Interesting Vocabulary: Animals #9, by Dennis Oliver

 

More Animal Names:
Animals' "Homes"

 

 

  For many animals, there are special names for the place
where the animal lives. Following are some common
names of this type. How many of them do you know?

 
 
 animals
   
where they live
 
ants, termites
   
colony, hill
 
bats
   
colony, roost
 
beaver
   
lodge
 
 bees
   
hive
 
bear, fox, leopard, lion
   
den
 
most birds;
squirrel, mouse, rat;
hornets, wasps
   
nest
 
cougar / panther / puma
("mountain lion")
   
den, lair 
 
eagle
   
aerie
 
mole, gopher
   
tunnel
 
prairie dog
   
town, burrow
 
rabbit
   
burrow, warren
 
spider
   
web