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Animals that start with O
The full list of animals starting with O: 23 names, taken from the 898 answers to “Name an animal” in Icillion.
Animals that begin with O
- Oarfish
- Ocellated lizard
- Ocelot
- Octopus
- Ogre faced spider
- Okapi
- Olive ridley
- Olm
- Opah
- Opossumalso Possum
- Orange roughy
- Orangutan
- Orb weaver
- Orcaalso Killer whale
- Orinoco crocodile
- Oriole
- Oscar
- Osprey
- Ostrich
- Owl
- Owlfly
- Oxpecker
- Oyster
About this list
- O is the 15th most common first letter in this list: 23 of the 898 animals (3%).
- Shortest: “Olm”. Longest: “Orinoco crocodile”.
- 6 names have more than one word.
- 2 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.
Quick answers
- How many animals start with O?
- 23 of the 898 animals in Icillion start with O, for example Owl, Octopus and Ostrich.
- What is the longest name among animals that start with O?
- The longest is “Orinoco crocodile” and the shortest is “Olm”.
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