Landscapes and animals
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Across: 3. body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land 4. a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land 7. any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails 8. reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas 9. small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines 11. a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail 14. a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill 15. a steep high face of rock 16. large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered 17. large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots
Down: 1. cervid, distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers 2. one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) 4. a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral 5. an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake 6. a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral 10. five-toed pachyderm 12. a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek) 13. largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa
