Unit 22: Words From Other Languages
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- Chipmunk
- A small animal resmbling a squirrell but smaller and having a striped back.
- Walrus
- A large sea animal of arctic reigons, related to the seals and the sea lions and having tough wrinkled skinand large tusks
- Igloo
- A Eskimo house, sometimes built with blocks of ice.
- Hickory
- Any of several North American trees that have hard wood and that have HARD WOOD and that bare edible NUTS with a smooth, hard shell.
- Moccasin
- Heeless leather slipper shoe or boot origanilly worn by North American Indians.
- Waffle
- A light, crisp batter cake backed on a waffler iron, an appliance having hinged metal plates marked with an indented pattern, as of squares, that is pressed into the batter as it bakes.
- Parka
- A warm fur or cloth jacket with a hood.
- Coleslaw
- A salad of shredded raw cabbage with a dressing.
- Landscape
- A strech of land or countryside forming a a single scene or having its own special appearence or characteristics
- Racoon
- A North American animal with grayish-brown fur, black, masklike face markings and a bushy, black ringed tail.
- Tundra
- A cold, treeless area of arctic reigon, having only low-growing mosses, lichens, and stunted shrubs a plant life..
- Sketch
- A rough pelimanry painting or drawing.
- Kayak
- A watertight Eskimo canoe made of skins streched overa light wooden frame and having a deck covering that closes around the waist of the paddler
- Squash
- A fleshy fruit related to the pumkins and the goredrs, eaten as a vegtable.
- Decoy
- A model of a duck or bird, used by hunters to attract wild birds or animals.
- Sleigh
- A light vehicle on low runners for use on snow or ice, having one ore more seats and usually drawn by a hoarse.
- Easel
- An upright stand or rack used to support the canvas or other material painted on it, also used to display a picture or sign.
- Mammoth
- Huge; gigantic.