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Animal Classification Vocabulary
Words for classifying animals: vertebrates, mammals, amphibians, gills and more.
- 🎓 Grades 3–4
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mammal
Animal with hair or fur that feeds its young milk
bird
Animal with feathers and a beak that hatches from an egg
reptile
Animal with dry scales that usually lays eggs on land
amphibian
Animal that starts life in water and later lives on land
fish
Animal that lives in water and breathes with gills
insect
Small animal with six legs and three body parts
arachnid
Animal with eight legs, like a spider
vertebrate
Animal with a backbone
invertebrate
Animal without a backbone
gills
Body parts that let fish breathe in water
scales
Small hard plates that cover fish and reptiles
feathers
Soft covering that keeps birds warm and helps them fly
exoskeleton
Hard outer shell that protects some animals
warm-blooded
Able to keep the same body heat in hot or cold weather
cold-blooded
Body heat changes with the air or water around it
antenna
Feeler on an insect's head used to touch and smell
thorax
Middle body part of an insect where legs attach
abdomen
Back body part of an insect
beak
Hard mouth part of a bird
lungs
Body parts that take in air for breathing
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