Maroo of the Winter Caves

Vocabulary chapter 1-6

Bison

• Large shaggy animal, large head, short horns and bump

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niche

• Hallow place in the wall

migration

• Move to one region from another when the season changes

glacier

• Large mass of ice that moves slowly across land

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Icebergs breaking off a glacier

carcass

• Dead animal

gorge

• Narrow passage between mountains

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ibex

• Wild goat, horns curve backwards

grubs

• Wormlike larvae of an insect

carnivore

• Meat eater

ptarmigan

• Northern bird with feathered feet

plait

• braid

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