1.6.2 Parts of an animal

Use this domain for the parts of animals, especially those of mammals.

  1. What general words refer to the parts of an animal?
    animal body parts
  2. What are the parts of the head?
    head, ear, eye, nose, muzzle, maw, snout, trunk (of an elephant), proboscis, mouth, tooth, fang , tusk, tongue, neck, horn, antler, dewlap,
  3. What are the parts of the torso?
    chest, back, belly, rump, croup, tail, switch, udder, flank, brisket, teat, hindquarters,
  4. What are the parts of the legs?
    foreleg, forefoot, forepaw, forelimb, hind leg, hind limb, hoof, paw, claw, hock, fetlock, haunch, pastern, shank, stifle,
  5. What are the parts of the skin and hair?
    fur, wool, fleece, forelock, mane, hide, skin, meat, pelt, whisker, sheepskin, goatskin, leather,
  6. What are the internal parts of an animal?
    skull, second stomach (for cows, goats, sheep), spinal cord, lung, heart, small intestine, large intestine, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, kidney
  7. What are the parts of sea mammals?
    whale flukes, flipper, blubber, baleen, blow hole,