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1) the definition for gablock
A a keeper of goshawks
B the leather strap to bind
FEBRUARY ANSWERS
a hawk’s wing
Across: 8 Boreal, 9Ure,
C a spur attached to the heel
10 Head, 11 Skin Beetle,
of a fighting cock
12 Vine, 13 Quinoa, 16
Antelope, 17 Cornish, 18
Streaky, 22 Ladybird, 2) the animal you associate
25 Andean, 26 Erne, 27 with theadjective pullastrine
Common Gull, 30 Acer, 31
A apigeon
Eco,32 Amazon.
B a chicken
Down: 1 Rook, 2 Fern, 3
Blue Jays,4 Quetzal, 5 C a falcon
Desert,6 Shovelhead,
7 Catnip,14 Udo,15 3) the offspring of a seahorse
Nannyberry, 19 Tragopan,
A aseafoal
20Kea, 21 Adamson, Find out
23 Africa, 24 Itchen, 28 B a chick the answers
Guam, 29 Lion. C aseachick on p105
FEBRUARY WINNER 4) the sound made by hares
Eva Vogiatzi Surrey
A a bell
ACROSS 23 Chris ___,BBCWildlife columnist, also known as the teporingo (7) B a squeak
1 1 Short-hornedgrasshopper that has a TVpresenter and author (7) 7 Spanish name for the carob tree, C a drum
swarming phase (6) 24 Marine snails of the family Ceratonia silique (9)
4 4 Sage belongs to this plant genus (6) Muricidae, known for their large 10 Yellow-winged butterfly of the 5) the name for a female
8 8Wetland habitat that maybe home or elaborate shells(7) genus Gonepteryx (9)
to orchids and sphagnum moss(4, 3) 25 Slender plant-eating insects with 13 Fish-eating seabird notable for zebra
9 The study of animals (7) two pairs of feather-like wings; also holding out its wings, perhaps to A a bitch
11 Dark-coloured African wading bird, known as thunderflies (6) dry them (9)
B a mare
Egretta ardesiaca; uses its wingsto 26 Mediterranean island, home to a 15 Widespread sedge of the genus
C adam
form a canopy when fishing(5, 5) notable population of fallow deer (6) Eleocharis; its stems are decorated
12 Rainforest state in Brazil,home with egg-shaped flowers (5, 4)
to an antshrike species found in 1996 (4) DOWN 17 Specialised mammal hair used 6) the collective noun for
13 Long-legged bird that mightbe 1 Charles___, 19th-centurygeologist for tactile sensing (7) hens
whooping, sandhill or grey-crowned(5) who influenced Charles Darwin (5) 19 Name for a plant that produces
A a gathering
14 Extinct elephant-like mammal (8) 2 Group of aquatic mammals that many seeds, such as knotgrass (7)
B a huddle
16 Widespread rodent (5, 3) includes whales and dolphins (7) 21 Diving duck that winters in
C abrood
18 One of the three US states in which 3 Large insectivorous mammal, northern Europe (5) Andy Rouse/naturepl.com
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Yellowstone National Park lies (5) Melursus ursinus, native to south Asia; 22 Another name for rutabaga
20 Desert of central Asia, home to distinctive marking on its chest forms or swedes (5) Questions set by ADAM JACOT DE BOINOD
camel, kulan and dzeren (4) a ‘U’ or ‘Y’ shape (5, 4)
21 Small,pale, energetic wader, 5 Fruit of the oak (5)
common on UK shores(10) 6 The ___ rabbit of upland Mexico is
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