Reading Vocabulary

"Island of the Blue Dolphins"

 
gnawed-bitten or worn away
headland-narrow ridge of high land jutting out into the water; promontory
kelp-any various, large, tough, brown seaweeds
lair-den or resting place of a wild animal
ravine-a long, deep, narrow valley eroded by running water
shellfish-a water animal with a shell.  Oysters, calms, crabs, and lobsters are shellfish
sinew-tendon

 

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