Elephants Word Search
A free Elephants word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the habitats, species, and behaviors of an animal group, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: MATRIARCH, CALVES, TRUNK, TUSKS, EARS, FLOP, MUSTH, HERD, SAVANNA, JUNGLE, WATER, BROWSE.
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Elephants word list, defined
- MATRIARCH /ˈmætrɪɑːrk/ · noun
- A woman who is the mother of a family or the most senior woman in a family or group. A woman who has a position of authority or leadership. Related: matriarchess, mother figure, family leader, head of household.
- CALVES /kɑːvz/ · noun
- The plural of calf: either young cattle (and other mammals such as whales, elephants, and seals) or the thick muscular back part of the lower leg between the knee and ankle. Related: young, yearlings, sucklings, lower leg.
- TRUNK /trʌŋk/ · noun, verb
- The main stem of a tree, typically supporting the branches and leaves. To carry or store something in the trunk of a car. Related: body, stern, hull, chassis.
- TUSKS /tʌskz/ · noun
- Long, pointed teeth in the upper jaw of certain mammals, such as elephants and walruses. A hard, pointed projection, especially one on the upper jaw of an animal. Related: teeth, fangs, canines, ivories.
- EARS /ɪərz/ (British), /ɪrz/ (US) · noun
- Ears is the plural of 'ear', referring either to the organ of hearing on each side of the head, or to the seed-bearing head of a cereal plant such as wheat, barley, or corn. Related: auricles, organs of hearing, spikes, heads.
- FLOP /flɒp/ (UK), /flɑːp/ (US) · noun, verb
- To flop is to fall or drop heavily and limply, or (as a noun) to be a complete failure; as a noun it also denotes the failed thing itself, such as a play or product that attracts no success. Related: fail, bomb, dud, fizzle.
- MUSTH /mʌst/ · noun
- A state of intense excitement or aggression in male elephants, typically occurring during the mating season. Related: ferocity, aggression, excitement, frenzy.
- HERD /hɜːrd/ · noun, verb
- A group of animals, especially cattle, sheep, or horses, kept together under the care of one person or a group of people. To gather or drive animals together. Related: flock, mob, pack, troop.
- SAVANNA /ˈsævənə/ · noun
- A tropical or subtropical grassland with scattered trees, typically found in Africa and Australia. A savanna is characterized by a mix of grasses and open woodlands. Related: grassland, prairie, steppe, tundra.
- JUNGLE /dʒʌŋɡəl/ · noun
- A dense tropical region of lush vegetation, typically with a hot and humid climate, often inhabited by a variety of wild animals. Related: forest, wilderness, underbrush, thicket.
- WATER /ˈwɔːtər/ · noun, verb
- A clear liquid, nearly colorless; also an odorless, tasteless, and transparent substance forming the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms. Related: liquid, fluid, sea, lake.
- BROWSE /braʊz/ · verb
- To look casually through or over things, such as goods in a shop, pages of a book, or content on the internet, without a specific goal or with only a vague one. As a noun, it denotes such an act of casual looking or grazing. Related: skim, scan, peruse, rummage.
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