3rd March is celebrated as the World Wildlife Day 🦚🦩🐯 all over the globe to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild fauna and flora. Fauna refers to animals, and Flora refers to the plant kingdom.🐘🌳

The evolution curve, started with the tiniest microorganisms, went on to create a full fledged green revolution, witnessed the mightiest and largest animals- dinosaurs,🦕 evolved and emerged at the right angle to form us – human beings!

We, humans, are supposedly the most intelligent beings in the world or maybe even in the universe, until proven otherwise.

We, have discovered the use of fire, wheel, electricity, we have discovered language, we have understood the importance of science, arts, culture, we have sent men on the moon, we are forever outshining our achievements, we are indeed great!

But are we really so great?🤔

We act in certain stupid, irresponsible ways too. We do not respect the flora and fauna of our beautiful world, we waste the water of our blue planet, we pollute the environment, we forget the importance on our ecosystem.

Our Earth is our home, we must protect it, nurture it, respect it.

And as the most intelligent inhabitant of Earth , this is the least we can do.

On this World Wildlife Day, we should pledge to safeguard our flora and fauna.

And in this context, today we would discuss about certain descriptive words which the Animal Kingdom has bestowed upon us.

These words relate to certain physical traits or behavioural characteristics of various animals.

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DOGGED🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺

DOGGED🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺

# persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious

# Some action marked by stubborn determination.

Referring to the absolutely determined and persevering nature of Dogs.

This can be used both negatively, (somebody who doesn’t know when to give up) and positively (somebody who doesn’t give up inspite of adversity)

Example: Her dogged efforts eventually paid off.

DOG-EARED🦮🦮🦮

DOG-EARED🦮🦮🦮
adjective

(used about a book or piece of paper) in bad condition with untidy corners and edges because it has been used a lot.

A dog ear is a folded down corner of a book page.

The name arises from the fact that the ears of many breeds of dogs flap over.

Example: In a few months we shall regard the price lists as tatty and dog-eared mementoes of a former age which we do not quite understand.

BADGER 🦡🦡🦡

BADGER🦡🦡🦡

1. Noun:
A badger is a wild animal which has a white head with two wide black stripes on it. Badgers live underground and usually come up to feed at night.

2. Verb:
If you badger someone, you repeatedly tell them to do something or repeatedly ask them questions.

We are here concerned with the verb here.”to attack persistently, worry, pester,” from badger (n.), based on the behavior of the dogs in the medieval sport of badger-baiting, practiced till late 19c. England.

A badger was put into a barrel, and one or more dogs were put in to drag him out. When this was effected he was returned to his barrel, to be similarly assailed by a fresh set of dogs.

The badger usually made a most determined and savage resistance.

So the badgering here is referred to the action of the ever persistent dogs!

Example: Every time we go into a shop, the kids badger me to buy them sweets.

APE 🦍🦍🦍

APE 🦍🦍🦍

1. noun

a type of animal like a large monkey with no tail or only a very short tail
Chimpanzees and gorillas are apes.

2. verb

# to copy somebody/else, especially in order to make fun of them.

# to copy something or someone badly and unsuccessfully.

# to copy closely but often clumsily and ineptly

The origin of this verb meaning comes, no doubt, from the antics of the apes, noted for mimicry of human action, ( leading to the figurative usage of this word as ‘a fool’)

Example: He called the new building unoriginal and said that it merely aped the classical traditions.

WASPISH 🐝🐝🐝

WASPISH🐝🐝🐝
adjective

# readily expressing anger or irritation.

# likely to make sharp, slightly cruel remarks; having a slightly angry and unpleasant manner:

# resembling a wasp in behavior
especially : snappish, petulant

# resembling a wasp in form
especially : slightly built

This adjective is used no doubt due to the painful sting of the wasp.

A wasp is an insect with wings and yellow and black stripes across its body. Wasps have a painful sting like a bee but do not produce honey. Wasp nests, made in or near houses, such as in roof spaces, can present a danger as the wasps may sting if people come close to them.
Stings are usually painful rather than dangerous, but can prove to be life threatening in rare cases.

Example: She had a waspish tongue which could hurt.

SLOTHFUL🦥🦥🦥

SLOTHFUL🦥🦥🦥

adjective

# sluggardly, indolent, lazy

Lazy: suggests a disinclination to work or to take trouble.
Indolent: suggests a love of ease and a dislike of movement or activity.
Slothful: implies a temperamental inability to act promptly or speedily when action or speed is called for.

Slothful refers to Sloths- present day arboreal (residing on trees) mammals noted for slowness of movement and for spending most of their lives hanging upside down in the trees of the tropical rain forests of South America and Central America.

Example: His overly lax managerial style has resulted in a department that is slothful and unproductive.

That brings us to the end of today’s article.

Hope you liked it. 😊🦋🐌