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1 a person who illegally hunts birds, animals or fish on somebody's else's property

2 a special pan for poaching eggs3 (also goal poacher) (especially in football ( soccer )) a player who waits near the opposite team's goal in order to try to score if they get the ball

Idioms

poacher turned gamekeeper

(especially British English) a person who has changed from one situation or attitude to the opposite one, especially somebody who used to oppose people in authority but is now in a position of authority

1 the killing of animals for their meatcows taken for slaughter

2 the cruel killing of large numbers of people at one time, especially in a war

moving in a slow, heavy and awkward way

a lumbering dino

maul somebody (of an animal) to attack and injure somebody by tearing their flesh

1 [transitive, intransitive] to damage something by pulling it apart or into pieces or by cutting it on something sharp; to become damaged in this way

the soft substance between the skin and bones of animal or human bodies

to believe or say that sb is responsible for doing sth

1 a group of animals of the same type that live and feed togethera herd of cows/deer/elephantsa beef/dairy herd compare flock

2 (usually disapproving) a large group of people of the same type

a person who is captured and held prisoner by a person or group, and who may be injured or killed if people do not do what the person or group is asking

1 [uncountable] the fact of being related in a familythe ties of kinship

2 [uncountable, singular] a feeling of being close to somebody because you have similar origins or attitudesWe tend to feel kinship with those who share the same values.

either of two long sharp teeth at the front of the mouths of some animals, such as a snake or dog

water: fish out of water

dinner: a real dog´s dinner

work: the donkey work

time: a whale of a time

grass: a real snake in the grass

bag: let the cat out of the bag

rabit: stop rabbiting on about (football)

stomach: got butterflies in my stomach

eats: eats like a horse

house: going to be in the doghouse

party: hen party

stag party

stag: a male deer/ go stag (go to a party without the partner)

 the long hair on the neck of a horse or a lion

[countable] any of the thin plates of hard material that cover the skin of many fish andreptiles

1 the hard pointed or curved outer part of a bird's mouth

an animal's skin, especially when it is bought or sold or used for leather

flipper:

1 a flat part of the body of some sea animals such as seals and turtles, used for swimming2 a long flat piece of rubber or plastic that you wear on your foot to help you swim more quickly, especially below the surface of the water

either of the two long thin parts on the heads of some insects and some animals that live in shells, used to feel and touch things with

the hard part of the foot of some animals, for example horses

plural hoofs orhooves

either of the long curved teeth that stick out of the mouth of elephants and some other animals

1 a thin flat part that sticks out from the body of a fish, used for swimming and keeping balance

1 one of the sharp curved nails on the end of an animal's or a bird's footThe cat lashed out with its claws.2 a long, sharp curved part of the body of some types of shellfish, used for catching and holding thingsthe claws of a crab

1 [countable] a hard pointed part that grows, usually in pairs, on the heads of some animals, such as sheep and cows.Horns are often curved.

1 the foot of an animal that has claws or nails

of bird/insect

1 [countable] one of the parts of the body of a bird, insect or bat that it uses for flyingThe swan flapped its wings noisily.

1 [countable, uncountable] the hard outer part of eggs, nuts, some seeds and some animalsWe collected shells on the beach.snail shellswalnut shellsearrings made out of coconut shellsee also eggshell, nutshell, seashell, tortoiseshell2 [countable] any object that looks like the shell of a snail or sea creaturepasta shells

ivory

1 [uncountable] a hard yellowish-white substance like bone that forms the tusks (= long teeth) of elephants and some other animalsa ban on the ivory tradean ivory chess set

1 [transitive]repel somebody/something(formal) to successfully fight somebody who is attacking you, your country, etc. and drive them awayto repel an attack/invasion/invaderTroops repelled an attempt to infiltrate the south of the island.(figurative) The reptile's prickly skin repels nearly all of its predators.

2 [transitive]repel somethingto drive, push or keep something away

repulsive (repulsion)

seeming evil or dangerous; making you think something bad will happen

The sea turtle is an endangered species(= it may soon no longer exist).

1 a person who illegally hunts birds, animals or fish on somebody's else's property

1 able to move quickly and easily