List of animal names
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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
Formal names
| Animal | Young | Female | Male | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| aardvark | pup | aarmory | ||
| alligator | hatchling | cow | bull | bask, congregation |
| alpaca | cria | stallion | herd, flock | |
| armadillo | pup | |||
| ant | antling | queen | drone | army, colony |
| anteater | pup | |||
| ape | infant | 1 | 1 | shrewdness, troop |
| ass | foal | jenny | jack | band, drove, herd, pace, coffle |
| baboon | infant | 1 | 1 | troop, flange, congress, tribe |
| badger | kit | sow | boar | cete |
| bee | larva | queen, worker 8 | drone | grist, hive, swarm, colony |
| bear | cub | sow | boar | sleuth, sloth |
| beaver | kit, pup | 1 | 1 | family, colony |
| bobolink | chain | |||
| buzzard | chick | hen | cock | wake |
| camel | caravan | |||
| cat | kitten | queen | tom 9 | clowder, clutter, pounce, kindle (young) |
| caterpillar | army | |||
| cheetah | cub | 1 | 1 | coalition |
| chicken | chick | hen, pullet | rooster, cock | flock, brood, peep |
| coyote | cub, pup, whelp | bitch | dog | pack, train |
| cattle 2 | calf | cow | bull | herd, drove, team of oxen |
| crane | herd, sedge | |||
| crocodile | crocklet | cow | bull | bask |
| crow | chick | murder, horde, parcel, hover, congress, muster, storytelling | ||
| deer | fawn | doe | buck | herd |
| dog | whelp, pup | bitch | dog | pack, litter (young), kennel, gang, legion |
| dolphin | calf, pup | cow | bull | team, school, pod, herd, alliance (male), party (female) |
| dove | flight | |||
| duck | duckling | duck | drake | flock, brace, team 3 |
| eagle | eaglet | 1 | 1 | convocation, brood, aerie |
| earthworm | ||||
| eel | elver | 1 | 1 | swarm |
| elk | cow | bull | gang | |
| elephant | calf | cow | bull | herd |
| ferret | kit | jill | hob 10 | business |
| finch | chick | hen | cock | charm |
| fish | fry, fingerling | school | ||
| fox | cub, kit | vixen | reynard, todd | leash, skulk |
| frog | polliwog, tadpole, froglet | army | ||
| gibbon | flange | |||
| goat | kid | doe | buck | herd |
| goose | gosling | goose | gander | gaggle 3 |
| gorilla | infant | 1 | 1 | band |
| hare | leveret | doe | buck | band, down |
| hawk | eyas | hen | tiercel | cast |
| hedgehog | hoglet | sow | boar | array |
| heron | chick | hen | cock | siege |
| hippopotamus | calf | cow | bull | bloat |
| horse 4 | foal | mare | stallion | herd, harras |
| human | child, boy(male), girl(female) | woman | man | crowd |
| hyena | cub, pup, whelp | bitch | dog | pack, clan |
| jay | band | |||
| jellyfish | ephyra | smack | ||
| kangaroo | joey | flyer | boomer | mob |
| lark | chick | hen | cock | exaltation |
| leopard | cub | leopardess | leopard | leap, lepe |
| lion | cub | lioness | lion | pride |
| llama | cria | stallion | herd, flock | |
| meerkat | gang or mob | |||
| mole | labour | |||
| monkey | troop | |||
| mule | foal | jenny | jack | barren |
| nightingale | chick | hen | cock | watch |
| owl | owlet | parliament, wisdom | ||
| partridge | covey | |||
| pig | piglet, shoat | sow 5 | boar | herd, drove |
| peafowl | peachick | peahen | peacock | ostentation |
| pheasant | nye | |||
| polar bear | cub | sow | boar | aurora |
| quail | bevy | |||
| rabbit | kit, kitten, bunny | doe | buck | warren, nest |
| raven | chick | hen | cock | unkindness, conspiracy, murder |
| rhinoceros | calf | cow | bull | crash |
| rook | chick | hen | cock | building, parliament |
| sheep 7 | lamb | ewe | ram | flock, herd |
| shark | pup | 1 | bull | slew |
| snake | Snakelet, neonate (a newly-born snake), hatchling (a newly-hatched snake) | female | male | pit, nest or bed |
| snipe | wisp | |||
| spider | spiderling | cluster, clutter, venom | ||
| squirrel | pup, kit, kitten | doe | buck | dray |
| skunk | kit | boar | surfeit | |
| swan | cygnet, flapper | pen | cob | bank, flock, bevy, wedge |
| tiger | cub | tigress | tiger | ambush |
| toad | tadpole, toadlet | knot | ||
| trout | fingerling, fry | shedder | jack | hover |
| turkey | poult | hen | tom | rafter, flock |
| turtle | hatchling | 1 | 1 | bale |
| whale | calf | cow | bull | gam, pod |
| wildfowl | chick | hen | cock | flock |
| wolf | cub, pup, whelp | bitch | dog | pack, rout |
| wombat | joey | jill | jack | mob, warren |
| wren | chick | jenny | cock | flock |
| yak | calf | cow | bull | herd |
| zebra | foal | mare | stallion | crossing, herd, zeal |
Notes
1. This animal does not have a specific name for the indicated gender. For example, "male cheetah".
2. Castrated male cattle are steers in the United States, or a bullocks in the United Kingdom. A young female cow that has not given birth is a heifer. See cattle for more names.
3. A group of geese, herons, or ducks in flight is a skein.
5. A young female pig that has not given birth is a gilt. A castrated male pig is a barrow.
6. The female term for dog is also a profanity.
8. A worker bee is a sexually undeveloped female.
Informal Names
- Cat: (diminutive, kitten) kitty; (domestic) puss, pussy, pussycat; (homeless) alleycat
- Dog: pooch; (diminutive) doggy, doggie; (diminutive, pup) puppy; (inferior; mixed breed) mutt, cur, mongrel; (slang) fleabag, barker, tail-wagger
- Duck: (diminutive) ducky
External links
- [Dictionary.com Animal Names]
- http://rinkworks.com/words/collective.shtml
- http://everywitchway.net/linguistics/languages/english/collectives.html
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