Names of Males, Females, Babies, And Groups of Animals
Transcript of Names of Males, Females, Babies, And Groups of Animals
Names of Males, Females, Babies, and Groups of Animals Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Alligator bull cow hatchling congregation, pod (of young)
Alpaca male female cria herd
Antelope buck doe calf herd
Ape male female baby shrewdness
Armadillo male female pup -
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Baboon male female infant troop, congress
Badger boar sow kit, cub cete
Bat male female pup colony
Bear boar sow cub sleuth, sloth
Beaver - - pup, kitten colony
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Bee drone queen, worker larva hive, swarm (in flight), bike, drift, grist
Bird cock hen hatchling, chick dissimulation (small birds only), fleet, flight, flock,
parcel, pod, volery
Bison, Buffalo bull cow calf gang, herd, obstinacy
Boar boar sow piglet, shoat, farrow singular, sounder
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Butterfly male female caterpillar, larva, pupa, chrysalis
swarm, rabble (group of caterpillars is an army)
Camel bull cow calf flock
Cat tomcat queen kitten clutter, clowder, litter
(young born to one female), kindle (kittens)
Cattle bull cow calf, dogie (a motherless calf) drift, drove, herd, mob
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Cheetah male female cub coalition
Chicken rooster hen chick, pullet (young hen), cockrell (young rooster)
flock, brood (of hens), clutch (of chicks), peep (of
chicks)
Clam - - larva bed
- Cockroach - - nymph intrusion Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
- Codfish - - codling, hake, sprag, sprat school
Coyote dog bitch pup, whelp pack, rout
Crane - - chick herd, sedge, siege
Crow cock hen chick murder, muster
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Deer buck, stag doe fawn herd, mob
Dinosaur bull cow hatchling, juvenile herd (of plant-eaters), pack (of meat-eaters)
Dog dog bitch pup litter (pups from one mother), pack (wild), kennel
Dolphin bull cow pup, calf herd, pod, school
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Donkey jack, jackass jennet, jenny colt, foal drove, herd
Dove cock hen squab, chick dole, flight, piteousness
Duck drake duck duckling badelynge, brace, bunch, flock, paddling, raft, team
Eagle - - fledgling, eaglet aerie, convocation
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Eel - - leptocephalus (larva), elver (juvenile) swarm
Elephant bull cow calf herd, parade
- Elk bull cow calf herd, gang
Emu chick, hatchling mob
Falcon tercel, terzel falcon chick cast
Ferret hob jill kit business, fesynes
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Fish - - fry, fingerling draft, run, school, shoal
- Finch cock hen chick charm
Fly - - maggot cloud, swarm
Fox
reynard, dog, dog fox, or
tod vixen kit, cub, pup skulk, leash
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Frog - - tadpole, polliwog, froglet
army, knot
Gerbil buck doe pup horde
Giraffe bull doe calf herd, corps, tower, group
Gnat male female larva cloud, horde
Gnu bull cow calf herd
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Goat buck, billy doe, nanny kid, billy herd, tribe, trip
Goose gander goose gosling flock, gaggle, skein (only
while in flight), wedge (flying in a "V" formation)
Gorilla male female infant band
Grasshopper male female nymph swarm
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals - Grouse covey
Guinea pig boar sow pup group
Gull cock hen chick colony
Hamster buck doe pup horde
Hare buck doe leveret down, husk, warren
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Hawk tiercel hen eyas aerie, cast, kettle
Hedgehog boar sow piglet, pup array
Heron cock hen chick sedge, siege
Hippopotamus bull cow calf herd, bloat
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Hornet male female larva nest
Hog boar sow shoat, farrow drove, herd, litter (a group
of young born to one mother)
Horse stallion, stud mare, dam foal, colt (male), filly (female)
stable, harras, herd, team (working horses), string or
field (race horses)
Hound dog bitch pup cry, mute, pack
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Human man woman baby, infant, toddler
clan (related), crowd, family (closely related),
community, gang, mob, tribe, etc.
Hummingbird cock hen chick charm
Hyena male female cub clan, cackle
Jay cock hen chick band, party
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Jellyfish - - ephyna smack
Kangaroo
buck, boomer, jack doe, flyer, jill, roo joey troop, herd, mob
Koala male female joey n/a
- Lark cock hen chick exaltation
Leopard leopard leopardess cub leap, prowl (some say it
should be a spot of leopards)
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Lion lion lioness cub pride
Llama - - cria herd
- Locust - - - host, swarm
Louse (plural lice) male female nymph colony, infestation, lice
- Magpie cock hen chick tiding, tribe, charm, gulp, flock, murder
Mallard drake duck duckling flush, sord
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals - Marten richness
Mole male female pup labor
Monkey male female infant troop, cartload
Moose bull cow calf herd
Mosquito male female lnymph, wriggler, tumbler swarm
Mouse buck doe pup, pinkie, kitten horde, mischief
- Mule jack hinney foal barren, pack, span,
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Nightingale cock hen chick watch
Opossum jack jill joey -
Ostrich cock hen chick flock
Otter male female whelp, pup family, raft, romp
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Owl - - owlet, fledgling parliament
Ox steer, bull cow stot, calf drove, herd, yoke
Oyster - - spat bed
Panda boar sow cub -
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Parrot cock hen chick company, flock
Peafowl peacock peahen peachick muster, ostentation
Penguin male female chick rookery
- Pheasant cock hen chick brood (a family), nye (a large group)
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Pig boar sow piglet, shoat, farrow drove, herd, litter (of pups), sounder
Pigeon cock hen squab, squeaker flock, kit
Platypus - - puggle -
Porpoise bull cow calf herd, pod, school
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Prairie dog boar sow pup coterie, town
Pronghorn buck doe fawn herd
Quail cock hen chick bevy, covey, drift
Rabbit buck doe kitten, bunny, kit colony, drove, leash, nest, trace, warren
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Raccoon boar sow cub nursery, gaze
Rat buck doe pup, pinkie, kitten horde, mischief
Raven - - - congress, unkindness
Reindeer bull cow calf herd
Rhinoceros bull cow calf crash
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Sand Dollar male female larva, pluteus (free-
swimming stage), juvenile (young urchin)
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Seal bull cow pup herd, pod, rookery, harem
Seastar male female larva, pluteus (free-
swimming stage), juvenile (young urchin)
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Sea Urchin male female larva, pluteus (free-
swimming stage), juvenile (young urchin)
-
Serval male female kitten -
Shark bull female pup school, shiver
Sheep buck, ram ewe, dam lamb, lambkin, cosset drift, drove, flock,herd, mob, trip
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Skunk - - kit surfeit
Snake male female
Snakelet, neonate (a newly-born snake),
hatchling (a newly-hatched snake)
bed, nest, pit
- snipe - - wisp - sparrow - - host
Spider male female spiderling -
Squid male female hatchling, paralarva, larva shoal, squad
Squirrel buck doe pup, kit, kitten dray
- Swallow - - - flight
Swan cob pen cygnet, flapper bevy, game, herd, team, wedge (flying in a "V"
formation)
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
- Termite male female larva swarm (while flying), colony
Tiger tiger tigress cub, whelp ambush, streak
Toad male female tadpole knot
- Trout fingerling hoover
Turkey
tom or gobbler
(adult male), jake
(juvenile male)
hen poult rafter
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Turtle male female hatchling bale
Wallaby jack jill joey mob
Walrus bull cow cub, pup herd, pod
Wasp drone queen (reproducing
female), worker (non-reproducing female)
larva colony
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Weasel
dog, buck, Jack, hob bitch, doe, Jill kit gang
Whale bull cow calf gam, grind, herd, pod, school
Wolf dog bitch pup, whelp pack, rout
Wombat jack jill joey mob
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Woodpecker male female chick descent
- Wren cock jenny chick flock, herd
Yak bull cow calf herd
Yellow Jacket drone queen (egg-laying
female), worker (non-reproducing female)
larva colony
Zebra stallion mare colt, foal herd, crossing
0BAnimal/Plant 1BBaby 2BMale 3BFemale 4BGroup 5BOther Interesting Terms
All animal GENERAL terms
. . . . Merle-blue gray coat
Aardvark Pup . . n/a Alligator Hatchling Bull Cow Congregation Alpaca Cria Stallion . Herd/Flock Ant Larva, Antling Winged males, aner Queens/workers Colony Anteater Pup Male Female n/a Antelope Calf Buck Doe Herd Antlion Doodlebug Male Female . Ape Infant Male Female Shrewdness Armadillo Pup Male Female n/a Ass Foal Jack Jenny Herd, Band, pace Baboon Infant Male Female Tribe Badger Kit, Cub Boar/brock Sow Cete AKA in UK as Bausen,brock
or gray Barnacle nauplis Second
state=cyprid . . Group
Bat Pup Male Female Colony Bears Cub Boar Sow Sleuth/Sloth Beaver Kitten Male Female Lodge/Colony*/P> Home=Lodge
Bee Larva/schadon Drone, immature=cephen, sirene
Queen/worker Swarm, Hive, drift, bike Grist,erst
Beetle Grub, mealworm Male Female Swarm Binturong Cub Boar Sow n/a Bird (general) Nestling,
Fledgling group=brood, clutch
Cock Hen Volery, Flight, Flock, fleet, parcel, pod, dissimulation
Unfledged=gor,gorbet,gorblin sound of hen calling chicks=chich chorus of singing birds=bliss Darting flying pattern of alarmed birds=skiver blackbird=merl
Bittern Chick Cock Hen Sedge/siege Bison Calf Bull Cow Herd/gang Boars, Wild piglet Boar
enraged - chafant Sow Sounder Roar of boar=fream
Bobolink Chick Cock Hen Chain Buffalo, Cape Calf Bull Cow Herd/gang, obstinacy Butterfly Caterpillar
Group=Army Male Female Swarm/rabble
Buzzard Chick Cock Hen Wake/flock Camel Calf Bull Cow Flock Cat Kitten
Group=Kindle litter, intrigue
Tom, gib# Queen Clutter/Clowder, dowt, glaring, destruction=(wild cats)
Mew=kewt
Cattle Calf Bull neutered = steer neutered as adult=seg Young bull=bullock
Cow young=heifer, guey, whey, genice colpach,colbtach
Herd/Drove, drift, mob,flink
Stray group of steers = cavy Young bull in Australia=Micky Sterile female calf=Freemartin (twin w/male)
1-2 yrs old=stirk Chicken Chick
Group=Clutch,cletch brood, peep
Rooster, cock, chanticleer young=cockrell neutered=capon
Hen young=pullet
Flock/Brood Domestic home=coop, cavie
Chimpanzee Infant Male Female Cartload Chinchilla Male Female . Herd Chough Chick Cock, Rooster Hen Chattering, cluttering Clam Larva, chiton . . Bed Cockroach Larva Male Female Intrusion Codfish Codling
Young=Hake, Sprag, Sprat, Skrod
Male Female School
Coney Bunny Buck Doe Bury Coot Chick Cock Hen Covert/cover Cormorant Chick Cock Hen Gulp Coyote Pup Dog Bitch, gyp Pack Crab Zoea, megalops,
dricthus, glaucothoe Male Female . Peeler=molting individual
Crane Chick, Craneling Cock Hen Siege, Sedge Crocodile Crocklets Bull Cow Congregation/bask Crow Chick Cock Hen Murder/horde Deer Fawn, Knobber,
Brockett Buck, stag 3rd yr-spaie, spayard 2nd yr - spittard, hart young=pricket
Doe Herd Shed horns=muson, unbranched antlers=dag
Dog Pup, Puppy, Whelp
Dog Bitch Pack/kennel
Dog, Hound Pup, Puppy, Whelp
Dog Bitch Pack, cry, mute, kennel
Dolphin Pup Bull Cow Pod Donkey Foal Jack Jenny/jennet Herd/drove Dove Chick . . Dule AKA columbary
murmuring=curr Dotterel Chick Cock Hen Trip Duck Duckling Drake Duck Brace/Team/Flock
Flush/Paddling
Duiker Fawn Buck Doe n/a Eagle Eaglet/fledgling Male Female Aerie,
Convocation
Echidna Puggle . . . Eel Elver
various growing stages: fausen, fawson, scaffing, snig, grig larval stage=leptocephalus
Male Female Swarm
Eland Calf Buck/Bull Doe/Cow Herd Elephant Calf Bull Cow Herd, Parade
Memory Mating period and sexual peak in males=musth Female used to decoy male=koomkie
Elk Calf Bull Cow Gang, Herd Ferret Kit Hob
neutered=Gib Jill, Gill neutered=sprite
Business, fesnying, fastening
Normally solitary animals sound=dook
Finch Chick Cock Hen Charm
Firefly Glowworm . . . Fish (general) Fry, Alevin,
Fingerling Male Female School/shoal/draft,nest Walleye Perch male=jack
Young of the sprat=brit
Flamingo Chick Cock Hen Stand, flamboyance Fly Maggot Male Female Swarm/Business Fox Kit/cub/pup Dog/todd/reynard Vixen Leash/Skulk, earth Cry of fox = ganne
Home=lair,kennel grey fox male-zorro
Frog Tadpole, Polliwog, Froglet
Male Female Army
6BAnimal/Plant 7BBaby 8BMale 9BFemale 10BGroup 11BOther Interesting Terms
Gerbil Pup Buck Doe Horde Giraffe Calf Bull Cow Herd, Corps,
Tower, Group
Gnat Larva Male Female Cloud/Horde Gnu Calf Bull Cow Herd Goat Kid domestic=Billy
wild=evecka,evec Nanny Trip, Tribe,
Flock, Herd
Goose Gosling Gander, steg Goose Gaggle, Flock, Skein
Gorilla Infant Male Female Band Grasshopper . Male Female Cloud Greyhound Pup, Puppy, Whelp Dog Bitch Leash
Grouse Chick, Cheeper Cock, gorcock Hen, gorhen Covey/Pack/tok Red grouse male=morecock black grouse male=blackcock
Guanaco Cria . . Herd Guinea Pig Pup Buck Doe Group Gull Chick Cock Hen Colony Hamster Pup Buck Doe Hoarde Hare aka babbart
Leveret Buck/jack Doe/jill Down, Hush, Warren
Hartebeest Calf Buck/Bull Doe/Cow Herd Hawk Eyas Tiercel
sparrow hawk=musket young=jack
Hen, Haggard Aerie/Cast Large flying group=kettle Spiraling in flight=boil
large flying group=kettle keelie=young kestrel or sparrowhawk swoop of hawk=souse excrement=must
Hedgehog Piglet/pup Boar Sow Array AKA herison
Henharrier . Miller, bluehawk,blue sleeves, whitehawk, white aboon, gled, grey buzzard
Katabella, faller, flapper, marsh hawk
. AKA=ringtail, brown gled, brown kite, moor hawk, dove hawk, fruze kite, fvuzz kite, gorse harrier.
Heron Chick Cock Hen Siege/sedge Herring Fry,Fingerling
young=brit Male Female Army
Hippopotamus Calf Bull Cow Herd/Bloat Hog Shoat/farrow Boar Sow Passel Hornet Larva Male Female Nest Horse Foal Stallion,haras,stud
young=colt 1st year=hogget
Mare/gillot young=filly
Herd/Harras stable/string/ field/race string=ponies, rag=colts
AKA=blonk old nag=hilding stray group=cavy dapple=mottling of color wall-eyed= white face extending behind eyes
Jade horse=gleyd/keffel mare's leap=sally
Hound Pup Dog Bitch Cry, Mute Human Baby, Infant,
Toddler, Child Man Woman Group/Mob/Race
Family/crowd
Hummingbird Chick Cock Hen Charm Hyena Pup/cub Dog Bitch Clan/cackle Hyrax Bunny Buck Doe Bury Ibex Calf Bull/evecka,evec Cow Herd Impala Calf Buck Doe Herd Insect Nymph/pupa/larva Male Female Swarm Jay Chick Cock Hen Band/party/scold Jellyfish Ephyra . . Smack, fluther,smuth,studk Medusa=adult in resting
phase Kangaroo Joey Buck/Jack/Boomer Jill/Flier/Doe Mob/troup Koala Joey Male Female n/a Lamprey Ammocoetes . . . Lark Chick Cock Hen Exaltation Lemur Infant Male Female Group Leopard Cub Leopard Leopardess Leap/prowl Lion Cub Lion Lioness Pride Llama Cria Male Female Herd Lobster 1st stage:
phyllosoma, later larva
Hen, when with eggs: egger Female who has had eggs: seeder
. .
Locust Pupa Male Female Plague/host
Louse Nit . . Colony Mackrel Spike, Blinker,
Tinkar young=brit
. . School, Shoal
Magpie Chick Cock Hen Tiding/Gulp/Murder/Charm Mallard Duckling Drake Duck Sord Martin Chick Cock Hen Richness=see 'see 'marten'
below
Marten Kit . . Richness,richesse mistakenly often used as in martin-the bird
Mole Pup . . Labor Monkey Infant Male Female Troop/Cartload Moose Calf Bull Cow Herd Mosquito Nymph Male Female Swarm Mouse Pup/Pinkie/Kitten Buck Doe Hoard/Mischief Mule Foal Jack Hinney Span/Barren Murres Chick Cock hen Bazaar
12BAnimal/Plant 13BBaby 14BMale 15BFemale 16BGroup 17BOther Interesting Terms
Nightingale Chick Cock Hen Watch Opossum Joey Jack Jill n/a Ostrich Chick Cock Hen Flock
Otter, Sea Whelp pup
Male Female Raft/Family/Bevy
Otter, River Whelp/pup (cub-UK)
Male (dog-UK) Female (bitch-UK) Family/romp
Owl Owlet . Parliment Oxen Calf/stot Bull
(when castrated-steer) Cow Yoke/nye/team
Oyster Spat . . Bed, culch, cultch Palm Tree Pup . . Grove/Stand Panda Cub Boar Sow n/a Parrot Chick Cock Hen Company Partridge Chick, Cheeper Cock Hen, chantrelle Covey Young just learning to
fly=flapper Peafowl Peachick Peacock Peahen Muster/pstemtatopm Penguin Chick . . Parcel/Colony"/Huddles
Rookery, Colony
Pheasant Chick Cock Hen Bouquet, Nide, Nest, Nye
Pig Piglet, Shoat, Farrow, Suckling
Boar young hoggett castrated=barrow
Sow young=gilt spayed=yelt or elt
Sounder Suckling pig=grice Weaned young pig=speaning Young=snork
Pigeon Squab, Squeaker Cock Hen Flock, school, kitte Pike Fry, Fingerling,
Jeg Jack(small) . .
Pilchard Sardine . . School, Shoal Plant Seedling Staminate Pistallate Bunch/Clump Plover Chick Cock Hen Wing,
Congregation
Polar bear Cub Boar Sow Pack Porcupine Pup Boar Sow Prickle/family Possum Joey Jack Jill Passel Prairie Dog Pup Boar Sow Coterie Pronghorn Fawn Buck Doe Herd Ptarmigan Chick Cock Hen Covey Quail Chick Cock Hen Bevy/Covey Rabbit Bunny, Kit
(Kitten) Buck Doe Nest/Warren
Drove/Trace/ Down/Husk/ Trip/Leash/ Colony/Bury
Raccoon Cub Boar Sow Nursery Rail Chick Ruff Reeve . Rat Pup/pinkie/kitten Buck Doe Hoarde/Mischief Raven Chick Cock Hen Parliment/Unkindness call=caw
Red Deer Calf Stag Hind Herd Reindeer Calf Bull Cow Herd Rhinoceros Calf Bull Cow Crash Roe Deer Fawn Buck Doe Bevy Rook Chick Cock Hen Clamor/Building Call=caw or cawk
Sandpiper Chick Ruff Reeve . Salmon Parr, Smolt,
Skegger, tecon, samlet, scad, fry 1 year=bluecap,
Jack during breeding-kipper 2 yr=sprott 3rd yr=mort after
during breeding-shedder/bagget after breeding-kelk
School, Run, Shoal Nest of Salmon=redd Sperm=Milt or Melt Shed eggs=kelk
grilse breeding-kelt Scorpion Instar . . Some species: colony Seal, Sealion Pup,
Beach weaner Bull Cow Pod,Colony,Crash,Flock
Harem,Bob,Herd/ Rookery,Team, Hurdle
Shark Pup Bull Female School/Shiver Egg case-mermaid's purse Young=snork
Sheep Lamb, Lambkin, Cosset, Lambling female-chilver
Ram, buck, tup,hottett 3 yr old=thrinter Neutered=wether,dinmont
Ewe 2 yr old = hoggerel, or hogerl 3 yr old = theave before first shearing=gimmer
Flock, Drove Tupping=Ram breeding a ewe AKA sowth Blissom=ewe in estrus sheep path=slaith ewe not giving milk=eild
Skunk Kit . . surfeit Sloth . . . n/a Snail Spat . . . Snake Snakelet
live bearer=neonate egg layer=hatchling
Male Female Nest/Bed/Pit
Snipe Chick Cock Hen Wisp/Walk Sparrow Chick Cock Hen Host, Flight Spider Spiderling . . . Springbok Fawn Buck Doe Herd Squirrel Pup, Kitten Buck Doe Dray/scurry Cry of Red Squirrel =
chicaree Starling Chick Cock Hen Murmuration Storks Chick Cock Hen Mustering Swallow Chick Cock Hen Flight Swan Cygnet, Flapper Cob Pen Bevy,Wedge,Team
Swine Piglet Boar Sow Sounder, Drift Tapir Calf Male Female n/a Teal Duckling Drake Duck Spring Tiger Cub, Whelp Tiger Tigress Ambush/streak Toad Tadpole Male Female Knot Trout Fry, Fingerling Jack Breeding - Shedder Hover Turkey Poult Tom
young-jack Hen young-jenny
Rafter/flock/gang
Turtle Hatchling Male Female Bale/nest
18BAnimal/Plant 19BBaby 20BMale 21BFemale 22BGroup 23BOther Interesting Terms Vermin Young Male Female Skulk Vicuna Cria . . Herd Viper Snakelet Male Female Nest Vulture Chick Cock Hen Colony Wallaby Joey Jack Jill Mob Walrus Pup Bull Cow Pod/Herd Waterdog Axolotl Male Female Group Weasel Kit . . . Whale Calf
bowhead whale calf = poggy Bull Cow Pod/Gam/
Herd/School
Widgeon Duckling Drake Duck Company Wild Boar Boarlet Boar Sow Sounder Wildfowl Chick Cock Hen Plump
Wolf Pup, Whelp Dog Bitch Pack/Rout Wombat Joey Jack Jill Warren Woodcock Chick Rooster Hen Fall Woodpecker Chick Cock Hen Descent AKA Speck, Cries=Yikes
Wren Chick Cock Jenny Flock Yak Calf Bull Cow Herd Zebra Foal Stallion Mare Herd/Crossing Zorilla Kit . . .