Tog Year 3 Wk10

Front 1

sisal

Back 1

a strong durable white fiber, made from leaves of the Mexican agave plant, used to make ropes and twine

Front 2

quinine

Back 2

a bitter white drug obtained from cinchona bark and used especially to treat malaria

Front 3

tannin

Back 3

any of various substances from plants (as the oak or sumac) used in tanning leather, dyeing fabric and yarn, the making of ink, and in medicine

Front 4

balsa

Back 4

a tropical American tree with extremely light strong wood used especially for floats; also : its wood

Front 5

tapir

Back 5

any of several plant-eating hoofed mammals of tropical America and southeastern Asia that are related to the horses and rhinoceroses and have a long flexible snout, a very short tail, and short thick legs

Front 6

capybara

Back 6

a tailless South American rodent often exceeding four feet in length that is often found in or near water

Front 7

armadillo

Back 7

any of several small burrowing mammals of warm parts of the Americas whose head and body are protected by hard bony armor

Front 8

anaconda

Back 8

a large South American snake that crushes its prey in its coils

Front 9

manatee

Back 9

a tropical water-dwelling mammal that eats plants and differs from the related dugong in having the tail broad and rounded

Front 10

piranha

Back 10

a small flesh-eating South American freshwater fish that has very sharp teeth, is often found in groups, and may attack human beings and animals in the water

Front 11

vicuna

Back 11

a wild cud-chewing animal of the Andes that is related to the llama and alpaca