Aihepiiri 2 Animals

Our words Animals

Amphibians any animal that can live both on land and in water. Amphibians have cold blood and skin without scales.  Frogstoads and newts are all amphibians. Sammakkoeläin
Badger an animal with grey fur and wide black and white lines on its head. Badgers are nocturnal (= active mostly at night) and live in holes in the ground. Badgers are very cute animals Mäyrä
Billy goat a male goat billy goat and goat Pukki/mies vuohi
Lemming a small animal like a mouse, that lives in cold northern countries. Many of them die on these journeys and there is a popular belief that lemmings kill themselves by jumping off cliffs. Lemming-like we rushed into certain disaster. Sopuli
Elk a large deer that lives in the north of Europe, Asia and North America. In North America it is called a moose. Elk is synonym for moose Hirvi
Lynx a wild animal of the cat family, with yellow-brown fur (sometimes with spots on it) and a very short tail Lynx is bigger than my cat Ilves
Aardvark an animal from southern Africa that has a long nose and tongue and that eats insects Aardvark look like pig Maasika
Polecat a small European wild animal with a long thin body, dark brown fur and a strong unpleasant smell Polecats run fast Hilleri
Weasel a small wild animal with red-brown fur, a long thin body, and short legs. Weasels eat smaller animals. Weasel reminds me of polecat Lumikko
Viper A small venomous snake Vipers live in Finland Kyykäärme


Ape a large animal like a monkey, with no tail. There are different types of ape. Apes climb on trees Ihmisapina
Armadillo  American animal with a hard shell made of pieces of bone Armadillos are cute Vyötiäinen
Bilby a small Australasian animal with a long nose, a long tail and big ears Bilby resemble a mouse and kangaroo Pussikaniini
Borzoi a large Russian dog with soft white hair Borzoi is very fluffy Venäjänvinttikoira
Carnivore any animal that eats meat Cat is carnivore Petoeläin
Ewe a female sheep Ewe gives birth to a lamb Naaraspuolinen lammas
Coati a small animal with a long nose and a long tail with lines across it, which lives mainly in Central and South America Coati is rare animal Nenäkarhu
Gibbon A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which it uses to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch. Gibbonis looks funny Gibboni, kuuluu ihmisapinoihin
Heifer young cow(particularly) one over one year old but which has not calved. I have half a mind to marry that heifer Hieho/poikimaton nuori lehmä
Kinkajou Potos flavus, a carnivorous mammal of Central America and South America with a long, prehensile tail, related to the raccoon. Kinkajou have weird tail Kierteishäntäkarhu



Bluetit Cyanistes caeruleus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae, with an azure blue crown and dark blue line passing through the eye and encircling the white cheeks to the chin. Bluetit is very small bird Sinitiainen
Brood The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother. Newborn birds form a brood Poikue
Canary A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands. Canary is beautifull bird Kanarianlintu
Vulture Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae. Vulture is scary Korppikotka
Poultry domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese) raised for food (either meat or eggs) Poultry is used for cooking Siipikarja
Falcon Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey. Flacon is synonym for hawk Haukka
Heron A long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae. Heron is big bird Haikara
Migration Seasonal moving for animals, birds or fishes to breed or find a new home One bird is the head of migration Muuttoliike
Dunnock A small European and Asian passerine bird, Prunella modularis, the hedge sparrow or hedge warbler. Dunnock is small, brown bird Rautiainen
Rook A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family. Rook is cool bird Mustavaris