Dolphins at Daybreak

Chapters 5 - 10

blinked

• to close and open the eyes very quickly

bobbed

• to float on the water up and down

branched out

• spread out like the branches of a tree

chattered

• talked quickly

crack

• to damage something a little bit so that it splits, but does not break

creature

• any living person or animal

crept

• moved slowly and quietly

curious

• wanting to know more about something

defective

• broken, damaged, having something wrong with it

disappeared

• when you can’t see something anymore

doesn’t care

• not important, doesn’t want to think about it

grasp

• to hold with strong hands

hammerhead shark

• medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous

hull

• the frame or body of a ship

impossible

• unable to be done; not able to happen

irritates

• to bother or annoy

junkyard

• a place where old, broken things are put

log entry

• to write sentences about what happened in a special book or place on the computer

moaned

• to make a low, sad sound, usually because you are in pain or are unhappy

object

• something that can be seen or touched; thing

octopus

• A sea animal with eight long arms called tentacles. This animal has good eyesight.

oysters

• mollusks that have a rough shell; found on the bottom of the sea

patch of sunlight

• a small piece of sunshine

peered

• to look or stare

rubber suction cups

• a part that looks like a cup and is used to stick to something, suckers

shadow

• a dark shape or image made by something blocking the light

spurting

• gush forth in a sudden stream or jet of liquids

stuck

• unable to move

suckers

• a part that looks like a cup and is used to stick to something

tentacles

• long arms of a sea creature that will grab or sting

treasure

• something of great wealth or value

widened

• become larger or more open

window

• an open part of a wall that lets in light and air

zigzagging

• To move in a “z” shape, back and forth line