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Animals — Lesson 14

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chick

tʃɪk

Young bird especially of domestic fowl — the mother hen is protecting her chicks from the rain.

The chick peeps softly in the nest.

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chicks

tʃɪks

Young bird especially of domestic fowl — the farmer sells day-old chicks.

The mother hen protects her chicks from danger.

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chimp

tʃɪmp

Intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests — the chimp swung from tree to tree in the zoo.

The chimp swung from tree to tree in the zoo.

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chimpanzee

tʃɪmˈpæn.ziː

Intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests — we saw a chimpanzee at the zoo.

The chimpanzee used a stick as a tool.

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chimpanzees

ˌtʃɪmpənˈziːz

Intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests — chimpanzees use tools to gather food.

Chimpanzees live in the forests of Africa.

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chimps

tʃɪmps

Intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests — chimps are closely related to humans.

The chimps live in the African rainforest.

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cicada

sɪˈkeɪdə

A cicada is a large insect with transparent wings that makes a loud — a cicada landed on my shoulder during our walk.

We could hear the cicadas singing in the summer heat.

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cicadas

sɪˈkeɪdəz

Cicadas are large insects with transparent wings that make a loud, distinctive — the cicadas were so loud we couldn't hear each other speak.

The cicadas were so loud we couldn't hear each other speak.

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clam

klæm

A clam is a type of small sea animal with a soft body inside a hard shell made — he shucked the clam to get the meat inside.

We dug for clams at low tide.

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claws

klɔːz

Sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles — birds of prey have very sharp claws.

The cat scratches with its claws.

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cobras

ˈkoʊ.brəz

Cobras are large, venomous snakes found mainly in Africa and Asia, known for — I saw cobras at the wildlife park.

I saw cobras at the wildlife park.

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cockatoo

ˈkɑːkətuː

A large parrot with a distinctive crest of feathers on its head, native to — we saw a white cockatoo flying across the beach.

The cockatoo raised its crest when it heard a strange noise.

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