Answer:
What scientists might call your pooch.
A horrid monster hides from the day, with many legs and many eyes. With silver chains it catches prey. And eats it all before it dies. Yet in every cottage does it stay. And every castle beneath the sky.
It is a big and bulky mammal, And has a trunk just like a tree. Will store water in its nose, Which is long and like a hose.
What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?
Holding two swords and eight spears. Dressed in a cow-leather tunic. He peeks through a hole in the door.
Of no use to one, Bliss to two. Men lie for it. The baby’s right,