Island of the Blue Dolphins-Vocab 16-29

Front

Long thick boards used for building

Back

Planks

Front

Sharp point sticking out and backward from a larger point

Back

barbed

Front

Front leg of an animal

Back

foreleg

Front

Moving or swinging wildly and uncontrollably

Back

flailing

Front

Main stem of a plant

Back

stalk

Front

Carnivorous or bloodsucking freshwater worms

Back

Leeches

Front

not often; almost never

Back

seldom

Front

Lying or sitting with arms and legs spread wide apart

Back

sprawled

Front

Expression of anger or disapproval

Back

reproach

Front

A young bird that can fly.

Back

Fledgling