/dɔɡ/
dog, a domesticated canine
Yes. The dog.
The Last Scone in the Staff Room · A0English vocabulary: Animals – 24 words with pictures, audio & printable flashcards
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Including: dog · cat · bird · fish · horse
dog
/dɔɡ/
dog, a domesticated canine
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/kæt/
domestic feline animal
Also means: modifier meaning for domestic cats
It is not a cat.
The Dragon in the Tower of London · A1
/bɜːrd/
bird, an animal
Also means: a bird-shaped object
It is not a bird.
The Dragon in the Tower of London · A1
/fɪʃ/
fish; fish as food or an animal
Also means: catch fish · fish-related noun modifier
He put his fish in neat rows on crushed ice.
The Fishmonger Who Refused the Catch of the Day · A2
/hɔrs/
The horse she was supposed to ride was a four-year-old grey named Theorem.
The Jockey Who Weighed an Ounce Too Much at Epsom · B2/ˈhɔrsɪz/
She knew the way he carried his head slightly low coming out of a bend, the way he needed a half-second more than other horses before he committed to an acceleration.
The Jockey Who Weighed an Ounce Too Much at Epsom · B2
/wɪŋz/
bird or insect wings
Also means: side areas of a stage
The shadow has a long tail and small wings.
The Dragon in the Tower of London · A1
/teɪl/
tail or trailing extension
She has a fish tail.
The Mermaid's Chair in the Old Church · A0
/ˈrɑbɪn/
a small songbird
A robin landed on one of the bean poles, looked at them both with professional suspicion, and flew away.
The Allotment Left to Two Brothers in the Same Will · B1
/ʃiːp/
Beinn a' Chaorach, by contrast, means 'hill of the sheep.'
The Ordnance Survey Map That Named the Wrong Hill · B2
/frɑɡ/
frogs
5 frogs?
No Milk in the Fridge · A0
/ˈfɛðər/
feathers
But the Carnival is six months of women in community centres hand-sewing feathers.
The Notting Hill Carnival Float That Never Left the Yard · B2
/fɝː/
animal hair
Its fur was very white and its eyes were dark.
The White Hare That Sits at the Crossroads on Midsummer Night · A2
/aʊl/
She heard the wind and the sound of an owl.
The Bride Who Walked the Wrong Road Home · A2
/paɪk/
freshwater fish
At the bottom lived a pike.
The Pike That Guards the Bottom of Black Mere · B2
/hɛər/
hare (animal)
On Midsummer Night, when the sky stays light until midnight, a white hare appears at the crossroads.
The White Hare That Sits at the Crossroads on Midsummer Night · A2
/ˈtuːnə/
tuna fish
Also means: tuna meat as food
One Tuesday, Marco caught a beautiful tuna.
The Fishmonger Who Refused the Catch of the Day · A2
/ˈprɛdəˌtɔri/
preying on other animals
Not an ordinary pike— those dull, predatory fish that haunted every other lake in the county— but something older.
The Pike That Guards the Bottom of Black Mere · B2
/kɑrp/
fish
And maybe some very confused carp."
The Pike That Guards the Bottom of Black Mere · B2
/ˈmækərəl/
mackerel fish
Marco said, "Yesterday, your chef sent back my mackerel.
The Fishmonger Who Refused the Catch of the Day · A2
/ˈsiˌɡʌl/
A seagull cried somewhere above them.
The Smuggler's Map Stitched into the Fisherman's Coat · B1
/kɔːl/
makes a bird cry or sound
Also means: phones someone · gives a name to · phone conversation
They wait. The kitchen is very quiet. Outside, a bird calls once. Neither of them speaks.
We Press Send · A1/kraɪ/
make an animal call
Also means: weep · laughing intensely in reaction
A seagull cried somewhere above them.
The Smuggler's Map Stitched into the Fisherman's Coat · B1
/ɡreɪ/
gray horse
Also means: gray-colored · a gray color or shade · dull or gloomy
The horse she was supposed to ride was a four-year-old grey named Theorem.
The Jockey Who Weighed an Ounce Too Much at Epsom · B2