Unit 3
Vocabulary
IS IT A WALLABY OR A KANGAROO?
NO, IT’S A WALLAROO
Before You Read
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pouch
a pocket like abdominal receptacle in which marsupials carry their young during
lactation
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kangaroo
large plant-eating marsupial with a long powerful trail and strongly developed
hind limbs that enable it to travel by leaping, found only in Australia and new
guinea
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differentiate
recognize or ascertain what makes (someone or something)
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agile
able to move quickly and easily
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stocky
person) broad and sturdily built
When You Read
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foliage
green grass (9): plant leaves, collectively
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nocturnal
(24) solitary beings: done, occurring, or active at night
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joey
(16) a marsupial baby: a young kangaroo, or wallaby
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life span
(19) seventeen to eighteen years: the length of time for which a
person or animal lives or a thing functions
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boulder
(21) granite boulders: a large rock, typically one that has been worn
smooth by erosion
Some Words You May Need to Know
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marsupial
(2) are mammals and a female marsupial has a pouch called a
marsupium, in which the young are kept through early infancy
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pasture (s)
(6) land covered with grass and other low plants suitable for grazing
animal, esp. cattle or sheep
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shaggy
(11) having long, thick, unkempt hair or fur
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snout
(12) the projecting nose and mouth of an animal, sep. a mammal
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granite
(21) a very hard, granular, crystalline, igneous rock consisting mainly
of quartz, mica, and feldspar and often used as a building stone
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quest
(24) a long or arduous search for something
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solitary
(25) done or existing alone
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wary
(25) feeling or showing caution about possible and dangers or
problems