Words for male, female, child and groups of different species.
| Animal | Female | Male | Young | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albatross | Rookery | |||
| Alligator | cow | bull | hatchling | Congregation |
| Ant | queen, princess, worker | prince, drone | antling | Nest, army, colony, state, swarm, bike |
| Antelope | cow | bull | calf, fawn, kid or yearling | Herd, cluster |
| Apes | Shrewdness, troop | |||
| Ass | jenny | jack, jackass | foal | Pace, drove, herd, coffle |
| Auks | Colony, flock, raft | |||
| Baboons | Troop, flange | |||
| Badger | sow | boar | cub | Cete, colony, set, company |
| Bats | Colony, cloud | |||
| Bear | sow, she-bear | boar, he-bear | cub | Sloth, sleuth, slought |
| Beaver | kit, kitten, pup | Family, lodge, colony | ||
| Bee | queen, queen-bee, worker | drone | larva | Swarm, cluster, nest, hive, erst, bike, cast, college, drift, game, fry, peck, rabble, stand, range, butt, spindle, grist, colony |
| Bird | hen | cock | nestling, hatchling, chick | Battery, cast, congregation, covert, covey, drift, flight, fleet, flock, flush, nest, aviary |
| Bison | cow | bull | calf | Herd |
| Bitterns | Flock, sedge, siege | |||
| Bloodhounds | Sute | |||
| Boar (wild) | sow | boar | boarlet, piglet, shoat, farrow | Sounder, singular, herd |
| Bobcat | kitten or cub | Clowder, clutter, tantrum | ||
| Buffalo | cow | bull | calf, yearling, or spike-bull | Troop, herd, gang, obstinacy |
| Bullfinches | Bellowing | |||
| Bullocks | Drove | |||
| Butterflies | Rabble, flight, kaleidoscope | |||
| Camel | cow | bull | calf or colt | Flock, train, caravan, herd |
| Canary | hen | cock | chick | Aria, opera |
| Caribou | cow, doe | bull, stag, hart | calf or fawn | Herd |
| Cat | tabby, queen | tom, tomcat, gib | kit, kitling, kitten or pussy | Clowder, clutter, cluster (domestic cats), colony, glorying, kindle, litter, dout, parliament, seraglio, glaring, destruction (wild cats) |
| Caterpillars | Army, nest | |||
| Cattle | cow | bull | calf, stot or yearling (m. bullcalf or f. heifer) |
Drove, herd, bow, bunch, draft, drift, flote, head, diary |
| Chamois | Herd | |||
| Chicken | hen, partlet, biddy | cock, rooster, stag | chick, chicken, poult, cockerel or pullet | Brood, clutch, hatching, nest, parcel, peep, battery, flock, roost, mews, concatenation |
| Chinchilla | Colony | |||
| Cicada | nymph | |||
| Clams | Bed | |||
| Cockroaches | Intrusion | |||
| Cod | codling, scrod or sprag | Lap | ||
| Cormorants | Colony, flight | |||
| Cougar | lioness, she-lion, pantheress | tom, lion | kitten, cub | |
| Cows | Dairy, drove, pack, team | |||
| Coyote | bitch | dog | whelp, pup | |
| Crabs | Cast | |||
| Cranes | Flock, herd, sedge, siege, sege | |||
| Crocodile | bull | hatchling | Bask, nest | |
| Crows | Murder, parcel, hover | |||
| Deer | hind, doe | buck, stag | fawn | Herd, leash, bevy, game, quarry, bunch, mob |
| Dog | bitch | dog | whelp or puppy | Gang, legion, kennel, pack, stud |
| Dolphin | cow | bull | calf, pup | Team, school |
| Dove | hen | cock | pigeon or squab | Duet, dule, dole, flight, troop, pitying (of turtle doves) |
| Duck | duck | drake | duckling or flapper | Bunch, brood, knob, raft, skein, string, mob, paddling, plump, sord, sore, team, waddling |
| Eagle | eaglet, fledgling | Aerie, brood, convocation, cargo | ||
| Echidna | puggle | |||
| Eel | fry or elver | Swarm, bed, bind, draft, fry, wisp | ||
| Elephant | cow | bull | calf | Herd, flock, parade |
| Elk | cow | bull | calf | Gang, herd |
| Ferret | hob | jill | kit | Business |
| Finches | Chirm, charm | |||
| Fish | fry, fingerling, minnow or spawn | School, shoal, haul, draught, run, catch, cran, flote, flutter, cast, throw, warp | ||
| Fly | grub or maggot | Business, hatch, grist, swarm, community, fare, rabble, cloud | ||
| Flamingo | Stand | |||
| Fox | vixen, bitch, she-fox | fox, dog-fox, stag, reynard | kit, cub, pup | Cloud, skulk, brace, leash, troop, earth |
| Frog | polliwog, tadpole, froglet | Army, colony, froggery | ||
| Giraffe | cow | bull | calf | Herd, corps, troop, tower |
| Gnats | Swarm, cloud, horde, plague, rabble | |||
| Gnu | Implausibility | |||
| Goat | nanny, she-goat, nannie, nannie-goat | billy, buck, billie-goat, he-goat | kid | Flock, trip, herd, tribe |
| Goldfish | Troubling | |||
| Goose | goose, dame | gander, stag | gosling | Gaggle, clutch, flock, line, skein, nide, wedge |
| Gorilla | blackback, silverback | infant | Band | |
| Grasshoppers | Cloud | |||
| Grouse | chick, poult, squealer or cheeper | Pack, brood | ||
| Guinea pig | sow | boar | pup | |
| Hare | jill | jack | leveret | Down, flick, husk, kindle, trip, drove, warren, dun, herd, brace, leash, kindle (young) |
| Hawk | hen | tiercel | eyas | Aerie, brood, cast, leash, mews, staff |
| Hedgehog | sow | boar | pup, piglet | Nest, array |
| Hippopotamus | cow | bull | calf | Bloat, school, pod, herd |
| Hornets | Nest, bike, swarm | |||
| Horse | mare, dam | stallion, stag, horse stud, stable horse, sire, rig |
foal, colt (m), filly (f), stat, stag, hog-colt, youngster, yearling or hogget |
herd, haras, stud, string, field, set, team, stable, mews, mob, parcel, rag, slate, rake, rage |
| Hound | Leash. couple, brace, pack, mute, kennel, cry, sute, stable, litter (puppies) | |||
| Impala | ewe | ram | ||
| Insects | Horde, nest, swarm, rabble, plague | |||
| Jackrabbit | Husk | |||
| Jay | Party | |||
| Jellyfish | Smuck, fluther, smack, stuck, smuth, brood, crowd | |||
| Kangaroo | doe | buck | joey | Troop, mob, herd |
| Ladybird | Loveliness | |||
| Larks | Bevy, exaltation, flight, wisp | |||
| Leopard | leopardess | leopard | cub | Leap |
| Lice | Flock | |||
| Lion | lioness, she-lion | lion, tom | whelp, cub or lionet | Pride, troop, flock, sawt, souse |
| Lobster | hen | cock | ||
| Locusts | Swarm, cloud, plague | |||
| Louse | nit | Flock | ||
| Magpies | Tiding, tittering | |||
| Mallard | Flush, lute, puddling, sord, sute | |||
| Manatee | cow | bull | calf | |
| Marten | Richesse, richness | |||
| Midges | Bite | |||
| Mink | sow | boar | kit or cub | |
| Minnows | Shoal, steam, or swarm | |||
| Moles | Company, labour, citadel (of mole burrows) | |||
| Monkey | suckling, yearling or infant | Troop, cartload, tribe | ||
| Moose | cow | bull | calf | Herd |
| Mosquito | larva, flapper, wriggler, wiggler, nymph | Scourge | ||
| Mouse | doe | buck | pup, kitten | Nest, colony, harvest |
| Mule | she-ass, more, hinny | stallion, jackass, jack | foal | Barren, span, mulada, rake |
| Muskrat | kit | |||
| Nightingales | Watch, flock, route | |||
| Opossum | jill | jack | joey | |
| Ostrich | hen | cock | chick | |
| Otter | bitch | dog | pup, kitten, whelp or cub | Bevy, lodge, family |
| Owl | jenny, howlet | owlet or howlet | Parliament, stare | |
| Ox | cow, beef | ox, beef, steer, bullock | stot, calf | Team, yoke, drove, or herd |
| Oyster | set seed, spat or brood | Bed, cast, clam, hive, set | ||
| Parrots | Company, flock, pandemonium | |||
| Partridge | hen | cock | cheeper | Bevy, covey |
| Peacock | hen, pea-hen | cock, peacock | chick, pea-chick | Pride, muster, ostentation |
| Pekingese | Pomp | |||
| Pelican | chick, nestling | |||
| Penguin | hen | cock | fledgling,chick | Parcel, rookery |
| Pheasant | hen | cock | chick, poult | Bouquet |
| Pig | sow | boar | shoat, farrow, piglet | Drove, fare, litter, flock, hoggery, sounder, nest of trotters, parcel |
| Pigeon | hen | cock | squab, nestling, squealer | Flight, flock, loft |
| Platypus | puggle | |||
| Porpoises | School, crowd, herd, shoal, gam, pod, turmoil | |||
| Possum | jill | jack | joey | |
| Quail | hen | cock | cheeper, chick, squealer | Bevy, covey, jug |
| Rabbit | doe | buck | kitten, bunny | Bevy, bury (of conies), flick, kindle (young), nest (young), game, warren, colony |
| Raccoon | sow | boar | Kit, cub | Nursery |
| Rat | doe | buck | kitten, pup | |
| Ravens | Unkindness | |||
| Reindeer | doe | buck | fawn | Herd |
| Rhinoceros | cow | bull | calf | Crash, stubbornness, herd |
| Robin | hen | cock | ||
| Rooks | Building, clamour, congregation, council, pack, shoal, wing | |||
| Salmon | hen | jack | Parr, smolt, fry, finnock | Run, bind |
| Sardines | Family | |||
| Scorpions | Bed, nest | |||
| Sea Lion | cow | bull | pup | |
| Seal | cow | bull | whelp, pup, cub, bachelor | Pod, herd, trip, rookery, flock, plump, harem |
| Shark | bull | pup | School or shoal | |
| Sheep | ewe, dam | buck, ram, male-sheep, mutton | lamb, lambkin, shearling or yearling | Flock, hirsel, drove trip, drift, fold, hurtle, parcel, mob, down, pack |
| Skunk | boar | kitten | ||
| Smelt | Quantity | |||
| Snails | Escargatoire, rout, walk | |||
| Snakes | Bed, knot, den, pit, quiver | |||
| Spiders | Cluster, clutter | |||
| Squirrel | doe | buck | kitten | Drey or Dray, colony |
| Starlings | Cloud, chattering, murmuration, clattering | |||
| Stoats | Pack, trip | |||
| Storks | Flight, mustering, phalanx | |||
| Swallows | Flight, gulp, rush | |||
| Swan | pen | cob | cygnet, flapper | Flock, bevy, bank, eyrar, drift, game, herd, sownder, team, wedge |
| Swine | sow | boar | shoat, trotter, pig or piglet | Sounder, drift, herd, trip, drone, singular (of boars) |
| Termite | queen | king | nymph | |
| Tiger | tigeress | tiger | whelp, cub | Ambush |
| Toad | tadpole | Knot, nest, knob | ||
| Trout | hen | jack | fry | Hover, leash, troup |
| Turkey | hen | gobbler, tom | chick, poult | Duet, crop, posse, rafter, gang |
| Turtles | Bale, dole, turn, dule | |||
| Vipers | nest | |||
| Vultures | Carpets, cast, drove, flock, herd | |||
| Walrus | cow | bull | cub | Pod, herd, huddle |
| Wasps | Nest, knot, knab, bike, swarm | |||
| Weasel | bitch, doe, jill | dog, buck, jack, hob | kit | Pack |
| Whale | cow | bull | calf | School, gam, mob, pod, herd, plump, run, flote, shoal, grind (bottle-nosed) |
| Wildfowl | Lute, plump, scry, skein, sord, trip | |||
| Wolf | bitch | dog | cub, pup | Rout, route, pack, head, horde |
| Woodchuck | she-chuck | he-chuck | kit, cub | |
| Woodpeckers | Descent | |||
| Worms | Bed, clew, bunch, clat | |||
| Wren | Herd | |||
| Zebra | mare | stallion | foal, colt (m), filly(f) | Herd, zeal, cohorts, dazzle |
Sources
A crash of rhinos, a party of jays by Diane Swanson
A menagerie of animals by Steve Palin
A crash of rhinoceroses by Rex Collings
and other books about collective animal nouns in our collection.
