cat - feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats;
tomcat male cat
female - being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop; for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls; characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; noun an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa); a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies pussy - informal terms referring to a domestic cat; obscene terms for female genitals domesticated - accustomed to home life; kitten - young domestic cat . scratch - mew - the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this ) - cry like a cat meow - the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this); verb cry like a cat caterwaul - the yowling sound made by a cat in heat . . dog - bitch - female of any member of the dog family; bark - the sound made by a dog; yelp - a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog); wag - causing to move repeatedly from side to side; sniff - sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose; bite - the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws , a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin; kennel - outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog; Rodent - relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing mouse - any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails rat - any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse; weasel - small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck jerboa - mouse like jumping rodent. Horse - stallion - uncast-rated adult male horse mare - female equine animal; steed - (literary) a spirited horse for state or war foal - a young horse filly - a young female horse under the age of four canter - a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop; trot – a gait faster than a walk . gallop - a fast gait of a horse . saddle - a seat for the rider of a horse; groom - ; someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses; stable - a farm building for housing horses or other livestock; verb shelter in a stable neigh - the characteristic sounds made by a horse; verb make a characteristic sound, of a horse donkey - noun the symbol of the Democratic Party; ; domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; ass - noun hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse; a pompous fool; slang for sexual intercourse ;the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on mule - hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile; bray - noun the cry of an ass; zebra - noun any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines hoof - noun the foot of an ungulate mammal; crest - noun a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal; Cow - noun mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'; female of domestic cattle: bull - mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; calf - noun young of domestic cattle; young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo; ox - any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos; an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus buffalo - buff - butt - ; to strike, thrust or shove against, often with head or horns . horn - one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates; bovine - of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle); milk - produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young; a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings veal - meat from a calf udder - mammary gland of bovid (cows and sheep and goats) pig - domestic swine . boar - an uncast rated male hog . sow - an adult female hog . goat - any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns . cattle - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age pasture - a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock; animal food for browsing or grazing . feed as in a meadow or pasture; let feed in a field or pasture or meadow graze - the act of grazing , feed as in a meadow or pasture; let feed in a field or pasture or meadow kid - young goat . sheep - woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat . lamb - young sheep; the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food , verb give birth to a lamb ram - uncastrated adult male sheep . sheep - woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat . cote - a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons) fold - the act of folding; a pen for sheep , a group of sheep or goats; shepherd - a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock . camel - cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions hoof - the foot of an ungulate mammal . hump - something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings . kneel - supporting yourself on your knees; verb rest one's weight on one's knees manger - a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed shear - a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it , verb cut with shears; cut or cut through with shears; shear the wool from shears - large scissors with strong blades fleece - a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing; the wool of a sheep or similar animal; outer coat of especially sheep and yaks; tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing; hunting - the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport; the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts . animal - fierce - marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; violently agitated and turbulent; ruthless in competition; marked by extreme and violent energy ferocious - marked by extreme and violent energy devour - eat greedily; eat immoderately , enjoy avidly prey - animal hunted or caught for food; swoop - a swift descent through the air; a very rapid raid , seize or catch with a swooping motion; move with a sweep pounce - the act of pouncing; verb move down on as if in an attack leopard - large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots . panther - a leopard in the black color phase; large American feline resembling a lion; a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis tiger - large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; tigress - female tiger lion – large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the mal lioness - a female lion den - the habitation of wild animals lair - the habitation of wild animals cub - the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion roar - the sound made by a lion; cheetah - long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game wolf - any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs fox - alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; mane -- long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck . Hedgehog - small nocturnal mammal covered with both hair and protective spines; relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur squirrel - noun a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail; the fur of a squirrel rabbit - any of various burrowing animals having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for food; flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food; the fur of a rabbit; verb hunt rabbits hares - monkey - any of various long-tailed mammals , tusk - a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant ; muzzle - antelope - graceful ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; camel - cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions seal - any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions; bear - massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws; deer - distinguished from Bovina by the male's having solid deciduous antlers gazelle - small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes. bird - noun warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings; the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food; verb watch and study birds in their natural habitat wing - a movable organ for flying (one of a pair); , ; the wing of a fowl; flutter - ; the act of moving back and forth; the motion made by flapping up and down; verb flag the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements; flap - any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; chatter - the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys); cheep - the short weak cry of a young bird; chirp - a sharp sound made by small birds or insects; nightingale - European songbird noted for its melodious song; ) twitter - a series of chirps; verb make high-pitched sounds, as of birds canary - . any of several small finches; a female singer; coffinbird - crow - black birds having a raucous call; raven - large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail; swan - stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult; seagull - mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs dove - any of numerous small pigeons; an emblem of peace; owl - nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes sparrow - any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects; eagle - any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight; an emblem representing power; pigeon - wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs squab - an unfledged pigeon; flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled coo - the sound made by a pigeon; cote - a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons) peacock - male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots peahen - female peafowl ostrich - fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird; vulture - any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion; falcon - diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight; verb hunt with falcons hawk - diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail; talon - a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey claw - a bird's foot; sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles; parrot - usually brightly colored tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds; flock - a group of birds; a group of sheep or goats; move as a crowd or in a group; come together as in a cluster or flock bat - nocturnal mouse like mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate; wasp - social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting; butterfly - fly - a hit that flies up in the air; two-winged insects characterized by active flight; bee - any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species; drone - stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen queen - the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; honey ; a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees; apiary - a shed containing a number of beehives apiarist - a farmer who keeps bees for their honey buzz - sound of rapid vibration; hive - a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees; a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree; verb gather into a hive; move together in a hive or as if in a hive; store, like bees Poultry - flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food; fowl - a domesticated bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl; the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food; ; hunt fowl incubate - grow under conditions that promote development ;sit on (eggs) cluck - the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks);verb make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens hen - ; adult female bird; adult female chicken; flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing cock - noun adult male bird; adult male chicken; chicken - a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; the flesh of a chicken used for food; cockerel - a young domestic cock; not older than one year capon - castrated male chicken; flesh of a castrated male chicken rooster - adult male chicken crest - a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal; . hen - female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster; adult female bird; adult female chicken; flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing goose - web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks; flesh of a goose (domestic or wild); duck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs; flesh of a duck (domestic or wild); ( turkey - large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food; flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted; gobble - the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock; a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys; chick - young bird especially of domestic fowl; chicken - a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; the flesh of a chicken used for food; feather - the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds fledge - grow feathers; decorate with feathers; feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight pluck - strip of feathers; pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; pull or pull out sharply; nestle - verb position comfortably; lie in a sheltered position; move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position nest - a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young; verb gather nests; bill - horny projecting mouth of a bird; beak - horny projecting mouth of a bird; beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles quack - the harsh sound of a duck doe - mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'; buck - mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope); hatch - ; the production of young from an egg; verb emerge from the eggs; sit on (eggs); Fish - noun any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills; the flesh of fish used as food , verb catch or try to catch fish or shellfish; shark - any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with caudal fins and tough skin covered with small tooth like scales; verb hunt shark; tuna - eel; any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; salmon - . any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn; flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae; octopus - bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles; tentacles of octopus prepared as food shrimp - small slender-bodied chiefly marine with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible; verb fish for shrimp fin - organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals; scale - a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin; gill - respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water; roe - the eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish; the egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the lobster; eggs of female fish; fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; dolphin - any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; mullet - bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbells on the chin; whale - any of the larger mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head; leviathan - monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament; harpoon - a spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for catching large fish or whales; seal - any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions; otter - freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur; the fur of an otter Insecticide - a chemical used to kill insects antenna - one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste ;an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals; sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ weevil - any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles spider - predatory arachnid that usually has silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey; locust - migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae; cricket -; leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together . tick - any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals; centipede - chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs the foremost being modified into poison fangs ant - social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers butterfly - ; diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings; bee - noun any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species; a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions moth - noun typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae fly - adj. (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked; noun(baseball) a hit that flies up in the air; two-winged insects characterized by active flight; an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth;fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect; flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent; verb change quickly from one emotional state to another; hit a fly; transport by aeroplane; be dispersed or disseminated; travel in an airplane; move quickly or suddenly; travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft; cause to fly or float; travel through the air; be airborne; fly a plane; pass away rapidly; display in the air or cause to float; decrease rapidly and disappear; run away quickly mosquito - noun two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals net - adj. remaining after all deductions; conclusive in a process or progression; noun an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals; a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects; game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton; a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey); a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange; the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses); verb catch with a net;make as a net profit; yield as a net profit; construct or form a web, as if by weaving flea - noun any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap cockroach - noun any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests louse - noun wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals; wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds; any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants; a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect nit - noun egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing; a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source ant - noun social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers termite - noun whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood bug - noun general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate; a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly; a fault or defect in a system or machine; a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use; insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis; verbannoy persistently; tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information beetle - adj. jutting or overhanging; noun insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings; a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing;verb beat with a beetle; fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle;be suspended over or hang over Definition not found for Reptiles. 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Definition not found for etc. Please try http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/etc for a definition. lizard - noun relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail; a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him turtle - noun any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming; verb hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation; overturn accidentally dragon - noun any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body;a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings; a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman; a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus alligator - noun either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts; leather made from alligator's hide; verb crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application; of paint and varnishes crocodile - noun large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters sea - adj. relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships; noun a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land; turbulent water with swells of considerable size; anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume turtle - noun any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming; verb hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation; overturn accidentally lobster - noun any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae; flesh of a lobster crab - noun a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers; the edible flesh of any of various crabs; a quarrelsome grouch; infests the pubic region of the human body; the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22;(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer; verb fish for crab; scurry sideways like a crab; direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind; complain frog - noun any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species; a decorative loop of braid or cord; a person of French descent; verbhunt frogs for food serpent - noun an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake; a firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited; limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous snake - noun limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous;something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake; a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition; a deceitful or treacherous person; a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer;verb move along a winding path; move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake; form a snake-like pattern adder - noun small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia; a machine that adds numbers; a person who adds numbers boa - noun any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs; a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur cobra - noun venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood python - noun large Old World boas; (Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi; a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit molt - noun periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles; verb cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers fang - noun hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison; canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey; a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon poison - noun anything that harms or destroys; any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism; verb administer poison to; add poison to; kill with poison; kill by its poison; spoil as if by poison venom - noun toxin secreted by animals; secreted by certain snakes and poisonous insects (e.g., spiders and scorpions); feeling a need to see others suffer envenom - verb add poison to; cause to be bitter or resentful antidote - noun a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison serum - noun watery fluid of the blood that resembles plasma but contains fibrinogen vaccine - noun immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies vaccinate - verb perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation bite - noun a portion removed from the whole; the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws; (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait; a light informal meal; a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person; a strong odor or taste property; wit having a sharp and caustic quality; a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin; verb penetrate or cut, as with a knife; to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; deliver a sting to hiss - noun a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt; verb make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval; express or utter with a hiss; move with a whooshing sound; show displeasure, as after a performance or speech sibilate - verb utter a sibilant; pronounce with an initial sibilant;make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval; express or utter with a hiss coil - noun a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit; tubing that is wound in a spiral; a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb; a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine; a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals); verb wind around something in coils or loops; make without a potter's wheel; to wind or move in a spiral course creep - noun a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot; a slow longitudinal movement or deformation;someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric; a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; verb move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; to go stealthily or furtively; grow in such a way as to cover (a building); show submission or fear crawl - noun a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; a very slow movement; a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick; verbmove slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; swim by doing the crawl; be crawling with; feel as if crawling with insects; show submission or fear worm - noun any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae; screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack; a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network; a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect; verb to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) skipper - noun a student who fails to attend classes; the naval officer in command of a military ship; an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship; verb work as the skipper on a vessel leprosy - noun chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae scorpion - noun arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous sting; the eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21; (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio chameleon - noun lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue; a changeable or inconstant person; a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Apus and Mensa shellfish - noun meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean); invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell