Plants and Animals/Literature
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- Arboretum
- A park where trees and shrubs are displayed and studied.
- Aviary
- A large cage or building for holding birds.
- Botany
- The scientific study of plants.
- Chameleon
- A person who easily changes their beliefs or their appearance.
- Cultivate
- To encourage the develpoment of a friendship or interest.
- Habitat
- The environment that a plant or animal normally lives in.
- Nurture
- To help grow and develop.
- Talon
- The claw of a bird of prey such as a hawk or an eagle.
- Terrarium
- A clear container housing plants and small land animals.
- Zoology
- The scientific study of animals.
- Adage
- A traditional saying widely consiedered to be wise and true.
- Alliteration
- A repetition of sounds, usually of consanants, especially at the begining of words.
- Allusion
- An indirect referance to something.
- Anthology
- A collection of writings by various authors.
- Epic
- A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds.
- Hyperbole
- An extreme exaggeration.
- Melodramatic
- Overly emotional or sentimental.
- Personify
- To represent an animal, object, or idea as having human qualities.
- Pseudonym
- A fake name used by an author, a "pen name".
- Serialized
- Presented in parts, presented in a sequence.