Animal names
Words for male, female, child and groups of different species.
Animal |
Female |
Male |
Young |
Group |
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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.
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