1.6.2 Parts of an animal

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

OMC Codes: 
136a Parts
  • What general words refer to the parts of an animal?
    animal body parts
  • 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,
  • What are the parts of the torso?
    chest, back, belly, rump, croup, tail, switch, udder, flank, brisket, teat, hindquarters,
  • What are the parts of the legs?
    foreleg, forefoot, forepaw, forelimb, hind leg, hind limb, hoof, paw, claw, hock, fetlock, haunch, pastern, shank, stifle,
  • What are the parts of the skin and hair?
    fur, wool, fleece, forelock, mane, hide, skin, meat, pelt, whisker, sheepskin, goatskin, leather,
  • 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
  • What are the parts of sea mammals?
    whale flukes, flipper, blubber, baleen, blow hole,

    • 1.6.2.1 Parts of a bird

    Use this domain for the parts of a bird, but not general parts that belong to all animals.

  • What are the parts of a bird?
    feather, feathered, plumage, plume, quill, down, wing, winged, wing tip, beak, bill, cockscomb (rooster's red crest), wattles (rooster's red flap of skin under beak), crop, gizzard, claw, talon, egg, eggshell, egg tooth, craw, gullet, spur,

    • 1.6.2.2 Parts of a reptile

    Use this domain for the parts of a reptile.

  • What are the parts of reptiles?
    scale, snakeskin, fang, rattle (of rattlesnake), coil, egg tooth,
  • What are the parts of a turtle?
    shell
  • What words refer to a snake's poison?
    venom, venomous, poison, poisonous

    • 1.6.2.3 Parts of a fish

    Use this domain for the parts of a fish.

  • What are the parts of fish?
    scale, scaly, fin, tail fin, dorsal fin, gill, guts, slime, slimy, fishy smell

    • 1.6.2.4 Parts of an insect

    Use this domain for the parts of an insect.

  • What are the parts of insects?
    head, abdomen, thorax, carapace, exoskeleton, wing, horn, stinger, sting, segment, antenna, feeler, forewing, proboscis, compound eye, spinneret,

    • 1.6.2.5 Parts of small animals

    Use this domain for the parts of small animals.

  • What are the parts of shellfish?
    shell, mother of pearl, mantle, foot, swimmeret,
  • What are the parts of worms?
    segment
  • What are the parts of an octopus or squid?
    tentacle, sucker, appendage,