from an egg

  3. reptile

    Animal with dry scales that usually lays eggs on land

  4. amphibian

    Animal that starts life in water and later lives on land

  5. fish

    Animal that lives in water and breathes with gills

  6. insect

    Small animal with six legs and three body parts

  7. arachnid

    Animal with eight legs, like a spider

  8. vertebrate

    Animal with a backbone

  9. invertebrate

    Animal without a backbone

  10. gills

    Body parts that let fish breathe in water

  11. scales

    Small hard plates that cover fish and reptiles

  12. feathers

    Soft covering that keeps birds warm and helps them fly

  13. exoskeleton

    Hard outer shell that protects some animals

  14. warm-blooded

    Able to keep the same body heat in hot or cold weather

  15. cold-blooded

    Body heat changes with the air or water around it

  16. antenna

    Feeler on an insect's head used to touch and smell

  17. thorax

    Middle body part of an insect where legs attach

  18. abdomen

    Back body part of an insect

  19. beak

    Hard mouth part of a bird

  20. lungs

    Body parts that take in air for breathing

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