Animals (alphabet)

ant - mravenec

noun - a very small black or brown insect which lives in forests etc, lives in large groups and works very hard

bird - pták

noun - an animal with feathers and wings, it can usually fly

cow - kráva

noun - a large farm animal that gives milk

dog - pes

noun - an animal that often lives with people or helps them hunt or work on a farm, it is very friendly, people often keep it as a pet

elephant - slon

noun - a very large grey African or Asian animal with big ears and a long nose (trunk)

fox - liška

noun - a wild animal that looks like a dog, it is usually red and has got a thick tail

giraffe - žirafa

noun - a large African animal with a very long neck and legs

horse - kůň

noun - a large animal that people use for riding or pulling heavy things

ibex - kozoroh

noun - a kind of wild mountain goat

jellyfish - medúza

noun - a creature that lives in water, it has a soft body without any color, it can sting

kangaroo - klokan

noun - an Australian animal that jumps on its hind legs and carries its young in a pocket on its belly

lion - lev

noun - a large animal from Africa or Asia, it looks like a big cat and eats other animals, people say it is the King of animals

monkey - opice

noun - a small animal with two legs and two arms, it has got a long tail and can climb trees, it lives in Africa and other hot countries

newt - čolek, mlok

noun - an animal with a long thin body a tail and short legs, it lives both in water and on land

owl - sova

noun - a bird that flies and hunts small animals at night

penguin - tučňák

noun - a sea bird with a black and white body, it cannot fly and lives in the Antarctic

quail - křepelka

noun - a small bird that looks like a pheasant, it is brown and it is hunted for meat

rhino - nosorožec

noun - a short word for a large African animal with thick skin and one or two horns on its nose

snail - šnek, hlemýžď

noun - A small animal with no legs. It moves very slowly and has a shell on its back, like a small house

turtle - želva (vodní)

noun - an animal that usually lives in water, has a large hard shell on its back and short legs

unicorn - jednorožec

noun - an animal from fables and legends that looks like a horse and has a horn on his nose

vulture - sup

noun - a large bird that usually eats dead animals

whale - velryba

noun - a very large sea animal that looks like a very large fish

X-ray - rentgenový snímek

noun - a photograph of the inside of the body (organs, bones) made by using X-rays

yak - yak

noun - a large domesticated ox that lives in Tibet

zebra - zebra

noun - an African animal that looks a little like a horse, it is white and has long black stripes