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List of animal names
This lists various names animals can have. There are often multiple names that can apply in each situation. Here are some of the more common.
See also: List of collective nouns
| Animal | Baby | Mother | Father | Group | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ass | jenny | jack | |||
| baboon | whoop | ||||
| bee | larva | queen | drone | swarm | |
| bear | cub | sow | boar | sleuth | |
| cat | kitten | queen | tom | ||
| chicken | chick | hen | cock | flock | |
| cow | calf | cow | bull | herd | 1 |
| crow | murder | ||||
| dog | pup or puppy | bitch | dog | pack | |
| deer | fawn | doe | buck | herd | |
| duck | duckling | duck | drake | flock | 3 |
| eagle | eaglet | ||||
| eel | elver | swarm | |||
| elephant | calf | cow | bull | herd | |
| ferret | kit | jill | hob | business | |
| finch | chick | hen | cock | charm | |
| fish | fry | school | |||
| fox | cub or kit | vixen | reynard | skulk | |
| gibbon | flange | ||||
| goose | gosling | goose | gander | gaggle | 3 |
| hawk | eyas | hen | tiercel | cast | |
| hedgehog | pup | sow | boar | array | |
| heron | chick | hen | cock | siege | |
| hippopotamus | calf | cow | bull | bloat | |
| horse | foal | mare | stallion | herd | 2 |
| jellyfish | ephyna | smack | |||
| kangaroo | joey | mob | |||
| lark | exaltation | ||||
| lion | cub | lioness | lion | pride | |
| nightingale | chick | hen | cock | watch | |
| owl | owlet | parliament | |||
| pig | piglet | sow | boar | herd | 4 |
| peafowl | peachick | peahen | peacock | ostentation | |
| rhinoceros | calf | cow | bull | crash | |
| sheep | lamb | ewe | ram | flock | |
| spider | spiderling | ||||
| skunk | kit | surfeit | |||
| swan | cygnet | pen | cob | ||
| toad | tadpole | knot | |||
| turkey | poult | hen | tom | rafter | |
| turtle | hatchling | bale | |||
| whale | calf | cow | bull | pod | |
| wolf | cub | bitch | dog | pack | |
| wombat | joey | jill | jack | mob |
Notes:
1. A castrated male cow is a steer. A young female cow is a heifer. See cattle for more names.
2. A castrated male horse is a gelding. A male foal is a colt, and a female foal is a filly
3. A group of geese or ducks in flight is a skein.
4. A young female pig is a gilt.
Last updated: 10-22-2005 12:40:58
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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