Prompt 2 of 7
Name an animal whose name is exactly four letters long
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- Mara— Patagonian rodent on deer-like legs that pairs for life.
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- Abby
- Aceh— An Indonesian cattle breed from the island of Sumatra.
- Ader— A horse breed from Niger.
- Afar— Ethiopian livestock breeds, including both sheep and cattle.
- Agew— An Ethiopian sheep breed.
- Aidi— A Moroccan dog bred to guard livestock in the Atlas Mountains.
- Akou— White Fulani cattle from West Africa.
- Alai— A sheep breed from the mountains of Kyrgyzstan.
- Alho— A Finnish landrace chicken preserved by traditional poultry keepers.
- Alur— A cattle breed from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
- Alxa— A Bactrian camel breed from Inner Mongolia.
- Anoa— A small wild buffalo native to Indonesia’s island of Sulawesi.
- Apar— A three-banded armadillo that can curl into a ball.
- Appy
- Apso
- Arab
- Aral— A South Kazakh Merino sheep.
- Arbi— An Arabi sheep from the Middle East.
- Arni— A wild water buffalo from Asia.
- Arsi— An Ethiopian cattle breed named for its home region.
- Arui— An aoudad, a wild sheep from North Africa.
- Arvi— Gaolao cattle from India.
- Asen— A traditional Swedish sheep breed.
- Asil— An Indian gamefowl breed.
- Asin— A donkey breed recorded in Niger.
- Axis— A chital, a deer with a spotted coat.
- Bali— A cattle breed descended from the wild banteng.
- Baol— A M’Bayar horse from Senegal.
- Barb— A small freshwater fish familiar to aquarium keepers.
- Bari— A small Barbari goat from South Asia.
- Basa— A Southeast Asian catfish commonly sold as fish fillets.
- Bata— A South Asian freshwater carp, Labeo bata.
- Baya— A weaverbird known for elaborate hanging nests.
- Baza— A crested bird of prey in the hawk family.
- Bhuj— A Brazilian goat breed descended from Indian goats.
- Bian— A Chinese chicken breed raised for meat and eggs.
- Bima— A small Sumbawa pony from Indonesia.
- Blob— A miller’s thumb, a small freshwater fish.
- Bobo— A mullet found in rivers along Central America’s Pacific coast.
- Boer— A South African goat breed widely raised for meat.
- Boga— A slender Caribbean reef fish in the grunt family.
- Bond— An Australian sheep breed developed for wool and meat.
- Bork— An Antarctic bald notothen fish.
- Boto— An Amazon river dolphin, often pink as an adult.
- Boxy— A yellow boxfish with a rigid, box-shaped body.
- Brim— A freshwater sunfish, such as a bluegill.
- Brug— A dog cross between a Brussels griffon and a pug.
- Bubu— An African giraffe catfish.
- Buga— A Hungarian domestic pigeon breed.
- Buša— A small traditional cattle breed from the Balkans.
- Cama— A hybrid of a camel and a llama.
- Capy
- Cavy
- Cero— A spotted mackerel from the western Atlantic.
- Cham
- Char— A salmon relative that favors cold water.
- Chat— Small songbirds belonging to several different groups.
- Chin— A small Japanese companion dog with a silky coat.
- Chub— A freshwater fish in the carp family.
- Chué— A local goat breed from northeastern Brazil.
- Chug— A dog with Chihuahua and pug parentage.
- Chum— A species of Pacific salmon.
- Cika— A Slovenian cattle breed with a red-and-white coat.
- Cleg— A biting horsefly.
- Clun— A Clun Forest sheep, a British breed.
- Coho— A Pacific salmon with silvery sides.
- Coly— An African mousebird with a long tail.
- Cony
- Copi— Invasive carp sold as food in the United States.
- Cory— A Corydoras catfish, often kept in freshwater aquariums.
- Coua— A cuckoo relative found only in Madagascar.
- Cray
- Cria— A baby llama or alpaca.
- Cuis— A South American cavy closely related to guinea pigs.
- Cusk— A North Atlantic fish related to cod.
- Dace— A small freshwater fish.
- Dagu— A large chicken breed from northeastern China.
- Dane
- Dara— A grunt fish found along Africa’s Atlantic coast.
- Dart— A silvery pompano fish found in Australian waters.
- Daug— A dog cross between a dachshund and a pug.
- Dauw
- Degu— A small, social rodent native to Chile.
- Dhub— A spiny-tailed desert lizard.
- Dieb— A North African jackal.
- Dobe
- Dogo— A large, white Argentine dog breed.
- Dogy— An orphaned or motherless calf.
- Dojo— A weather loach, a long, whiskered freshwater aquarium fish.
- Dole— A dhole, Asia’s social wild dog.
- Donk
- Douc— A colorful leaf-eating monkey from Southeast Asia.
- Doxy
- Draa— A Moroccan goat breed from the Draa Valley.
- Drum— A fish named for the drumming sounds it makes.
- Duan— A goat breed from China’s Guangxi region.
- Dubb— A Syrian brown bear.
- Erne— A sea eagle, especially the white-tailed eagle.
- Euro— A common wallaroo, an Australian marsupial related to kangaroos.
- Eyas— A young hawk or falcon still in its nest.
- Eyra— A jaguarundi with reddish fur.
- Fice— A feist, a small hunting dog.
- Fife— A small canary breed.
- Fila— A large Brazilian guardian dog.
- Fody— A small weaverbird from Madagascar and nearby islands.
- Fosa— Madagascar’s fossa, a catlike predator.
- Frug— A dog cross between a French bulldog and a pug.
- Gaur— A huge wild cattle species native to Asia.
- Geep— A sheep–goat hybrid or chimera.
- Ghab— A water buffalo population from Syria’s Ghab region.
- Gier— A French domestic pigeon breed.
- Gila— A Gila monster, a venomous desert lizard.
- Gilt— A young female pig that has not yet had piglets.
- Glan— A traditional German cattle breed.
- Gled— A red kite, a raptor with a forked tail.
- Gnow— An Australian malleefowl that builds a mound for its eggs.
- Goby— A small fish often found resting on the seabed.
- Gowk
- Grig
- Griz
- Guan— A large, mostly tree-dwelling bird from tropical America.
- Guba— A horse breed from Azerbaijan.
- Guck— A claimed hybrid between a goose and a duck.
- Guga— A young gannet, known especially from the Hebrides.
- Guib— A harnessed bushbuck, an African antelope.
- Gute— A horned sheep breed from Sweden’s island of Gotland.
- Gyal— A gayal, a domesticated relative of the gaur.
- Habu— A venomous pit viper from Japan’s Ryukyu Islands.
- Hack— A riding-horse type, especially in British showing.
- Hake— A slender marine fish related to cod.
- Häme— A Finnish landrace chicken named for its home region.
- Hanu— Korea’s native Hanwoo cattle.
- Hasi— A goat breed from Albania and Kosovo.
- Heck— A cattle breed developed in an attempt to recreate aurochs.
- Hequ— A horse breed from the Tibetan Plateau.
- Hern
- Hihi— New Zealand’s stitchbird, a small native forest songbird.
- Hind— A female deer, especially a red deer.
- Hogg— A young sheep before its first shearing.
- Hoki— A long-tailed marine fish.
- Honu
- Huai— A Chinese goat breed.
- Huhu— A large New Zealand beetle whose larvae live in wood.
- Huss— A dogfish, one of several kinds of small shark.
- ʻIʻiwi— A scarlet Hawaiian honeycreeper with a long, curved bill.
- Ibon— A small Philippine songbird.
- Iggy
- Inca— A hummingbird from the Andes, often with a contrasting chest patch.
- Iora— A small Asian songbird, usually dressed in yellow and green.
- Jabe— A sturdy Kazakh horse type.
- Jaco
- Jake— A young male turkey, before it becomes a tom.
- Jata— A horse breed recorded in India.
- Java— An old American chicken breed, despite its Indonesian name.
- Jeju— A native Korean horse breed; the island also has Jeju dogs.
- Jery— A small songbird native to Madagascar.
- Jima— A snubnose emperor fish.
- Jird— A gerbil relative adapted to dry habitats.
- Jofi— A horse breed from Yemen.
- Jomo— A female hybrid of a yak and domestic cattle.
- Joro— A large Asian orb-weaving spider with a vividly patterned body.
- Kafa— A horse breed from southwestern Ethiopia.
- Kagu— A nearly flightless forest bird found only in New Caledonia.
- Kaka— A forest parrot native to New Zealand.
- Kaki— New Zealand’s black stilt, a rare wading bird.
- Kala— A bluespine unicornfish, a tropical reef fish.
- Kars— A Turkish livestock guardian dog named for its home region.
- Kedu— An Indonesian chicken breed named for its region in Java.
- Keet— A baby guinea fowl.
- Kele— A pig breed from China’s Guizhou province.
- Kelt— A salmon or sea trout after it has spawned.
- Keng— A Kenguri sheep from India.
- Khur— An Indian wild ass from western India’s salt deserts.
- Kiko— A meat-goat breed developed in New Zealand.
- Kina— A New Zealand sea urchin with a spiny shell.
- Kiso— A small native Japanese horse breed.
- Kiyi— A deepwater whitefish native to North America’s Great Lakes.
- Knot— A migratory sandpiper; red knots turn rusty during breeding season.
- Koel— A cuckoo known for its loud, repeated calls.
- Koha— An Asian koel, a cuckoo found in Sri Lanka.
- Kohi— A mountain camel breed from Pakistan.
- Kole— A Hawaiian tang with a distinctive ring around its eye.
- Kumu— A whitesaddle goatfish.
- Kuri— A cattle breed from the Lake Chad region.
- Kyak— An alewife, a type of river herring.
- Lant— A sand lance: a slender fish that buries itself in sand.
- Lehi— A rusty jobfish, a deepwater snapper.
- Lika— A Croatian sheep breed from the Lika region.
- Ling— A long-bodied marine fish in the cod family.
- Lohi— A sheep breed from Pakistan’s Punjab region.
- Loir— An edible dormouse.
- Lonk— A hardy hill sheep from Lancashire and neighboring English uplands.
- Lory— A colorful parrot with a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar.
- Lump— A lumpfish whose pelvic fins form a suction disc.
- Lush— A burbot, a freshwater relative of cod.
- Luth
- Mado— A small Australian reef fish with yellow and dark stripes.
- Mala— Australia’s rufous hare-wallaby, a small nocturnal marsupial.
- Mamo— A Hawaiian sergeant fish with five dark vertical bars.
- Marl— Australia’s western barred bandicoot.
- Mati— A native Albanian sheep breed.
- Mbai— A small Logone pony from Chad.
- Miki— A tiny companion dog breed.
- Milu— Père David’s deer, once saved from extinction by captive herds.
- Miri— A traditional chicken breed from northeastern India.
- Miyi— A local chicken breed from China’s Sichuan province.
- Moco— Brazil’s rock cavy, a rodent that clambers among rocky outcrops.
- Moga— A colorful Nicaragua cichlid kept in aquariums.
- Moki— A New Zealand fish with thick lips.
- Moli— A Laysan albatross.
- Mona— A West African monkey with white patches beside its tail.
- Mono— A silver moony, a tropical aquarium fish.
- Mora— A deepwater relative of cod.
- Mudi— A Hungarian herding dog with a wavy or curly coat.
- Muli— A yak breed from China’s Sichuan province.
- Myza— A honeyeater native to Sulawesi’s mountain forests.
- Nali— An Indian sheep breed known for carpet wool.
- Nase— A European freshwater fish with a scraping lower lip.
- Nehu— A Hawaiian anchovy that forms shimmering schools.
- Nene— A Hawaiian goose found nowhere else in the wild.
- Neon
- Newf
- Nili— A South Asian water buffalo breed associated with Pakistan’s Punjab.
- Nixi— A chicken breed from the highlands of Yunnan, China.
- Noio— A black noddy, a tropical seabird.
- Noki— A dassie rat from southern Africa.
- Noma— A small Japanese pony breed from Shikoku.
- Occy
- Odis— A small, shaggy companion dog breed developed in Ukraine.
- Ogac— A Greenland cod.
- Ogon— A koi variety with a single, metallic body color.
- Ogye— A Korean chicken breed with black feathers, skin and bones.
- Omao— A brown Hawaiian thrush native to the island of Hawaii.
- Omul— A whitefish best known from Siberia’s Lake Baikal.
- Oopu— Native Hawaiian gobies and related stream fishes.
- Opah— A round ocean fish that keeps its body warmer than seawater.
- Opie— An opilio snow crab.
- Oreo— A deepwater fish from the oreo family.
- Orfe— An ide, often kept as a golden pond fish.
- Otto— A small, algae-eating Otocinclus catfish.
- Ouda— A West African sheep breed.
- Oula— A Tibetan sheep breed raised on China’s high plateau.
- Oyan— An African linsang, a small spotted carnivore with a long tail.
- Paca— A large South American rodent with rows of pale spots.
- Pacu— A South American fish related to piranhas, with surprisingly humanlike teeth.
- Pali— A Tibetan yak breed associated with the Phari region.
- Parr— A young salmon with dark vertical markings along its sides.
- Paso— A Paso Fino, a horse with an exceptionally smooth gait.
- Pati— A long-whiskered South American catfish.
- Paua— A New Zealand abalone with a vividly iridescent shell.
- Peal— A sea trout.
- Peba
- Pedi— A sheep breed from South Africa.
- Peep— A small sandpiper.
- Pega— A Brazilian donkey breed often used to produce mules.
- Peke
- Pern— A honey buzzard, a bird of prey.
- Piao— A Chinese chicken breed known for lacking a tail.
- Pigo— An Italian roach, a European freshwater fish.
- Piha— A tropical American bird famous for its piercing calls.
- Pipa— A flat-bodied aquatic toad from South America.
- Pipi— A small edible clam from Australia or New Zealand.
- Plec— A suckermouth armored catfish often kept in aquariums.
- Pogy— A menhaden, an oily schooling fish.
- Poll
- Pome
- Pomp— A pompano, a silvery marine fish.
- Pope— A ruffe, a spiny freshwater fish.
- Poss
- Pout— Bottom-dwelling fish, including pouting and eelpouts.
- Pudu— A tiny South American deer with short, pointed antlers.
- Pueo— Hawaii’s native short-eared owl.
- Puku— A golden-brown African antelope that favors wet grasslands.
- Puli— A Hungarian herding dog whose coat forms long cords.
- Pumi— A Hungarian herding dog with curly fur and jaunty ears.
- Puss
- Pyet
- Quey— A heifer: a young female cow.
- Raas— A cat breed from the Indonesian island of Raas.
- Rail— A marsh bird, often glimpsed slipping through dense reeds.
- Reba— A small South Asian carp.
- Rhim— A pale desert gazelle with long, slender horns.
- Rhön— A German sheep breed with a black head and white fleece.
- Rita— A large South Asian freshwater catfish.
- Roan— A large African antelope with a striking black-and-white face.
- Rohu— A South Asian carp widely raised in freshwater ponds.
- Rook— A black crow relative with bare, pale skin around its beak.
- Rott
- Rowi— A rare kiwi found around Okarito, New Zealand.
- Ruda— A traditional sheep breed from the Balkans.
- Rudd— A European freshwater fish with bright reddish fins.
- Ruff— A sandpiper whose breeding males grow elaborate neck feathers.
- Ruru— A morepork owl, named for its distinctive call.
- Rusa— A deer native to Indonesia.
- Saar— A German domestic pigeon breed.
- Sabi— A traditional hair sheep from Zimbabwe.
- Saki— A South American monkey with a thick, bushy tail.
- Salp— A transparent, barrel-shaped ocean animal that filters plankton.
- Scad— A schooling marine fish in the jack family.
- Scat— A spotted tropical fish often kept in brackish aquariums.
- Scud— A tiny shrimp-like crustacean familiar to freshwater anglers.
- Scup— A porgy from the western Atlantic.
- Seer— Large mackerel found in South Asian waters.
- Shad— A silvery fish in the herring family.
- Shag
- Shep
- Shou— A Tibetan red deer.
- Sibu— A native Tibetan yak breed.
- Sika— An Asian deer that often keeps its spots into adulthood.
- Sila— A livestock guardian dog from Calabria in southern Italy.
- Sild— Young herring, often canned and sold like sardines.
- Siri— A cattle breed from Bhutan and nearby Himalayan regions.
- Skua— A seabird known for stealing food from other birds.
- Skye— A long-bodied Scottish terrier breed.
- Smew— A small diving duck; males wear striking black-and-white plumage.
- Soay— A primitive sheep breed from Scotland’s St Kilda islands.
- Sook— A mature female blue crab, in Chesapeake Bay terminology.
- Sora— A small North American rail that hides among marsh plants.
- Spot— A small Atlantic croaker fish with a dark shoulder spot.
- Spug
- Stot— A young bullock.
- Suni— A tiny African antelope that shelters in dense vegetation.
- Suri— An alpaca type with long, silky locks of fleece.
- Susu— A Ganges river dolphin.
- Swai— A Southeast Asian catfish often sold as mild white fillets.
- Swee— A small southern African waxbill with a red rump.
- Syno— A Synodontis catfish kept in freshwater aquariums.
- Tahr— A shaggy, goatlike mountain animal with curved horns.
- Tara— A white-fronted tern, a coastal seabird.
- Tazy— A Central Asian sighthound traditionally used for hunting.
- Teal— A small duck; its plumage gave the color teal its name.
- Tegu— A large South American lizard with powerful jaws.
- Teta— A suckermouth armored catfish found in Trinidad’s fresh waters.
- Thai— A cat breed preserving the traditional, rounder Siamese appearance.
- Tiel
- Titi— A small South American monkey known for strong pair bonds.
- Toby— A small, sharp-nosed pufferfish.
- Toda— A water buffalo breed from India’s Nilgiri Hills.
- Tody— A tiny Caribbean bird with green plumage and a red throat.
- Tong— A sheep breed from China.
- Tonk— A Tonkinese cat.
- Tope— A slender school shark.
- Topi— An African antelope with dark patches on its face and legs.
- Tori— An Estonian horse breed developed for farm work.
- Tort
- Tosa— A large Japanese mastiff breed.
- Tuan— Australia’s brush-tailed phascogale, a small tree-climbing marsupial.
- Tula— A Russian goose breed traditionally bred for fighting.
- Tuli— A cattle breed developed in Zimbabwe.
- Turr— A murre, a diving seabird.
- Tuva— A hardy horse breed from southern Siberia.
- Uaru— A South American cichlid kept in aquariums.
- Ulua— Large trevallies found in Hawaiian waters, including giant trevally.
- Unau
- Ural— A Russian domestic goose breed.
- Vasa— A dark-feathered parrot from Madagascar and nearby islands.
- Vily— Kiener’s silverside, a freshwater fish from Madagascar.
- Wall— A brown-and-orange butterfly often seen basking on walls.
- Walo— A Somali gerbil from the Horn of Africa.
- Walu— An escolar, an oily deepwater fish.
- Wana— Long-spined sea urchins found in Hawaiian waters.
- Wavy
- Weim
- Weka— A curious, flightless New Zealand rail with a sturdy beak.
- Weke— A goatfish with whiskerlike barbels on its chin.
- Wels— A huge European freshwater catfish with long whiskers.
- Weta— A large cricket relative native to New Zealand.
- Whio— New Zealand’s blue duck, adapted to fast-flowing rivers.
- Wilk— A West Indian top shell, a Caribbean sea snail.
- Woma— An Australian python with a narrow head and banded body.
- Wutu— An urutu, a South American pit viper.
- Xeme— A Sabine’s gull, a small Arctic-breeding seabird.
- Xolo— An ancient Mexican dog breed, often hairless.
- Xupu— A domestic goose breed from China.
- Yaku— A Japanese dog landrace from the island of Yakushima.
- Yeen
- Yili— A horse breed from China’s Xinjiang region.
- Yote
- Yuta— A native horse breed from Bhutan.
- Zimb— An Ethiopian biting fly.
- Zobo— A hybrid of a yak and domestic cattle, especially zebu.
- Zony— A hybrid of a zebra and a pony.
- Zope— A blue bream, a European freshwater fish.
- Zubr
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Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.
- Beta
- Carp
- Chow
- Cock
- Colt
- Coot
- Croc
- Dory
- Foal
- Fowl
- Fugu
- Gnat
- Grub
- Gull
- Hart
- Ibex
- Ibis
- Kite
- Kiwi
- Kudu
- Lark
- Loon
- Lynx
- Mahi
- Mako
- Manx
- Mare
- Mink
- Mite
- Mola
- Mutt
- Myna
- Newt
- Oryx
- Pika
- Pike
- Rhea
- Sole
- Stag
- Tang
- Tern
- Vole
- Wren
- Zebu
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A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.
- Bass
- Boar
- Buck
- Bull
- Calf
- Clam
- Crow
- Dove
- Fawn
- Flea
- Hare
- Hawk
- Joey
- Lamb
- Mole
- Moth
- Mule
- Orca
- Pony
- Puma
- Seal
- Slug
- Swan
- Tick
- Toad
- Tuna
- Wasp
- Worm
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The most common answer on the board.
- Bear
- Bird
- Crab
- Deer
- Duck
- Fish
- Frog
- Goat
- Lion
- Wolf