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A
abalone
ab-uh-LOH-nee
aerial plankton
air-ee-ul PLANK-tun
aging
AY-jing
aglu
AH-gloo
albatross
AL-buh-traws
ambergris
AM-ber-grees
ammonite
AM-uh-nite
anadromous
ah-NAD-roh-mus
anemone
uh-NEM-uh-nee
anhinga
an-HING-guh
antlion
ANT-lye-un
armadillo
ar-muh-DIL-oh
avocet
AV-uh-set
B
baleen
buh-LEEN
barnacle
BAR-nuh-kul
bed
BED
belemnite
BEL-em-nite
binky
BINK-ee
biophony
bye-OFF-uh-nee
birdfall
BURD-fawl
bittern
BIT-ern
blep
BLEP
blubber
BLUB-er
bowhead
BOW-hed
brant
BRANT
brindle
BRIN-dul
browse
BROWZ
browse line
BROWZ LYNE
brumation
broo-MAY-shun
bunt
BUNT
burrow
BUR-oh
by-the-wind sailor
by-thuh-WIND SAY-ler
C
cache
KASH
caddisfly
KAD-is-fly
capercailzie
kap-er-KALE-yee
capybara
kap-ih-BAR-uh
caracal
KAR-uh-kal
caracara
kar-uh-KAR-uh
catadromous
kah-TAD-roh-mus
ceavvi
CHEH-ah-vee
chamois
SHAM-wah
charm
CHARM
chiton
KY-tun
chuff
CHUF
cicada
sih-KAY-duh
cinereous
sih-NEER-ee-us
coati
koh-AH-tee
cobweb morning
KOB-web MOR-ning
cochineal
kotch-uh-NEEL
cockshut
KOK-shut
comb jelly
KOHM JEL-ee
condor
KON-dor
conodont
KOH-nuh-dont
coprolite
KOP-ruh-lite
cordyceps
KOR-dih-seps
cormorant
KOR-muh-runt
corncrake
KORN-krayk
crane fly
KRAYN FLY
crinoid
KRY-noyd
crèche
KRESH
ctenophore
TEN-uh-for
cuttlebone
KUT-ul-bohn
cuttlefish
KUT-ul-fish
čakča
CHAHK-chah
D
damselfly
DAM-zul-fly
darner
DAR-ner
dawn chorus
DAWN KOR-us
dead man’s fingers
DED MANZ FING-gerz
diapause
DY-ah-pawz
dook
DOOK
dust bath
DUST BATH
dálvi
DAHL-vee
E
ecology of fear
ih-KOL-uh-jee uhv FEER
estivation
ESS-tih-VAY-shun
exaltation
eg-zawl-TAY-shun
F
fauna
FAW-nuh
feral
FAIR-ul
fraying
FRAY-ing
G
gait
GAYT
game trail
GAYM trayl
gyrfalcon
JER-fal-kun
gökotta
YUR-koh-tah
H
hatch
HACH
hedgerow
HEJ-roh
hibernation
hy-ber-NAY-shun
J
jaeger
YAY-ger
K
kemonomichi
keh-MOH-noh-mee-chee
kill site
KIL syte
Kokogiaq
KOH-koh-gee-ahk
L
lag
LAG
latrine
lah-TREEN
lek
LEK
licking branch
LIK-ing branch
M
mast
MAST
midden
MID-un
murmuration
mur-mur-AY-shun
musit
MYOO-zit
musk
MUHSK
N
nanuq
NAH-nook
narwhal
NAR-wul
numenon
NOO-meh-non
P
pagophilic
pag-oh-FIL-ik
parliament
PAR-luh-muhnt
pellet
PEL-it
peregrine
PAIR-uh-grin
phantom road
FAN-tuhm rohd
phenology
feh-NOL-oh-jee
plucking post
PLUK-ing pohst
pronk
PRONK
ptarmigan
TAR-mih-gun
pugmark
PUG-mark
R
redd
RED
register
REJ-is-ter
rete mirabile
REE-tee mih-RAH-bih-lee
rub
RUB
run (tracking)
RUN
S
scat
SKAT
scrape
SKRAYP
seaŋáš
SENG-ahsh
sett
SET
shoal
SHOHL
siege
SEEJ
sign
SYNE
smeuse
SMYOOZ
smolt
SMOLT
snag
SNAG
spoor
SPOHR
stamp
STAMP
stigmergy
STIG-mer-jee
stotting
STOT-ing
straddle
STRAD-uhl
stride
STRYDE
subnivean
sub-NIV-ee-un
substrate
SUB-strayt
sway
SWAY
symbiosis
sim-by-OH-sis
T
tapir
TAY-per
torpor
TOR-per
track
TRAK
trail
TRAYL
turnstone
TURN-stohn
tyndall blue
TIN-dul BLOO
U
umwelt
OOM-velt
unkindness
uhn-KYND-nuhs
V
vector
VEK-ter
velella
vuh-LEL-uh
vole
VOHL
W
wagtail
WAG-tayl
wallow
Wah-loh
walrus
WAWL-rus
water strider
WAW-ter STRY-der
whale
WAYL
whale fall
WAYL FAWL
whimbrel
WIM-brul
whippoorwill
WIP-er-wil
whirligig
WUR-lih-gig
wigeon
WIJ-un
wolf moon
WUULF MOON
wolverine
WUUL-vuh-reen
wonty-tump
WON-tee-TUMP
wrack line
RAK lyne
Z
zombie fungus
ZOM-bee FUNG-gus
zugunruhe
tsoog-oon-ROO-uh