It is always amusing to observe how animals move. And English language has such a magnificent array of words to denote the movement of animals, birds and people. For example, when we want to speak of a lion moving about in search of its prey, we don’t simply use the word ‘walk’. We use the word ‘prowl’ instead. Human beings can dawdle, hobble, limp, lumber, march, meander, pace, plod, shuffle, slouch, stagger, stride, stroll, waddle, and walk.
But just as humans walk, there is a normal way of moving about for each animal. Here is a list of such verbs denoting animal movement. Search the name of the animal to find the word that denotes its movement.
| Animals/Birds | Movement |
|---|---|
| Apes | swing |
| Bears | lumber |
| Bees | flit |
| Beetles | crawl |
| Birds | fly |
| Bulls | charge |
| Butterflies | flutter |
| Cats | steal |
| Cocks | strut |
| Cows | wander |
| Crows | fly, flap |
| Deer | bound |
| Dogs | run |
| Donkeys/asses | jog, trot |
| Doves | flutter |
| Ducks | waddle |
| Eagles | swoop |
| Elephants | amble |
| Hens | strut |
| Horses | trot, gallop |
| Hounds | bound |
| Hyenas | prowl |
| Lambs | frisk, skip |
| Larks | soar |
| Lions | prowl |
| Mice | scamper |
| Monkeys | climb |
| Owls | flit |
| Parrots | flit |
| Pigeons | flutter, flit |
| Pigs | trot |
| Rabbits | leap |
| Seagulls | glide |
| Sheep | frisk |
| Snakes | slither, glide |
| Sparrows | flit |
| Swallows | dive |
| Toads | leap |
| Turkeys | strut |
| Wolves | lope |
| Wrens | hop |