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Animals that start with E

20 animals that start with E, most familiar first: ELEPHANT, EAGLE, EEL and ELK. The shortest is EEL, the longest EARTHWORM (9 letters), and EARTHWORM is worth the most on Wordtide's board (16 points).

All animals that start with E (20)

  • EAGLE6
  • EAGLET7
  • EARTHWORM16
  • EARWIG10
  • ECHIDNA12
  • EEL3
  • EELPOUT10
  • EFT6
  • EGRET6
  • EIDER6
  • ELAND6
  • ELEPHANT12
  • ELK6
  • ELKHOUND15
  • ELVER9
  • EMU6
  • ERMINE8
  • ERNE4
  • ESCOLAR9
  • EWE6

What these animals are

ELEPHANT
five-toed pachyderm
EAGLE
any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and…
EEL
voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin…
ELK
large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male
EWE
female sheep
EARTHWORM
terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil
EMU
large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller
ERMINE
mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat
EARWIG
any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender…
EGRET
any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season
EIDER
duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females
EAGLET
a young eagle
ECHIDNA
a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for…
EFT
a newt in its terrestrial stage of development

Short definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).

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