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LITTLE ENGLISH
(PICTURE)
DICTIONARY
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Adjectives
An adjective is a word that describes something.
afraid
When you're afraid,
you are scared.
ajar
Something that is ajar
is partly open. The
door is ajar.
alike
angry
asleep
When things are alike When you are angry, When you are
they look the same.
you are very mad. asleep you are
not awake.
bad
When something is
biggest
bigger
big
bad, it is has
The boy on the
When someone or The boy in the middle right is the
When you are awake, unpleasant qualities.
is bigger than the boy
you are not asleep. The opposite of bad is something is big, it is
biggest of the
on
the
left.
above
average
size.
good.
three.
awake
broken
black
blue
Black is the color of a The sky is blue during
very dark night.
the day.
brave
Someone who is
brave has courage.
When
brittle
something is
Something that is
brittle will break or broken, it does
not work or
snap in two easily.
has been
Potato chips are
damaged.
brittle.
courage
brown
Brown is the color of
wood.
clean
When something is
clean, it is not dirty.
colorful
A quality in
Something that is which a person
closed
colorful is brightly
can face
When something is
colored or has many danger or pain
closed, it is not open.
colors.
without
The door is closed.
showing
excessive fear.
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dark
different
When it is dark, there
isn't much light.
When things are
different they are not
the same.
fast
fat
This girl can run very
fast.
early
excellent
When somethings
When
dirty
happens
early,
it
something
is
When something is
occurs in the
excellent, it is
dirty, it is not clean.
beginning part of the
very, very
day or it occurs
good.
before it was
expected to happen.
fiery
full
frightened
When we are
The opposite of fat is Fiery means very hot. This glass is full. frightened, we
Fiery embers flew Empty is the opposite are afraid.
thin.
out of the campfire.
of full.
green
Grass, broccoli, and
gray
Elephants
are
large,
many
other plants are
good
healthy
happy
gray mammals. Gray green. You can make
When something is
When you are
People usually smile
paint can be made by
green paint by
good, it is has nice
healthy, you
when they're happy.
mixing black and
mixing blue and
qualities. The opposite
are not sick.
white paint.
yellow paint.
of good is bad.
large
hot
Fire is very hot.
last
The last item or
When someone or
something is large, it is person is the one at
the end.
above average size.
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little
littler
When someone or The boy in the
something is little, it middle is littler
is below average in than the boy
size.
on the right.
littlest
long
loud
The boy on the left is
the littlest of the three.
When something is
long, it is not short.
The opposite of loud
is quiet.
multicolored
narrow
Multicolored means
having many colors.
When something is
narrow, it doesn't take
up a lot space from
side to side.
mad
many
When you are mad at
The are many
someone, you are
apples above.
angry with them.
new
When something is
new, it hasn't been
used before.
old
open
When someone or Something that
something is old, it is open is not
has been around for a shut. The door
is open.
long, long time.
orange
pink
purple
Orange is a color. You
red
quiet
Pink is the color you The color purple is
can mix red and
Red is the first
get when you mix red made by mixing red When it is quiet there color in the
yellow paint to get
is no noise.
and white paint.
and blue paint.
orange.
rainbow.
sad
scared
Sometimes people cry
when they're sad.
When you're scared,
you are afraid.
shut
When something is
shut, it is not open The
door is shut.
sick
When you are sick,
you are not healthy.
short
shorter
shortest
The boy on the
When someone or
something is short, it The boy in the middle left is the
is shorter than the shortest of the
is below average
boy on the right.
three.
height.
slow
smaller
The boy in the
small
When something is
middle is
When someone or
slow it does not
smaller
than
something is small, it
move quickly.
is below average size. the boy on the
right.
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________
straight
smallest
tall
When
splendid
Something straight is someone or
The boy on the left is
smart
not curvy or bent.
the smallest of the Someone who is smart When something is
something is
splendid,
it
is
very,
three.
tall,
it is above
can think well.
very good.
average height.
tiny
taller
tinier
tiniest
The boy on the
tallest
When someone or The boy in the middle
The boy in the middle
left is the
The boy on the right is something is tiny, it
is taller than the boy
is tinier than the boy tiniest of the
the tallest of the three.
is very small.
on the left.
on the right.
three.
upside down
When something is
upside
down, its top
Sometimes people cry
Something that is ugly
when they're unhappy. is where its bottom
is not nice to look at.
used to be.
ugly
unhappy
young
When someone or
yellow
something is young,
wide
Yellow is a color. The
it has only been
When something is
sun is yellow. Lemons around for a short
wide, it takes up a lot
are yellow.
time. A baby is
space from side to
young.
side.
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violet
Violet is a bluish
purple color.
white
Snow is white.
Adverbs
An adverb is a word that describes an action, telling "how," "when" or "where" the action took place.
angrily
When you act
angrily, your
actions
indicate that
you are very
mad.
bravely
When you act bravely,
you face danger and act
without fear or despite
your fear. Firefighters
bravely face danger.
daily
early
fast
When something or
When something
When
something
is
done
someone moves
is done daily, it is
early,
it
happens
in
the
fast,
they change
done each day.
beginning
of
the
day
or
position very
Some people
before
the
expected
time.
rapidly.
The sprinter
exercise daily.
The sun rises early in the
ran fast.
day
gracefully
happily
When you do
harmoniously
When you do
friendly
something
gracefully,
When something
When people, countries,
something with
you do it with
acts in an intense When people
or
other groups behave in
pleasure or joy, you
act
nicely
to
elegance
and
beauty.
or hot way, it is
a friendly manner, they
do it happily. She
fiery. The fire each other, they A ballerina dances
are
acting harmoniously.
happily helped her
are
being
gracefully.
burned hotly.
brother.
friendly.
fiery
horizontally
joyfully
When you do
When something
something
with
moves horizontally, it
great pleasure or
moves left and right.
happiness,
you do it
Trains travel
joyfully.
She
horizontally along their
joyfully went on
tracks.
vacation.
late
When something
happens late, it is
done after the
expected time or is
done towards the
end of the day.
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magically
monthly
When something is When something
done with magic and is done monthly,
mystery, it is done
it is done each
magically. The rabbit month. People
appeared magically out pay their bills
of the magician's hat.
monthly.
quickly
When something
or someone moves
quickly, they
change position
very rapidly. An
athlete runs
quickly.
sadly
People behave
strenuously
sadly
when they
vertically
rapidly
When you do
are
sad
or
When
something
When something or
something
depressed.
She
someone moves rapidly,
strenuously, you moves vertically, it
they change position very cried sadly when put a lot of force moves up and down.
Elevators move
quickly. A cheetah runs she found out the and energy into it.
bad news.
vertically in a
rapidly.
building.
violently
weekly
wiggly
yearly
When something is
When something
When something acts violently, done weekly, it is
When something is done
or someone is
it uses great force. The wind in done each week. Sue
yearly, it is done each year.
wiggly, it twists People celebrate their birthday
a tornado spins violently.
shops weekly for
and moves all over.
yearly.
groceries.
Astronomy-Related Words
asteroid
astronomer
asteroid belt
astronomy
Asteroids are tiny
Astronomers are
astronaut
The
asteroid
belt
is
a
Astronomy is the
planets that mostly orbit
An astronaut people who study
doughnut-shaped
science
that studies the
between Mars and
astronomy
and
goes up into
concentration
of
universe.
Jupiter.
learn about
space to explore.
asteroids that orbit
objects in the
the Sun between the
universe, like
orbits of Mars and
stars and planets.
Jupiter.
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1,000,000,000
Big Dipper
The Big Dipper is
billion
a group of 7 stars A billion is a thousand
Auroras are
atom
contained in the million. The Earth is
Everything is made beautiful lights
Northern
billions of years old.
up of tiny atoms. in the near-polar
Hemisphere
sky.
constellation Ursa
major (the Great
Bear).
aurora
atmosphere
The atmosphere is the
gas that surrounds a
planet.
constellation
comet
A comet is the a small,
icy object that orbit the
Sun. It's tail always
points away from the
sun.
falling star
A falling star is not a
star; it is a meteor
(made of rock and/or
iron) which is burning
up in the Earth's
atmosphere.
A constellation
is a group of
stars that we
see in the sky.
They are not
necessarily
located
together in
space, but
looks as though
they are from
Earth.
crescent
moon
Earth
eclipse
An eclipse happens
The Earth is the
when
the moon blocks
A crescent
third planet from
moon is smaller the sun. It's where out light from the sun
or the Earth's shadow
than a half
we live!
goes across the moon.
moon.
galaxy
gibbous moon
A gibbous moon
half moon
full moon
A full moon appears A galaxy is an is between a half A half moon looks like
half a circle.
as an entire circle in enormous group moon and a full
of stars.
moon.
the sky.
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Little Dipper
Jupiter
Jupiter is the largest
planet in our solar
system and the fifth
planet from the sun.
The Little Dipper is a
group of stars in the
constellation Ursa
minor (the Little
Bear). This group of
stars ends at Polaris,
the pole star of the
Northern
Hemisphere.
Mars
meteor
Mars is a
Mercury
A meteor is a
reddish planet
Mercury is a
meteoroid that has
and the fourth
entered the Earth's
planet from the moonless planet;
it is the planet
atmosphere, usually
sun. It is the
closest to the Sun. making a fiery trail as
planet that
it falls. It is sometimes
comes closest to
called a shooting star.
the Earth.
Most burn up before
hitting the Earth.
meteoroid
Meteoroids are tiny
A meteorite is a meteor stones or pieces of
metal that travel
that has fallen to Earth.
through space.
Meteorites are made of
stone, iron, or stonyiron.
meteorite
meteor
shower
A meteor
shower is when
a lot of meteor
fall through the
atmosphere in a
short time.
Milky Way Galaxy
Milky Way
Our solar system is in
The Milky Way is the Milky Way galaxy.
a bright line of We can see the Milky
stars stretching Way as a band of stars
across the night
in the night sky.
sky.
North Star
The north star is a
star that is located
Neptune
Neptune is the almost due north
moon
observatory
and is useful for
nebula
eighth planet
The Earth has one
An observatory is place
navigation.
A nebula is a cloud of from the Sun.
moon. The moon has no gas and dust in space. This frozen
where people observe
Polaris is
atmosphere. The same
the skies, using a
planet has 8 currently the pole
side of the moon always
device like a telescope.
star of the
moons.
faces the Earth.
Northern
Hemisphere.
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phases of the
Moon
Pluto
As the moon circles
orbit
the Earth, the shape
planet
The Moon orbits the
of
the
Moon
appears
Nine planets
Earth. The Earth orbits
to change. The phases orbit our Sun.
the Sun.
of the Moon are: the
new moon, waxing
crescent, first quarter,
waxing gibbous, full
moon, waning
gibbous, last quarter,
and waning crescent.
Pluto is the ninth and
usually the farthest
planetarium
Planetariums put planet from the Sun.
on star shows that Pluto is the smallest
planet in our Solar
teach astronomy.
System.
Saturn
quasar
A quasar is a distant
energy source in space
which gives off large
amounts of radiation.
satellite
Satellites orbit the
Earth.
Saturn is the
shooting star
sixth planet
A shooting star is
Solar System
from the Sun. It not a star; it is a
has beautiful meteor (made of In our Solar System,
nine planets, many
rings.
rock and/or iron)
asteroids,
comets, and
which is burning
other objects orbit
up in the Earth's
around our sun.
atmosphere.
stars
Sun
Uranus
The Sun is a
space shuttle
Uranus is the seventh
Each of the stars medium-sized
The space shuttle flies
we see in the yellow star in our planet from the Sun.
spacesuit
into space and back
night sky is Solar System. We Uranus looks bluish
Astronauts wear
down again, carrying spacesuits when they another sun, but
and is covered with
get our light and
people and equipment.
clouds. It has an
much farther
walk in space.
most of our
away than our energy from the unusual, tipped axis,
which gives it extreme
sun.
Sun.
seasons.
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Venus
Venus is the second
planet from the Sun and
the hottest planet in our
Solar System. From the
Earth, Venus is the
brightest object in the
sky except for the Sun
and the Moon.
zodiac
The zodiac is a band
of 12 constellations
(groups of stars) in
the sky, including
Capricorn, Aquarius,
Sagittarius, Scorpio,
Libra, Virgo, Leo,
Cancer, Gemini,
Taurus, Aries, and
Pisces.
At the Firehouse: Words
ambulance
An ambulance
takes sick
people to the
hospital.
ax
boots
An ax is useful for
chopping wood.
Boots are a type of shoe.
Boots cover the feet and
part of the lower legs.
Dalmatian
danger
The Dalmatian is a You can get hurt
white dog that has in a dangerous
situation.
dark spots.
flashlight
firefighter
A firefighter is a person
fire
Fire is very hot. who puts out fires and
saves people's lives.
hatchet
fire truck
Fire fighters on a fire
truck help put out fires.
hero
A hero is someone who is
helmet
A hatchet is an
ax with a short A helmet protects your admired for great courage,
noble character, and
head. Firefighters wear
handle.
performing good deeds,
helmets.
like a firefighter.
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flame
A flame is a fire.
A flashlight
helps you find
your way in the
dark.
hose
hydrant
Water flows
through a hose.
Fire fighters
hook a hose up
to a fire hydrant
to get water.
wrench
ladder
A wrench is a tool
rope
that turns nuts or
You can climb
A rope is useful for tying Water is a liquid that can bolts, like those on
up a ladder to
put out some types of
things together.
a fire hydrant.
reach tall
fires.
things.
water
Bathroom-Related Words
bathtub
bubbles
You take a bath in a
bathtub.
It is fun to
blow soap
bubbles!
hairbrush
mirror
A hairbrush is used You can see
to brush and
your reflection
untangle hair.
in a mirror.
soap
toilet
eyedropper
faucet
An eyedropper is used to
You
can
turn water
A comb is a used to
drop liquids one drop at
flow
on
or
off at a
smooth or untangle hair.
a time.
faucet.
comb
sink
shampoo
shower
A shampoo is a liquid
soap used to wash hair. When you shower, you
When you shampoo your wash your body in a
stream of falling water.
hair, you wash it.
We can wash our
hands at a sink.
toothbrush
You can keep your teeth
Soap and water help Toilets are in
healthy by using a
clean things.
bathrooms. toothbrush to clean them.
tub
A tub is a large
container. Tub is
also another word
for bathtub.
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toothpaste
You use toothpaste to
towel
clean your teeth.
You can dry things
with a towel.
At the Beach:
Beach-Related Words
ball
A ball is round
and fun to
bounce, throw,
kick, or catch.
crab
A crab has a
hard shell and
eyes on stalks
on its head.
ice cream
cone
An ice cream
cone is nice to
eat on a hot
summer day.
popsicle
beach
bathing suit
A bathing suit is a
garment you wear
while swimming.
A beach is where the
water meets the land.
You can build sand
castles on the beach.
clam
coral reef
Clams are animals Coral reefs are warm,
with two shells.
clear, shallow ocean
They burrow under habitats that are rich in
the sand.
life.
fiddler crab
The fiddler crab is
fish
small crab that lives Fish live in the water
on beaches. The
and breathe with gills.
male fiddler crab
has one enlarged
claw.
fishing rod
hammock
A hammock is a large
People use fishing net or cloth that is used
rods to catch fish.
for sleeping or
relaxing; it is hung up
by both ends.
intertidal zone
kelp
The intertidal zone
is where the sea Kelp is brown seaweed
that grows in cold
meets the land, the
water.
area between high
tide and low tide.
reef
sand
kite
net
You can fly a kite
on windy days.
A net is used to catch
things.
sandcastle
A popsicles is a Reefs are warm, Sand is a loose material
sandals
A sandcastle is a small
sweet, frozen clear, shallow ocean
composed of fine
S andals are open
castle made of damp
treat on a stick. habitats that are rich
debris of rock and
shoes worn in warm
sand.
mineral particles.
in life.
weather.
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sea
sand dollar
Sand Dollars are
coin-shaped
spiny-skinned
sea bed animals
that have 5-part
radial symmetry.
A sea is a large
seaweed
body of salt water
shell
sea gull
Seaweed
is
a
plant
that is connected to Sea gull is the common
Some animals grow a
an ocean. A sea may name for some birds that lives in the sea. shell for protection.
be partly or
that live near oceans
completely
and lakes.
surrounded by land.
Sun
The Sun is a
starfish
medium-sized
Starfish (also
yellow
star in our
known as sea
Solar System. We
stars) are
animals that live get our light and
most of our energy
on the ocean
from the Sun.
floor.
trash can
A trash can
holds garbage.
swim
When you swim, you
move around in the
water.
wave
There are waves of
water in the ocean.
whelk
Whelks are ocean
animals with a hard,
spiral shell.
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swim fins
People wear swim
fins on their feet to
help them swim.
towel
You can dry things
with a towel.
Bird-Related Words
Arctic tern
beak
The Arctic tern is a
albatross
A beak is the hard,
bald eagle
small bird that flies
biped
The albatross is
outer part of a some
The
bald
eagle
is
a
from the Arctic to the
A biped is an animal
web-footed bird
animal's mouth. Birds,
Antarctic and back large bird of prey. It
that walks on two legs.
that can fly for
octopi, squid, and
is
the
symbol
of
the
again each year.
People and birds are
a long period of
other animals have
USA.
bipeds. Tyrannosaurus
time.
beaks. Some dinosaurs
rex was a biped.
had them too.
bird
Birds have
feathers and
wings. Most
birds can fly.
blackbird
Some people
keep birds in
cages.
blue jay
bones
The blue jay is a
Blackbirds are black! The bluebird is a
Bones are hard,
beautiful song bird beautiful, noisy blue
structural parts of the
bird.
that is the symbol of
body of many animals,
many of the states in
including birds.
the USA.
Canada goose
cage
bluebird
The Canada goose is
a large North
American bird that
honks.
canary
cardinal
carnivore
Carnivores are
Canaries sing very The Northern Cardinal
organisms
that eat
is a bird with a short,
well.
wide bill. The male is meat. Many birds, like
bright red; the female eagles, are carnivores.
is brownish-red.
claw
cassowary
chick
A huge,
A
chick
is a baby
flightless bird
chicken
from Australia chicken. Some other
with a helmet- baby birds are also A chicken is a farm
animal.
called chicks.
like crest on its
head.
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A claw is a hard,
sharp, curved nail on
the feet of some
animals. Bears, cats,
birds, dinosaurs, and
many other animals
have claws.
cockatoo
Cockatoos are birds
that have a large,
feathery crest and a
hooked bill. They are
from Australia and
Indonesia.
crane
crow
The crane is a
A crow is a very
wading bird with smart black bird.
a long neck, a
long bill, and long
legs.
dodo
cuckoo
Cuckoos are birds whose call
sounds like coo-coo.
dove
The dodo is an
The
dove
is a bird
extinct, flightless
bird that lived on that is a symbol
of peace.
an island in the
Indian Ocean
near Africa.
duck
Ducks are birds
that have webbed
feet and a
flattened bill.
They swim well
and live near the
water.
emu
duckling
A duckling is a
young duck.
endangered
species
The emu is a large Endangered species
are types of
Australian bird
animals
or plants
that cannot fly.
that may become
extinct soon. Many
birds species are
endangered.
eagle
The eagle is a large bird of prey.
It has a hooked bill and sharp
talons.
egret
The egret is a
large wading
bird.
emperor
penguin
The emperor
penguin is the
largest penguin; it
lives on ice packs
in Antarctica.
extinct
feather
flamingo
When a group of animals or
plants goes extinct, they are
gone forever. Some extinct
animals include dinosaurs,
saber-toothed cats, and dodo
birds.
Birds have
feathers.
The flamingo is a
pink bird that eats
shrimp.
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fly
food web
goldfish
The fly is a small,
The food web (or A goldfish is a type of carp that
flying insect.
makes a nice pet.
food chain) is all of
the interactions
between predators
and prey in which
plants and animals
obtain food.
goose
Geese are
migrating birds
that honk!
gosling
A gosling is a
baby goose
habitat
guppy
groundhog
great horned The groundhog is a
owl
rodent that is also
The great horned
owl is a large bird
of prey from
North and South
America.
called the
woodchuck.
gull
Gulls are birds that live near
oceans and lakes.
Guppies are a
type of small
tropical fish.
A habitat is the
natural place
where a plant or
an animal lives.
For example, a
toucan's habitat is
the rainforest.
hummingbird
harpy eagle
The harpy eagle is
one of the largest
eagles in the
world. It lives in
rainforests of
Central America
and South
America.
Hummingbirds
are tiny birds that
heron
drink flower
A large wading nectar. They can
hawk
hen
bird with
hover in the air
The hawk is a bird A hen is a female chicken. Hens
distinctive
and even fly
of prey, a raptor.
lay eggs.
plumage and a
backwards.
long, sharp bill.
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kiwi
junco
jay
Jays are beautiful,
noisy birds.
This junco is a
small songbird
from North
America.
The kiwi is a
chicken-sized
kakapo
flightless bird
The kakapo is a large, flightless,
from New
nocturnal, solitary parrot from
Zealand.
It is
New Zealand.
generally
nocturnal (most
active at night).
kookaburra
The kookaburra
is an Australian
bird whose call
sounds like
laughing.
macaroni
penguin
mallard
The macaroni
meadowlark
The Mallard is a common wild The meadowlark
penguin is a
duck.
penguin from the
macaw
is a brightlyAntarctic that has Macaws are parrots
colored songbird
a yellow, feathery from rainforests in
that lives in
crest on its head.
the Americas.
meadows and
grasslands.
nest
moa
The moa were
huge, extinct,
flightless birds
from New
Zealand.
nocturnal
Some animals, like birds, make
Nocturnal
mockingbird
nene
nests
to
hold
their
young
even
animals are more
The mockingbird
The nene is
nightingale
some
dinosaurs
built
nests
for
active at night.
is a North
Hawaii's state bird.
The
nightingale
is
their
eggs.
Owls are
American bird It is an endangered
a
bird
that
sings
nocturnal
birds.
that can mimic the goose that lives on
beautiful
songs.
songs of many
volcanic slopes.
other birds.
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owl
oriole
nuthatch
The oriole is a
oropendola
The nuthatch is a black and orange
The crested oropendola is a
small perching bird that eats fruit
tropical black bird that makes
bird that can and nectar. It builds
long, pendulous nests.
climb down trees a hanging nest.
and opens nuts
using its bill like a
hatchet.
parrot
peacock
The peacock is a
The parrot is a beautiful bird from
beautiful bird that india. The male has
pelican
can imitate
a large train of
The pelican is fish-eating bird
sounds very well.
feathers.
with a huge, pouched bill.
pets
Pets are animals
that live with us,
like parrots and
canaries.
Owls are birds of
ostrich
prey that have
The ostrich is the
large eyes and
largest bird. It
very good
can't fly, but it
eyesight. Most
runs very fast.
owls hunt at
night.
pigeon
peregrine
falcon
The peregrine
falcon is the
Penguins are
fastest-flying
birds that cannot
bird. It prey upon
fly but swim very
other birds.
well.
penguin
quail
There are a lot of
prairie chicken
puffin
A quail is a
pigeons in cities. The prairie chicken is a bird that The puffin is an bird; it spends a
lives in grasslands of North
Arctic sea bird. lot of time on
America.
the ground.
robin
quetzal
The quetzal is a
beautiful rain
forest bird with
very long tail
feathers.
rainbow lorikeet
A small, colorful,
brush-tongued
parrot from
Australia.
rhea
The rhea is a large, flightless
bird from South America.
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The robin is a
roadrunner
common bird
The roadrunner is with red-colored
a bird is a fast
feathers on its
running bird that
breast.
rarely flies.
snowy owl
sea gull
sparrow
The snowy owl is
rockhopper
The sea gull is the
a white owl that The sparrow is a
penguin
snow goose
common name for
lives in the North small, common
The rockhopper some birds that live The snow goose is a migratory
songbird.
American tundra
penguin is a
bird from North America.
near oceans and
(a cold, snowy
small, aggressive,
lakes.
environment).
crested bird that
cannot fly.
tern
spotted owl
swan
The spotted owl is Swans are longan owl from the necked water birds.
Pacific coast of
North America.
umbrellabird
Terns are birds that are
sometimes called "sea
swallows."
toucan
The toucan is a
rainforest bird
that has a big,
colorful beak.
xenops
vulture
The vulture is a
The Umbrellabird
big, bald-headed
is a rain forest
bird that eats dead
bird with a large
animals.
tuft of feathers on
its head.
turkey
woodpecker
The woodpecker is a bird that
can peck holes in trees.
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Xenops is a
rainforest bird
from the
Americas.
Turkeys are
large birds that
nest on the
ground.
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