Ocean Animals Word Search
Free Ocean Animals word search. We picked 12 themed words — the habitats, species, and behaviors of an animal group — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Words to find: OCTOPUS, DOLPHIN, SHARK, WHALE, SEAHORSE, JELLYFISH, CRAB, LOBSTER, SQUID, STARFISH, CORAL, FLOUNDER.
Every word on the list appears exactly once. Words can run forwards or backwards, so scan both directions before you move on.
Ocean Animals word list, defined
- OCTOPUS /ɒktəpəs/ · noun
- A soft-bodied, eight-armed marine animal that lives in the sea and has a large head, a long body, and a beak-like mouth. It is a highly intelligent and skilled predator. Related: cuttlefish, squid, calamari, cephalopod.
- DOLPHIN /ˈdɒlfɪn/ (British); /ˈdɑːlfɪn/ (US) · noun
- A highly intelligent marine mammal of the family Delphinidae, having a streamlined body, a beaklike snout, and a dorsal fin, known for its playful behaviour and social nature. The word can also refer to certain large food fish (the mahi-mahi, or dolphinfish) unrelated to the mammal. Related: porpoise.
- SHARK /ʃɑːrk/ · noun
- A large, predatory fish with a streamlined body and a powerful tail, found in all the world's oceans. Sharks have been on the planet for over 400 million years. Related: fish, predator, marine animal, reptile.
- WHALE /wheɪl/ · noun
- A very large aquatic mammal that lives in the sea and feeds on plankton and small fish. Whales are known for their distinctive songs and complex social behaviors. Related: sea mammal, marine mammal, cetacean, leviathan.
- SEAHORSE /ˈsiːhɔːrs/ · noun
- A marine fish with a horse-like head and a curled tail, typically living in shallow water and feeding on small crustaceans and plankton. Seahorses are known for their unique mating rituals and their ability to swim upright. Related: pipefish, syngnathid, marine fish, equine fish.
- JELLYFISH /ˈdʒɛlɪfaɪʃ/ · noun
- A soft-bodied, usually transparent or translucent marine animal that moves by means of a bell-shaped body and long, trailing tentacles. Jellyfish are found in oceans worldwide and are often considered a nuisance due to their stinging cells. Related: sea nettle, sea wasp, box jellyfish, portuguese man o' war.
- CRAB /krab/ · noun, verb
- A crab is a ten-legged crustacean with a broad flat shell and pincers, found in seas and fresh water. As a verb, to crab means to complain or grumble peevishly. Related: crustacean, complain, grumble, grouch.
- LOBSTER /ˈlɒsbər/ · noun
- A large, long-tailed, decapod crustacean, typically blue or greenish in colour, with a hard shell and claws, often served as food. Related: crab, prawn, shrimp, langoustine.
- SQUID /skwɪd/ · noun
- A cephalopod mollusc with a long, slender body, typically having ten arms and a pair of tentacles, and living in the sea. Related: cuttlefish, octopus, calamari, inkfish.
- STARFISH /ˈstɑːrfɪʃ/ · noun
- A starfish is a marine invertebrate animal that belongs to the class Asteroidea. It has a distinctive star-shaped body and typically lives on the ocean floor. Related: sea star, star of the sea, asteroid, sea urchin.
- CORAL /ˈkɒr.əl/ (UK), /ˈkɔːr.əl/ (US) · noun
- A hard, stony substance formed by colonies of marine polyps of the phylum Cnidaria, whose accumulated calcium carbonate skeletons build coral reefs; also, a pinkish-red or orange-red colour named after this material. Related: reef, polyp, pink, rose.
- FLOUNDER /ˈflaʊndər/ · noun, verb
- As a noun, flounder is a flatfish that lies on the seabed with both eyes on one side of its flattened body. As a verb, to flounder is to struggle clumsily or helplessly, whether moving physically or coping mentally with a difficulty. Related: struggle, stumble, thrash, wallow.
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