Glossary

survive | tentacles | toxic | Tropic of Capricorn |

vegetation|

veil| venom| warty

GLOSSARY

ambush--a trap in which something hides until time to attack by surprise.

amongst- around you.

antidote- a cure for poison.

beetle-a group of insects with four wings the outer pair covers the other when folded.

burrow- a hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter or protection.

camouflage-to disguise.

carnivorous-feeding on animal flesh.

chameleon-a lizard that can vary the color of its skin.

cockroach-a troublesome insect found in houses and active chiefly at night.

danger-the state of not being protected from injury harm or evil.

defend-to protects from danger or attack.

dormant- not active

guard- to protect from danger.

gill- an organ for taking oxygen from water.

grooved-to form a narrow channel made in a surface.

hatch- to produce from eggs.

larvae-an early form of an insect.

mammals-a warm blooded animal that feeds it’s young with milk and has a backbone, two pairs of limbs, and more or less complete covering of hair.

maturity-full development

medusa- jellyfish

motionless-not moving ; still

nostril-either of the outer openings of the nose through which one breathes.

organs-a part of a person, plant, or animal that is specialized to do a particular task.

polyp-a small sea animal having a tube like body closed and attach to something at on end and opening at the other with a mouth surrounding by tentacles.

poison-a substance that by it’s chemical action can injure or kill a living thing

powerful-full of power.

predator-an animal that lives by killing and eating other animals

prey-what a hunter chases.

proportion-the number of one thing.

species-any particular kind of living thing.

spur-a stiff sharp pointed part.

strand-something longer twisted like a rope.

surroundings-everything around it

survive-to remain alive: continue to exist.

tentacles-long thin flexible structures that stick out about the head or the mouth of an animal and are especially for feeling or grasping.

toxic-of relating to,or caused by poison.

Tropic Of Capricorn-the parallel of latitude that is 23 ½ degrees south of the equator and is the southern most latitude reached by the overhead sun

vegetation- plant life or cover.

veil- a covering.

venom- poison produced by an animal

warty-covered as if with warts.