| ape |
a mammal in the group of primates, which includes chimpanzees, gibbons, gorillas, and orangutans. Apes do not have tails. They have very flexible hands and feet. Apes range in size from three to six feet tall, and they can weigh up to 450 pounds. Apes live in the forests in Africa and Asia. [1/2 definitions] |
| blue whale |
a mammal that lives in the ocean. Blue whales are the largest kind of animal that has ever lived. They can grow up to 100 feet long and weigh up to 150 tons. Their large mouths have baleen instead of teeth. Blue whales use baleen to filter lots of very small food such as shrimp from ocean water. |
| capybara |
A capybara is a furry mammal that lives in South America. It is in the same family of animals as mice, hamsters, and squirrels. Capybaras are much larger than any of these, though, and capybaras don't have tails. A capybara can weigh more than a big dog or a pig! |
| equal |
When two things are equal, they are the same size, number, or value. If you and your friend weigh the same, then your weight and your friend's weight are equal. [1/4 definitions] |
| gibbon |
a kind of primate that lives in Asian rain forests. Gibbons are small apes that can weigh up to twenty-five pounds. They have long arms and can swing quickly through trees. All kinds of gibbons are endangered. |
| gorilla |
a very large ape that lives in African forests. Gorillas are the largest of the primates. Male gorillas living in zoos can weigh as much as six hundred pounds. All gorillas living in the wild are in danger of extinction. |
| hog |
an adult pig raised for meat. Hogs weigh well over 100 pounds. [1/4 definitions] |
| obesity |
Obesity is the condition of being obese. If a person is obese, they weigh too much according to what doctors think is healthy. |
| overweight |
When someone is overweight, they weigh too much compared with what is healthy. |
| pound2 |
A pound is a certain amount of weight. One pound is how much four sticks of butter weigh when you buy them in a package in a store. New babies usually weigh about six to nine pounds. A big dog can weigh over a hundred pounds. A short way to write pound or pounds is "lb." [1/2 definitions] |
| register |
When a scale registers how much you weigh, it shows how much you weigh. [1/10 definitions] |
| scale2 |
A scale is something you use to weigh things. |
| swamp |
to weigh down, burden, or overcome; overwhelm. [1/4 definitions] |
| thin |
When a person or animal is thin, their body is small if you measure around it. A thin person or animal does not weigh very much or weighs less than what is healthy. If your arms are thin, they don't have much fat, and maybe they don't have much muscle either. [1/6 definitions] |
| water buffalo |
a large buffalo with dark gray fur that lives mainly in the southern parts of Asia. Water buffalo have curved horns that can span six feet from one tip to the other. Water buffalo weigh up to one ton. They are very strong, and people often use them to pull heavy loads. |
| weigh |
When you weigh something, you measure how heavy it is by using a scale. People can also weigh themselves and other people to see how heavy they are. [2/4 definitions] |