Baby Animals Word Search
Young animals often get names of their own, so a young swan is a cygnet and a young hare is a leveret. A few of these words may be new even to a careful reader.
Baby Animals word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- bunny
- calf
- chick
- cub
- duckling
- foal
- kitten
- lamb
- piglet
- puppy
Baby Animals word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- bunny
- calf
- chick
- cub
- duckling
- fawn
- foal
- gosling
- joey
- kid
- kitten
- lamb
- piglet
- puppy
- tadpole
Baby Animals word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- bunny
- calf
- chick
- colt
- cub
- cygnet
- duckling
- eaglet
- fawn
- filly
- foal
- gosling
- joey
- kid
- kitten
- lamb
- owlet
- piglet
- puppy
- tadpole
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Words in the Baby Animals word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- puppy
- Young dog, with eyes that stay shut for about two weeks.
- kitten
- Young cat that drinks milk before it can eat solid food.
- chick
- Young chicken, already covered in soft down when it hatches.
- duckling
- Young duck that can swim within a day of hatching.
- lamb
- Young sheep, usually born in late winter or early spring.
- calf
- Young cow, and also the name for a baby whale or elephant.
- foal
- Young horse that can stand and walk within a few hours.
- piglet
- Young pig, born in litters that often reach eight or more.
- cub
- Young bear, lion, tiger, wolf or fox.
- bunny
- Everyday name people use for a young rabbit.
- kid
- Young goat, able to climb and jump when only days old.
- joey
- Young kangaroo or koala that rides in its mother's pouch.
- fawn
- Young deer with white spots that hide it in dappled light.
- gosling
- Young goose that follows its parents in a line.
- tadpole
- Young frog with a tail and gills, growing legs later.
- cygnet
- Young swan, grey brown before its white feathers come in.
- owlet
- Young owl covered in fluffy down before real feathers grow.
- eaglet
- Young eagle raised in a huge nest of sticks.
- colt
- Young male horse, under about four years old.
- filly
- Young female horse, under about four years old.
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