Island of the Blue Dolphins vocab (up to 18)

kelp

• any of various large marine brown algae that are large seaweeds

• a large fish that lives off the coast of California

• a bird that eats oceanic fish

• grass

cormorant

• brown sea algae

• a species of fish

• a type of dolphin

• any of various dark-colored web-footed waterbirds that have a long neck, hooked bill, and distensible throat pouch

to go stealthily : sneak

2

: to evade the performance of an obligation

• shirt

• shirk

• Shrek

• shriek

a broad terrace with an abrupt slope on one side : bench

• canoe

• mesa

• table

• jewelry

a skin stripped of hair or wool for tanning

• chorus

• kilts

• smelt

• pelts

to become destroyed or ruined : cease to exist

• hash

• perish

• purity

• plants

a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water

• ditch

• ravine

• curb

• lagoon

ample

• a type of bird on an island

• misfortune

• generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity

• not sufficient; not enough

o rise and fall actively : toss

: to rise and move in waves or billows : swell

• waves

• tide

• whirlpool

• surge

shrouds

• to stop

• something that covers, screens, or guards

• to hide