Open Court Vocabulary for “Animal Camouflage” Http://www.opencourtresources.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

surroundings

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marsh

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