Appendix:Animals

Taxonomy of the animal kingdom

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Male and female animals, their young, homes, groups, and related adjectives

Each row of the table below gives specific terms for the male, female, young, home, group and related adjective for certain animals, where special terms exist.

Male: Terms for the male of the animal. Where specific terms exist for the castrated and uncastrated male, these are given, followed by c and u respectively.

Female: Terms for the female of the animal.

Young: Terms for the young of the animal. Where specific terms exist for the male and female young, these are given, followed by m and f respectively.

Home: Terms for the home of the animal. Those made by the animal itself are followed by a and those made by humans to keep the animal are followed by h.

Group: Terms for a group of animals of this type. Italicised terms are invented collective nouns rarely found outside lists of such terms and are not used by zoologists.

Sound: Terms for the cry of the animal or sounds that the animal makes.

Adjective: Adjectives describing the animal of this type. These include both technical Latinate terms (such as equine) and common English terms (such as horsy).

Related terms: Alternative names for the animal, including slang terms, terms for animals of various ages, animals who are parents and terms otherwise too specific to feature in other columns.

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
general				burrow a, den a, hold a, hole a, lair a, menagerie h, zoo or zoological gardens h			animal name + (-)like (eg cat-like)	litter
agouti							dasyproctine
alligator	bull
ant				ants' nest a, formicary a,   nest a			formicid	nurse, worker
antelope			kid				antilopine	bok
ape					troop, shrewdness		apish, simian
ass	jackass, jack	jenny-ass, jenny, she-ass				bray, hee-haw	asinine	donkey
badger				hole a, set or   sett a			meline
bear		she-bear	bear cub, cub		sloth	growl	bearish, ursine
beaver				beavery a/h, lodge a
bee	drone	queen		apiary h,   beehive h,   hive h	swarm	buzz, hum	apian	nurse, worker
beetle			grub
bird	cock, cockbird	hen	chick, squab	aviary h, hive-nest a   nest a	flock	bird-song, call, cheep, chirp, chirrup, peep, pipe, song, trill, tweet, twitter, warble	avian, avine, volucrine	birdie, brood, clutch, fledgling, hatch
bird of prey							raptorial	raptor
bittern						boom
butterfly		caterpillar					lepidopterous, papilionaceous
camel							cameline
capuchin monkey							cebine
carp							cyprine
cat	tom, tomcat	queen	kitten, kit, kitty		clowder (obsolete), kindle (of kittens; obsolete)	caterwaul, meow, mew, miaow, miaul, purr, waul	catty, feline	moggy, puss, pussy, pussy-cat
chaffinch						pink
chicken	cock, rooster	hen	chick	battery h, chicken run h, coop h, pen h, run h	flock	cackle, chuck, cluck, cock-a-doodle-doo, crow, pule	gallinaceous, galline	clutch, cockerel
civet							viverrine
cod							gadoid, gadine
crane						clang
cricket						chirp, churr	crickety
crocodile							crocodilian
crow					murder	caw	corvine
deer	buck	doe	fawn, calf		herd	bell, troat	cervine	hart, hind, knobber, royal, spitter, stag
dog	dog	bitch	pup, puppy, whelp		pack	bark, bay, bow-wow, growl, howl, snarl, whimper, whine, woof, yap, yelp, yip, yowl	canine, doggish	bow-wow, brach, cur, doggie or doggy, hound, mutt,   pooch, team
dove				dovecot or dovecote h	flight	coo	columbine
duck	drake	duck	duckling			quack	anatine
eagle				eyrie or   eyry or   aerie or   aery a			aquiline
eel			elver					eelfare
elephant	bull	cow	calf		herd	trumpet	elephantine
ferret	buck, hob, hob-ferret	gill, jill	kit
finch					charm, chirm (obsolete)
fish			fry, spawn	aquarium h, fish-pond h	school, shoal		fishy, piscine
flea							pulicine
fly		maggot			swarm		muscid
flycatcher							muscicapine
fowl (domestic)	cock	hen	chick,	coop h, cote h, pen h, run h	flock		gallinaceous, galline
fox	dog, dog-fox	vixen, fox bitch	cub, fox cub, kit	burrow a, earth a, fox burrow a, fox-earth a, hole a, kennel a	skulk	bark, yap, yelp	foxy, vulpine
frog			tadpole	froggery a, ranarium h	froggery	croak	froggy, ranid
gadfly							tabanid
game								brace
goat	billy-goat, buck, buck-goat, he-goat	nanny-goat, nanny, she-goat	kid			maa	caprine, goatish, goaty, hircine
gnat							trumpet
goose	gander	goose	gosling		flock, gaggle (on water), skein (in flight)	cackle, clang, hiss, honk	anserine, goosy
grasshopper						pitter	acridian
gull							laridine
hare	buck	doe	leveret		huske (obsolete), down (obsolete)		leporine
heron				heronry h
hippopotamus							hippopotamian, hippopotamic, hippopotamine	hippo
hornet				nest a
horse	entire u, stallion u, gelding c	mare	colt, foal, hogget, filly f	stable h, stall h		neigh, whinny	equine, horsy	dam, gee-gee, sire
house fly			larva		swarm		muscid
human	man	woman	child, boy m, girl f				hominid
insect			grub, larva	insectarium h			insectan	imago
kangaroo			joey				macropine	boomer
kite						pule	milvine
lapwing					desert
lark					bevy, exaltation
lemur				lemurian
leopard					leap or lepe (both obsolete)
limpet							patelline
lion		lioness	cub, lion cub, lionet		pride	growl, roar	leonine, lionish
lizard							lacertian, lacertine, saurian
locust							acridian, locustal
louse			nit
mackerel							scombroid
marten							musteline
mite							acarian, acarine
moa							dinornithine
mole					labour (obsolete)		moley, talpine
mollusc							molluscan, molluscous
monitor lizard							varanian
mosquito						trumpet
moth		caterpillar					lepidopterous
moth (clothes moth)							tineid
mouse				mousery a, nest a		peep, squeak	mousy, murine
mule								hinny
mullet							mugiloid
mussel							mytiloid
nightingale					watch
octopus							octopean, octopian, octopic, octopine
osprey							pandionine
ostrich							struthious
otter				couch a, holt a, lodge a
owl			owlet	owlery		hoot, screech, tu-whit tu-whoo	owlish, owly
ox	bull u, ox c, bullock c	cow	calf, stirk, heifer f	barn (US) h, byre h, corral h, cowhouse h, cowshed h,   crib h, cub h, kraal h, pen h,   stall h	herd, drove	bellow, low, moo	bovine, taurine m	cattle,   dam, team
oyster			brood, spat	hive h			ostraceous, ostracean
parrot						squawk	parroty, psittacine
partridge					covey		perdicine
peafowl	peacock	peahen			muster		pavonine
perch							percine
percher							passerine
pheasant				eye (obsolete) a, nide a, nye (dialect) a, pheasantry h			phasianine	brace
pig	boar u, hog c	sow	hogget, piglet, shoat	cote h, pen h, pigpen h,   pigsty h, sty h		grunt, squeal	piggy, porcine, suidian, suilline	piggy, porker, swine
pigeon			piper, squab			coo
plover					congregation (obsolete)
porpoise					school
Portuguese man-of-war							physalian
primate							primatal
quail					bevy
rabbit	buck	doe		burrow a, hutch h, rabbitry h, warren a			rabbitish, rabbity
rail							ralline
rat			puppy	nest a, rattery h			rattish, ratty
raven				ravenry a/h		croak	corvine
reindeer							rangiferine
robin	cock, cock-robin							redbreast
rodent				nest a			rodential, rodentian, glirine
roe					bevy
rook			squab
ruff		ree, reeve
salmon			grilse, peal, smolt				salmonoid
scorpion							scorpionid
seal	bull	cow	calf, puppy		pod		phocine
sea-urchin							echinal
sheep	buck u (US), ram u,   tup u, wether c	ewe	lamb	cot or cote h, fold h, pen h,   sheepfold h, sheepcote h,  sheep-pen h	flock, drove	baa, bleat	ovine, sheepy
shrew							soricine
slug							limacine
snail				snailery h			snaily
snake				snake-house h, snakery h		hiss	anguine, ophidian
snipe					wisp
songbird						song	oniscine, oscine
sparrow	cock, cock-sparrow
spider				cobweb a, spider's web a, web a			arachnidan, araneidan
squirrel				dray or drey a			sciurine, squirrelly
starling					murmuration		sturnine
swallow					flight		hirundine
swan	cob	pen	cygnet	swannery h			cycnean, cygnean, swanny
tapeworm							taenioid
tarsier							tarsioid
teal					spring (archaic)
termite				termitarium a, termitary a			termitine
thrush			thrushling				turdine
tiger		tigress	cub, tiger cub			growl	tigerish, tigerly, tigery, tigrine
torpedo							torpedinoid
tortoise							chelonian, testudinian
turkey	turkey-cock	turkey-hen				gobble
turtle							chelonian
viper							viperine, viperish	adder
vulture							vulturine
wasp				nest a, vespiary a			vespine, waspish
weasel							musteline
whale	bull	cow	calf	whalery h	pod, school		whalish
wolf	dog	bitch	cub,   wolf cub, wolfling		pack	bark, bay, howl	lupine, wolfish, wolfy
woodcock					fall (obsolete)
woodlouse							oniscoid
woodpecker							picine
worm				wormery h			vermian, wormy
zebra							zebrine	zebrinny, zebrule
zho	zobo	zhomo