feline 1 relating to cats or other members of the cat family, such as lions 2 looking like or moving like a cat: She moves with feline grace.
canine relating to dogs: canine diseases her loyal canine friend
mammal a type of animal that drinks milk from its mother's body when it is young. Humans, dogs, and whales are mammals. Mammal kingdom
domesticated 1 domesticated animals are able to work for people or live with them as pets 2 someone who is domesticated enjoys spending time at home and doing work in the home: Ray's very domesticated and even likes baking cakes. Domesticate - to make an animal able to work for people or live with them as a pet
tame animal or bird is not wild any longer, because it has been trained to live with people[≠ wild]: tame elephants to tame (verb) - to train a wild animal to obey you and not to attack people [= domesticate]: The Asian elephant can be tamed and trained.
pet to pet - to touch and move your hand gently over someone, especially an animal or a child: Our cat loves being petted. to stroke - a gentle movement of your hand over something: I gave her hair a gentle stroke.
to relieve stress to relieve – to reduce someone's pain or unpleasant feelings [↪ relief]: Drugs helped to relieve the pain. relieve tension/pressure/stress etc relief - a feeling of comfort when something frightening, worrying, or painful has ended or has not happened
offspring Offspring – 1 someone's child or children - often used humorously: a young mother trying to control her offspring 2 an animal's baby or babies: a lion and its offspring cub - the baby of a wild animal such as a lion or a bear: a five-month old lion cub a tiger and her cubs
Pack animals a group of wild animals that hunt together, or a group of dogs trained to hunt together: a wolf pack of: a pack of hounds
loner someone who prefers to be alone or who has no friends: Ken's always been a bit of a loner.
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solitary spending a lot of time alone, usually because you like being alone[≠ sociable]: a solitary man Pandas are solitary creatures. He led a rather solitary existence.
Woof, bark, growl, howl woof - a word used for describing the sound a dog makes bark: when a dog barks, it makes a short loud sound or series of sounds: The dog always barks at strangers. growl: if an animal growls, it makes a long deep angry sound howl: if a dog, WOLF, or other animal howls, it makes a long loud sound
meow: if a cat meows (miaows), it makes a crying sound The cat jumped away with a loud miaow. purr: if a cat purrs, it makes a soft low sound in its throat to show that it is pleased.
To determine ranks To find out some information, the facts about that The determining factor in dogs is the tail. If one dog meets another dog, and one holds it tail up, it is the one of the higher social class.
nocturnal 1 an animal that is nocturnal is active at night (ant. : day animals): Hamsters are nocturnal creatures. 2 formal happening at night: Rebecca paid a nocturnal visit to the flat.
chase to quickly follow someone or something in order to catch them: The dogs saw him running and chased him.
to train dogs to do tricks Some of the most commonly seen tricks in dogs are role over, fetch, shake hands, sit down, lay down, and play dead.
rodent any small animal of the type that has long sharp front teeth, such as a rat or a rabbit Cats hunt mice, birds, rabbits, and many other types of rodents.
pad the flesh on the bottom of the foot of a cat, dog, etc Dog’s and cat’s paws are padded.
claw a sharp curved nail on an animal, bird, or some insects: The cat dug his claws into my leg. lobster claws
retractable a retractable part of something can be pulled back into the main part: a knife with a retractable blade Retract: if you retract something that you said or agreed, you say that you did not mean it [= withdraw]: He confessed to the murder but later retracted his statement. 2 if part of a machine or an animal's body retracts or is retracted, it moves back into the main part
dull Not sharp, blunt
barbs barb: 1 the sharp curved point of a hook, ARROW etc that prevents it from being easily pulled out A cat’s tongue has little barbs, or hooks, that are used to get every last bit of meat off of a bone. So a cat can just lick a bone, and the meat will come off. 2 a remark that is clever and amusing, but also cruel
sweat to have drops of salty liquid coming out through your skin because you are hot, ill, frightened, or doing exercise[= perspire]: I was sweating a lot despite the air-conditioning. A dog uses its tong to sweat
budgerigar A kind of small parrot of blue, green or yellow colour
Guinea pig A rodent, looks like a hamster but bigger in size
