List of Animal names
This lists various names animals can have. There are often multiple names that can apply in each situation. Many species of animals, particularly those domesticated, have been given specific names for the male, the female, and the young of the species.
There are a few generic terms, "bull-cow-calf", for instance, that are found across species, but many species have been granted unique names for these gender/age characteristics. Empty table cells indicate incomplete data, and should not be interpreted to mean that the animal does not have a specific name of that type.
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Animal |
Young |
Female |
Male |
Group |
Adjective |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Aardvark |
pup |
|
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African Wild Dog |
pup |
|
|
pack |
|
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Alligator |
hatchling |
cow |
bull |
bask, congregation |
eusuchian |
|
Alpaca |
cria |
hembra |
macho |
herd, flock |
camelid |
|
Angelfish |
fry |
|
|
host |
|
|
Armadillo |
pup |
zed |
lister |
fez |
tolypeutine |
|
Ant |
antling |
queen, worker, gyne |
drone |
army, colony, nest, swarm, bike |
formic, myrmecine |
|
Anteater |
pup |
|
|
|
myrmecophagine |
|
Antelope |
calf |
doe |
buck |
herd, cluster |
alcelaphine, bubaline, antilopine |
|
Ape |
infant |
|
|
shrewdness, troop |
simian |
|
Ass |
foal |
jenny |
jack |
pace, drove, herd, coffle |
asinine, equine |
|
Baboon |
infant |
|
|
troop, congress, tribe, flange |
|
|
Badger |
kit |
sow |
boar |
cete, colony, set, company |
musteline |
|
Barracuda |
|
|
|
battery |
percesocine |
|
Bat |
pup |
|
|
colony, cloud |
pteropine, noctillionine |
|
Bear |
cub |
sow |
boar |
sleuth, sloth |
ursine |
|
Beaver |
kit kitten, pup |
|
|
family, colony |
|
|
Bee |
larva, pupa |
queen, worker |
drone |
grist, hive, swarm, colony |
apic, apian, apiarian |
|
Beetle |
larva |
|
|
possi |
|
|
Bird |
chick |
hen |
cock |
flock |
avian, muscicapine, oscine, passerine, pendeline, volucrine, ornithic |
|
Bison |
calf |
cow |
bull |
herd,troop |
bisontine |
|
Bittern |
chick |
|
|
sedge |
|
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Blackbird |
|
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icterine |
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Bluebird |
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turdine |
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Bobolink |
|
|
|
chain |
|
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Buffalo |
calf |
cow |
bull |
herd |
bovine, bubaline |
|
Bullfinch |
|
|
|
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pyrrhuline |
|
Bunting |
|
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|
|
emberizine, pyrrhuloxine |
|
Butterfly |
caterpillar |
|
|
rabble, flight, swarm, kaleidoscope, rainbow |
pieridine, pierine |
|
Buzzard |
chick |
hen |
cock |
wake |
buteonine, cathartine |
|
Camel |
calf |
cow |
bull |
flock |
camelid |
|
Cardinal |
|
|
|
|
pyrrhuloxine |
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Cassowary |
chick |
|
|
|
|
|
Cat |
kitten |
queen |
tom |
clowder, clutter, pounce, kindle (young), embarrassment (young) |
feline |
|
Caterpillar |
|
butterfly |
butterfly |
army |
|
|
Cattle |
calf |
cow |
bull |
herd, drove |
bovine , vituline (young), vaccine (female), taurine (male) |
|
Chamois |
calf |
doe |
bull |
herd |
rupicaprine |
|
Cheetah |
cub |
|
|
coalition |
|
|
Chicken |
chick |
hen, pullet |
Rooster, cock |
flock, brood, peep |
galline |
|
Chimpanzee |
infant |
|
|
community, group, cartload,posse |
|
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Civet |
|
|
|
|
viverrine |
|
Clam |
|
|
|
bed |
|
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Cobra |
|
|
|
quiver |
elapine |
|
Cockroach |
nymph |
|
|
intrusion |
|
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Coral |
|
|
|
reef |
|
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Cormorant |
|
|
|
gulp , flight |
phalacrocoracine |
|
Cougar |
cub, pup |
|
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Coyote |
cub, pup, whelp |
bitch |
dog |
pack, train |
|
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Crab |
|
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|
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cancrine |
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Crane |
|
|
|
herd, sedge, siege |
alectorine |
|
Crocodile |
crocklet |
cow |
bull |
bask, nest, congregation, float |
crocodilian |
|
Crow |
chick |
|
|
murder, horde, parcel, hover, congress, muster, storytelling |
corvine |
|
Cuckoo |
|
|
|
|
cuculine |
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Deer |
fawn, ass |
doe, hind, cow |
buck, stag, bull |
herd |
cervine, elaphine |
|
Dinosaur |
|
|
|
|
dinosauric, saurian |
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Dodo |
|
|
|
|
didine |
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Dog |
whelp, pup |
bitch |
sire |
pack, litter (young), kennel, gang, legion |
canine |
|
Dolphin |
calf, pup |
cow |
bull |
team, school, pod, herd, alliance (male), party (female) |
delphine |
|
Donkey |
foal |
jenny |
jack |
band, drove, herd, pace, coffle |
asinine |
|
Dormouse |
|
|
|
|
myoxine |
|
Dove |
chick |
|
|
cote, flight, dole, dule, duet, troop, piteousness, pitying, prettying |
columbine |
|
Duck |
duckling |
duck, hen |
drake |
flock, brace, team |
anatine, fuliguline |
|
Eagle |
eaglet |
|
|
convocation, brood, aerie |
aquiline |
|
Earthworm |
|
|
|
sloop |
lumbricine |
|
Echidna |
puggle |
|
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Eel |
elver |
|
|
swarm |
|
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Elephant |
calf |
cow |
bull |
herd, herd, flock, parade, memory |
elephantine |
|
Elk |
calf |
cow |
bull |
gang |
cervine |
|
Emu |
chick |
|
|
|
mob, ratite, struthious |
|
Ermine |
|
|
|
|
musteline |
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Falcon |
eyass |
falcon |
tiercel |
|
acciptrine |
|
Fennec |
|
|
|
skulk |
vulpine |
|
Ferret |
kit |
jill |
hob |
business |
musteline |
|
Finch |
chick |
hen |
cock |
charm, chirm, trembling, trimming |
fringilline |
|
Fish |
fry, fingerling |
|
|
school, shoal |
piscine, ichthyic |
|
Flamingo |
|
hen |
cock |
stand, flamboyance |
phoenicopterine |
|
Flea |
|
|
|
abscondance |
pulicene |
|
Flying fox |
|
|
|
flock |
pteropine |
|
Fox |
cub, kit, pup |
vixen |
reynard, todd, dog |
leash, skulk |
vulpine |
|
Frog |
polliwog, tadpole, froglet |
|
|
army, colony, froggery, knot |
ranine |
|
Gazelle |
calf |
|
|
|
gazelline |
|
Gerbil |
pup |
doe |
buck |
horde |
cricetine |
|
Gibbon |
|
|
|
flange |
hylobatine |
|
Giraffe |
calf |
cow |
bull |
tower, corps, herd, journey |
giraffine |
|
Goat |
kid |
doe, nannie |
buck, billy |
herd |
caprine, hircine |
|
Goldfinch |
chick |
hen |
cock |
charm, chattering, drum, troubling, vein |
|
|
Goose |
gosling |
goose |
gander |
gaggle (skein when in flight) |
anatine, anserine |
|
Gorilla |
infant |
|
|
troop, group (band) |
|
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Groundhog |
|
|
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Repetition |
|
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Guanaco |
chulengo |
|
|
|
camelid |
|
Guinea pig |
pup |
sow |
boar |
herd |
|
|
Gull |
chick, scorrie |
hen |
cock |
flock |
larine |
|
Hamster |
pup |
doe |
buck |
horde |
cricetine |
|
Hare |
leveret |
doe, jill |
buck, jack |
band, down |
leverine, leporine |
|
Hawk |
eyas |
hen |
tiercel |
cast, kettle, boil |
accipitrine, falconine |
|
Hedgehog |
hoglet |
sow |
boar |
array |
|
|
Heron |
chick |
hen |
cock |
siege |
|
|
Hippopotamus |
calf |
cow |
bull |
bloat, crash, herd, thunder |
hippopotamine |
|
Hog |
|
sow |
boar |
drift, herd |
suilline |
|
Hornet |
larvae, pupae |
queen |
drone |
swarm |
vespine |
|
Horse |
foal |
mare |
stallion |
herd, harass |
equine |
|
Human |
infant, child |
woman, mother |
man, father |
crowd, tribe, family, people |
human, anthropomorphic, humanoid, hominine |
|
Hummingbird |
|
hen |
cock |
charm, chattering, drum, hover, troubling |
trochiline |
|
Hyena |
cub, pup, whelp |
bitch |
dog |
clan, cackle |
hyenine |
|
Iguana |
|
|
|
|
iguanian |
|
Insect |
larva |
|
|
swarm |
insectoid, insectan, insectile |
|
Jackal |
pup |
|
|
pack |
|
|
Jay |
chick |
hen |
cock |
band, party |
garruline |
|
Jellyfish |
ephyra |
|
|
smack, bloom, brood, smuth, smuck, fluther |
|
|
Kangaroo |
joey |
flyer, doe |
boomer, buck |
mob, troop, court |
macropodine |
|
Kestrel |
|
|
|
|
falconine |
|
Kingfisher |
|
|
|
|
halcyonine |
|
Kite |
|
|
|
|
milvine |
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Ladybug |
larva |
|
|
loveliness, possi |
|
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Lamprey |
|
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|
|
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Lark |
chick |
hen |
cock |
exaltation |
|
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Leech |
|
|
|
|
hirudine |
|
Lemming |
|
|
|
suicide pact, cliff |
microtine |
|
Lemur |
|
|
|
troop |
lemurine |
|
Leopard |
cub |
leopardess |
leopard |
leap, lepe |
pardine |
|
Limpet |
|
|
|
|
patelline |
|
Lion |
cub |
lioness |
lion |
pride |
leonine |
|
Lizard |
|
|
|
|
lacertilian, saurian |
|
Llama |
cria |
hembra |
macho |
herd, flock |
camelid |
|
Lobster |
|
hen |
cock |
|
homarine |
|
Louse |
nymph |
|
|
colony, infestation, lice |
pediculine |
|
Macaw |
|
|
|
|
psittacine |
|
Macropod |
|
|
|
|
macropodian |
|
Magpie |
|
hen |
cock |
tiding, tittering, gulp, murder, charm, flock |
garruline |
|
Mallard |
duckling |
hen |
drake |
sord, lute, brace, puddling, flush |
anatine |
|
Manatee |
calf |
cow |
bull |
herd |
manatine, sirenian |
|
Marten |
|
|
|
richness |
musteline |
|
Meadowlark |
|
|
|
|
icterine |
|
Meerkat |
|
|
|
gang or mob |
|
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Mink |
cub, kit |
sow |
boar |
|
musteline |
|
Minnows |
|
|
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shoal, swarm |
  |
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Mite |
|
|
|
|
acarine |
|
Mockingbird |
|
|
|
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mimine |
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Mole |
pup |
|
|
labour,company, movement |
talpine |
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Mongoose |
|
|
|
|
viverrine, herpestine |
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Monkey |
infant |
|
|
troop, barrel, tribe, cartload |
simian |
|
Moose |
calf |
cow |
bull |
|
cervine |
|
Mosquito |
nymph, wriggler, tumbler |
|
|
scourge, swarm |
aedine, anopheline |
|
Moth |
|
|
|
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arctian |
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Mouse |
pinkie, kitten, pup |
doe |
buck |
nest, colony, harvest, horde, mischief |
murine |
|
Mule |
foal |
hinney, jenny |
jack |
barren, pack, span, rake |
|
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Newt |
eft |
|
|
|
|
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Nightingale |
chick |
hen |
cock |
watch, flock, route, match |
philomelian |
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Octopus |
|
|
|
arran |
octopine |
|
Opossum |
joey |
jill |
jack |
|
didelphine |
|
Orangutan |
|
|
|
buffoonery |
|
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Oriole |
|
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|
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icterine |
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Oryx |
|
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|
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orygine |
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Ostrich |
|
hen |
cock |
flock, troop |
ratite, struthious |
|
Otter |
pup, whelp |
|
|
romp, bevy, lodge, family, raft |
musteline, lutrine |
|
Owl |
owlet |
|
|
parliament, stare, wisdom |
strigine |
|
Ox |
calf |
cow |
bull |
yoke, team, drove, herd, nye |
bovine |
|
Oyster |
|
|
|
bed, hive, cast, culch |
ostracine |
|
Panda |
cub |
sow |
boar |
|
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Panther |
cub |
|
|
|
pantherine |
|
Parrot |
chick |
hen |
cock |
company, flock, prattle, pandemonium |
psittacine |
|
Partridge |
chick, cheeper |
hen, chantelle |
cock |
covey |
perdicine |
|
Peafowl |
chick, peachick |
peahen |
peacock |
muster, ostentation, pride |
pavonine |
|
Pelican |
chick, nestling |
hen |
cock |
|
|
|
Penguin |
chick |
hen |
cock |
colony, rookery, parade, parcel, crèche, huddle |
spheniscine |
|
Pheasant |
chick |
hen |
cock |
bouquet, nest, nide, nye, brood, covey |
alectorine, phasianine |
|
Pig |
piglet, shoat, bonham, gilt(female) |
sow |
boar |
herd, drove, mob |
porcine, sulline, ovine |
|
Pigeon |
squab |
hen |
cock |
flight, loft, flock, dropping, kit |
pullastrine |
|
Platypus |
pug |
|
|
pile |
ornithorhynchine |
|
Plover |
chick |
hen |
cock |
wing, congregation |
charadrine |
|
Polar bear |
cub |
sow |
boar |
stocks or populations |
|
|
Polecat |
kit |
jill |
hob |
chine |
musteline |
|
Pony |
Foal (either), Colt (Young, immature male), Filly (Young, immature female) |
Mare |
Stallion |
Herd |
Equus |
|
Porcupine |
pup |
sow |
boar |
prickle, family |
hystricine |
|
Porpoise |
calf |
cow |
bull |
school, crowd, herd, pod |
phocaenine |
|
Praying mantis |
nyph,larva |
|
|
|
|
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Python |
|
|
|
|
pythonid |
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Quail |
chick |
hen |
cock |
covey |
coturnine |
|
Rabbit |
bunny, kit, kitten, leveret, nestling |
doe, jill |
buck, jack |
warren, nest, colony, bevy, bury, drove, trace |
leporine, lapine |
|
Raccoon |
kit |
sow |
boar |
nursery |
procyonine |
|
Rail |
chick |
reeve |
ruff |
|
ralline |
|
Ram |
Lamb |
Ewe |
Ram |
Flock |
arietine, ovine |
|
Rat |
kitten, nestling, pinkie, pup |
doe |
buck |
colony, horde, pack, plague, swarm |
murine |
|
Rattlesnake |
|
|
|
|
crotaline |
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Raven |
chick |
hen |
cock |
unkindness, congress, conspiracy, parliament, murder, storytelling, nevermore |
corvine |
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Reptile |
|
|
|
|
reptilian, serpentine |
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Reindeer |
calf |
cow |
bull |
herd |
rangiferine |
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Rhea |
|
|
|
|
struthious |
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Rhinoceros |
calf |
cow |
bull |
crash, herd |
ceratorhine |
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Robin |
|
|
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darling |
turdine |
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Rodent |
|
|
|
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glirine |
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Roebuck |
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capreoline |
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Rook |
chick |
hen |
cock |
building, parliament |
|
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Sable |
|
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|
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zibeline |
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Salamander |
|
|
|
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salamandrine |
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Salmon |
|
hen |
jack |
|
salmonid |
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Scorpion |
instar |
|
|
bed, nest, colony |
|
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Sea horse |
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|
|
herd |
hippocampine |
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Sea lion |
pup, beach weaner |
cow |
bull |
pod, colony, crash, flock, harem, bob, herd/rookery, team, hurdle |
otarine |
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Sea urchin |
larva, pluteus (free-swimming stage), juvenile (young urchin) |
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Seal |
pup |
cow |
bull |
same as sea lion |
phocine, otarine |
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Serpent |
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|
|
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serpentine |
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Shark |
pup |
|
bull |
slew, shiver |
|
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Sheep |
lamb |
ewe |
ram |
drove, flock, herd |
ovine |
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Shrew |
|
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|
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soricine |
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Silkworm |
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|
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bombycine |
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Siskin |
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ebert |
|
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Skunk |
kit |
|
boar |
surfeit, stink |
musteline |
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Skylark |
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alaudine |
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Sloth |
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|
iki |
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Slug |
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limacine |
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Smelt |
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atherine |
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Snail |
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|
|
walk |
|
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Snake |
snakelet, neonate (a newly-born snake), hatchling (a newly-hatched snake) |
|
|
pit, nest or bed |
anguine, elapine, colubrine, ophidian, reptilian, serpentine, viperine |
|
Snipe |
chick |
hen |
cock |
walk, wisp |
charadrine |
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Songbird |
|
|
|
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oscine |
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Sparrow |
chick |
hen |
cock |
flight, host, quarrel, tribe, ubiquity |
passerine |
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Spider |
spiderling |
|
|
cluster, clutter, venom |
arachnine, arachnoid |
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Squid |
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Squirrel |
pup, kit, kitten |
doe |
buck |
dray, scurry |
sciurine |
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Stag |
|
|
|
|
cervine, elaphine |
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Stoat |
|
|
|
|
musteline |
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Stork |
gosling |
|
|
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ciconine |
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Sturgeon |
|
|
|
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acipenserine |
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Swallow |
|
hen |
cock |
|
hirundine |
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Swan |
cygnet, flapper |
pen |
cob |
gaggle, bevy, wedge(flying), flock, game, team, ballet, regatta, bank, whiteness, gargle, eyrar |
anatine, cygnine |
|
Swift |
chick |
hen |
cock |
flock |
cypseline |
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Tapir |
larva |
|
|
colony |
|
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Termite |
|
|
|
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termitine |
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Tick |
|
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|
|
acarine |
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Tiger |
cub |
tigress |
tiger |
streak , ambush |
tigrine |
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Toad |
tadpole, toadlet |
|
|
knot, lump |
ranine, batrachian |
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Tortoise |
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creep |
chelonian, testudine |
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Trout |
fingerling, fry |
shedder |
jack |
hover |
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Turkey |
poult, chick |
hen |
tom |
rafter, flock |
meleagrine |
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Turtle |
hatchling |
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bale |
chelonian |
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Umbrellabird |
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cephalopterine |
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Vole |
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microtine |
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Vulture |
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vulturine |
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Viper |
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viperid |
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Wasp |
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queen |
drone |
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vespine |
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Weasel |
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bitch , doe, and jill |
buck, dog, hub, or jack |
boogle |
musteline |
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Whale |
calf |
cow |
bull |
gam, pod, herd |
cetacean, cetaceous |
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Wildfowl |
chick |
hen |
cock |
flock |
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Wolf |
cub, pup, whelp |
bitch , fae |
dog, brute |
pack, rout |
lupine |
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Wombat |
joey |
jill |
jack |
mob, warren, wisdom, army |
phascolomian |
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Woodcock |
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hen |
rooster |
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charadrine, scolopacine |
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Woodpecker |
chick |
hen |
cock |
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Worm |
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bed, bunch, clew, squirm |
helminthic, vermian |
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Wren |
chick |
jenny |
cock |
flock |
troglodytine |
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X-ray fish |
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tetragonopterinine |
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Yak |
calf |
cow |
bull |
herd |
bovine |
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Zebra |
foal |
mare |
stallion |
crossing, dazzle,harem, herd, zeal |
equine, zebrine, hippotigrine |