| Term | Definition |
| pond | a small lake |
| octopus | bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles |
| burrow | a hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter |
| cave | an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea |
| ocean | one of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents |
| prairie dog |  any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry |
| woodchuck | reddish brown North American marmot |
| woods | the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area |
| people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively |
| fox | alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail |