Open Court Vocabulary for “Animal Camouflage” Edited by Mrs. Randolph Ralph Witters Elementary

clothes you wear to look like someone or something else Can you imagine putting on a costume that made you look like a tree? costume

area or things that are around a person or thing Where the elephant lives are called its surroundings. surroundings

fades into something else The fawn’s spots helped it blend into the woods. blends

to imitate or pretend to be something else Some animals have good mimicry and are hard to find. mimicry

pretenders Birds that use mimicry are good pretenders. things that act or look like something else

marsh A marsh is land that is very wet, like a swamp. wet land

surroundings

pretenders

costume

blends

marsh

mimicry