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Spell Bee Word: Manatee


What does manatee mean?

Word: Manatee

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Manatee means a large, slow, grey sea animal that eats plants and lives in warm coastal waters and rivers.

How do you spell manatee?

Syllables: man - a - tee

Tricky part: The end sounds like tea, but it is spelt with a double e.

Watch out for: manatea, manity, manatie

Memory tip: A golf ball waits on a tee before it is hit. Park that tee at the end of manatee and the double e is done.

Manatee in a sentence

Example 1: The manatee floated slowly near the surface.

Example 2: We watched a film about a baby manatee and its mother.

Example 3: Boats must slow down in places where manatees feed.

Fun Fact

Apart from its sea cousin the dugong, the manatee's closest living relatives are elephants, not whales or seals.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

manatee

a) sea cow
b) seahorse
c) sea snake
d) sea lion

Show answer

a) sea cow. Its big, slow, gentle body reminded sailors of a cow, so the manatee is also called a sea cow.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) pengwin
b) octapus
c) dolfin
d) manatee

Show answer

d) manatee. Dolphin takes ph, penguin takes gu and octopus has an o in the middle.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

mannatee

a) e
b) t
c) n
d) a

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c) n. Manatee has only one n.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

m_n_tee

a) e, a
b) a, a
c) o, a
d) a, e

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b) a, a. Both gaps take the same vowel, a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A manatee breathes ____.

a) by coming up for air
b) through holes in its skin
c) by filtering sea water
d) through gills like a fish

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a) by coming up for air

2. Manatees feed mainly on ____.

a) small fish
b) crabs
c) jellyfish
d) sea grass

Show answer

d) sea grass

Associated Words

Words that start with man: mansion, manufacture, manure, manual, manner, managerial

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