Animals that start with C

What these animals are

CAT

feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats

COW

female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term"

CATTLE

domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age

CRAB

decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen…

CLAM

burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud

CHICK

young bird especially of domestic fowl

CRANE

large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world

CAMEL

cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions

CALF

young of domestic cattle

COLT

a young male horse under the age of four

CROCODILE

large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth…

COBRA

venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a…

COYOTE

small wolf native to western North America

COD

major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters

COCKROACH

any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects

CHEETAH

long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws

Short definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).