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Taxonomy of the animal kingdom

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

Each row of the table below gives specific terms for the male, female, young, home, group, sound and related adjective for a type of animal, 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.

Terms used for animals in general

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
—	male, male + name of animal	female, female + name of animal	baby, baby + name of animal	burrow a, den a, hold a, hole a, lair a, menagerie h, terrarium h, zoo or zoological gardens h	band (North American: applied to large mammals), mob (Australian: applied to large mammals), herd (applied to large herbivorous mammals), flock (applied to small farm animals and to birds), pack (applied to hunting animals)		name of animal + (-)like (eg cat-like)	hibernaculum, litter

A

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
agouti							dasyproctid, dasyproctine
alligator	bull	cow	hatchling
amphibian							amphibian
ant			antling (rare)	ant-hive h, ants' nest a, formicarium a, formicary a, nest a	colony		formicarian, formicid	nurse, queen soldier worker
ant-eater							myrmecophagous
antelope			kid		herd		antilopine	bok
ape					troop, shrewdness		apish, simian
ass	jackass, jack	jenny-ass, jenny, she-ass			herd, pace	bray, hee-haw	asinine	donkey, hinny, mule

B

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
badger	boar	sow	cub, kit, kitten	hole a, set or sett a	cete		meline
bat							cheiropterous
bear		she-bear	bear cub, cub		sleuth, sloth	growl	bearish, ursine
beaver				beavery a/h, lodge a
bee	drone	queen (fertile), worker (sterile)	fry, schadon (obsolete)	apiary h, beehive h, hive h	colony, swarm (in flight)	buzz, hum	apian	nurse, worker
beetle			grub				coleopterous
bird	cock, cock-bird	hen, hen-bird	chick, hatchling, squab	aviary h, bird-cage h, bird's nest a, hive-nest a, nest a, nest-box h, nesting-box h, nesting-place a	flock, congregation, pod (small flock), string (flock flying in single file)	bird-song, call, cheep, chirp, chirrup, peep, pipe, song, trill, tweet, twitter, warble	avian, avine, ornithic, volucrine	birdie, brood, clutch, fledgling, hatch
bird of prey							raptorial	raptor
bittern					sedge, siege	boom
boar See pig below
buffalo								beefalo, bison, cattalo or catalo
bug							hemipteral, hemipteran, hemipterous
bulldog			bull-pup
butterfly			caterpillar				lepidopterous, papilionaceous	chrysalis

C

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
camel							cameline	cama
capuchin monkey							cebine
carnivore							carnivorous
carp							cyprine
cat	tom, tomcat	queen (breeding)	kitten, kit, kitty		clowder (obsolete), kindle (of kittens; obsolete)	caterwaul, meow, mew, miaow, miaul, purr, waul	catty, feline, kittenish (of a kitten)	moggy, puss, pussy, pussy-cat
chaffinch						pink
chicken	cock, rooster	hen	chick	battery h, chicken run h, coop h, hen-house h, pen h, run h	brood (of young), flock	cackle, chuck, cluck, cock-a-doodle-doo, crow, pule	gallinaceous, galline	clutch, cockerel, pullet
civet							viverrine
cockroach
cod							gadoid, gadine
cow See ox below
crab	cock	hen	crablet
crane					sedge, siege	clang
crane-fly							tipulid
cricket						chirp, churr	crickety
crocodile							crocodilian
crow					murder	caw	corvine
crustacean			nauplius (larva)				crustacean

D

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
deer	buck	doe	fawn, calf		herd	bell, troat	cervine, rucervine (swamp deer)	hart, hind, knobber, royal, spade, spayard, spayart, spay, spitter, stag
dinosaur							dinosaurian
dog	dog	bitch	pup, puppy, whelp	den a, kennel h, doghouse h	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, wolfdog
dolphin				dolphinarium h	pod, school			wolphin
dove			dove-bird (obsolete), doveling	columbarium, dovecot or dovecote h, dovehouse h	flight	coo	columbine, dovish (mainly in political sense)
duck	drake	duck	duckling			quack	anatine

E

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
eagle		eagle hen	eaglet	eyrie or eyry or aerie or aery a		squawk	aquiline
earthworm (see also worm below)	n/a: earthworms are hermaphrodite	n/a: earthworms are hermaphrodite					lumbricine
echidna			puggle
eel			leptocephalus (larva), elver					eelfare
elephant	bull	cow	calf		herd	trumpet	elephantine

F

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
falcon							falconine
ferret	buck, hob, hob-ferret	gill, jill	kit		business, fesnyng
finch					charm, chirm (obsolete)
fish			fry, hatchling, spawn	aquarium h, fish-pond h, fish tank h, vivarium h, vivary h	brood (of young - obsolete), school, shoal		fishy, piscine
flea							pulicine
fly			maggot		swarm		dipteran, dipterous, muscid
flycatcher							muscicapine
flying fox							pteropine
fowl (domestic)	cock	hen	chick	coop h, cote h, fowl-run 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, lair a	skulk	bark, yap, yelp	foxy, vulpine
frog			froglet, frogling, polliwog (dialect term for tadpole), tadpole (larva)	froggery a, ranarium h	froggery, army	croak	froggy, ranarian (nonce word), ranid	frog spawn

G

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
gadfly							tabanid
game								brace
gerbil	buck	doe	pup	gerbilarium
gerfalcon	tercel jerkin
giraffe	bull	cow					giraffine	camelopard
gnat						trumpet
goat	billy-goat, buck, buck-goat, he-goat	nanny-goat, nanny, she-goat	goatling, kid, kidling			bleat	caprine, goatish, goaty, hircine	geep
goose	gander	goose	gosling		flock, gaggle (on water), skein (in flight)	cackle, clang, hiss, honk	anserine, goosy
gorilla					band			silverback
grasshopper						pitter	acridian
greyhound								sapling
grouse					covey , pack		tetraonid, tetraonine
guinea-fowl	guinea-cock	guinea-hen
gull							laridine

H

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
hare	buck, jack hare	doe	leveret		huske (obsolete), down (obsolete)		leporine
hawk	tercel, tiercel, tercelet, tiercelet			hawkery h (nonce word), mew h	cast, kettle		falconine	eyas
hedgehog			hedgehoglet, hoglet, kitten		drift		erinaceous
herbivore							herbivorous
heron				heronry h
hippopotamus					bloat		hippopotamian, hippopotamic, hippopotamine	hippo
hornet				nest a
horse	entire u, stallion u, gelding c	mare	colt m, foal, hogget, filly f	mews h, stable h, stall h	string (in captivity)	neigh, whinny, nicker	equine, horsy	dam, gee-gee, hinny, mule, sire, zebrule
house fly			larva, maggot		swarm		muscid
human being	man	woman	child, boy m, girl f				hominid, human
hyena							hyenesque, hyenic, hyenine, hyenish
hyrax							hyracine

I

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
iguana							ignuanian, iguanid
insect			grub, larva, nymph, pupa	insectarium h, insectary h	brood (of young), swarm		insectan	bug, chrysalis, creepy-crawly, imago, pseudiamgo, pupa, subimago

J

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
jackdaw								daw

K

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
kangaroo	boomer, buck, jack	doe, flyer, jill	joey		court, mob (Australian), troop		macropine	roo
kite						pule	milvine
koala								Australian bear, koala bear, native bear

L

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
lapwing					desert
lark					bevy, exaltation
leech							hirudinal (obsolete)
lemming							microtine
lemur							lemurian
leopard		leopardess			leap or lepe (both obsolete)
limpet							patelline
lion		lioness	cub, lion cub, lionet		pride	growl, roar	leonine, lionish	liger, tigon
lizard							lacertian, lacertine, saurian
llama								cama
lobster	cock	hen					homarine	lobsterish
locust							acridian, locustal, locustian, locustical
louse			nit				pedicular, pediculine

M

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
mackerel							scombroid
magpie						chatter		mag, pie
mammal							mammalian
marsupial							marsupial
marten							musteline
mink			kit
mite							acarian, acarine
moa							dinornithine
mole					labour (obsolete)		moley, talpine
mollusc							molluscan, molluscous
mongoose			cub, kit		band, pack
monitor							varanian, varanid	monitor lizard
mosquito			wriggler (larva)			trumpet
moth			caterpillar				lepidopterous
moth (clothes moth)							tineid
mouse				mouse-hole a, mousery a, nest a		peep, squeak	mousy, murine
mule								hinny, zebrule
mullet							mugiloid
muskrat			kit
mussel							mytiloid

N

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
nightingale					watch

O

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
octopus							octopean, octopian, octopic, octopine
orca								grampus, killer whale
oryx							orygine
osprey							pandionine	fish eagle, fish hawk
ostrich							struthioid, struthionine, struthious
otter				couch a, holt a, lodge a			lutrine
owl			owlet	owlery	parliament	hoot, screech, tu-whit tu-whoo	owlish, owly, strigine
ox	bull u, steer c, ox c, bullock c	cow	calf, stirk, bull-calf m, cow-calf f, heifer f	barn (US) h, byre h, corral h, cowhouse h, cowshed h, cow-stable h, cow-stall h, crib h, cub h, kraal h, pen h, stall h	herd, drove, mob (Australian)	bellow (bull), low, moo, roar (bull)	bovine, taurine m	beefalo, cattabu, cattalo or catalo, cattle, dam, dzo or zo, freemartin, steerling, team
oyster			brood, oysterling, spat	hive h			ostraceous, ostracean, ostreaceous, oysterous, oystery

P

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
pachyderm							pachydermatous
palm-cat							paradoxurine
panther		pantheress					pantherine
parrot						squawk	parroty, psittacine
partridge					covey		perdicine
peafowl	peacock	peahen			muster		pavonine
penguin				penguinery a
perch							percine
percher							passerine
phalanger							phalangistine
pheasant				eye (obsolete) a, nide a, nye (dialect) a, pheasantry h			phasianine	brace
pig	boar u, hog c	sow	hogget, piglet, pigling, shoat	cote h, pen h, pig-cote h, pigpen h, pigsty h, sty h	herd, pig-herd, sounder	grunt, squeal	aprine (of wild boar; obsolete), piggy, porcine, suidian, suilline, suine (nonce word)	farrow, piggy, porker, swine
pigeon			piper, squab	pigeon-cote, pigeon-house, pigeon-loft, loft		coo
plover					congregation (obsolete)
polecat			kit					fitchet or fitchew, foumart
porcupine							hystricine
porpoise					school
Portuguese man-of-war							physalian
primate							primatal
python							pythonine

Q

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
quail					bevy

R

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
rabbit	buck	doe	kitten	burrow a, cony-garth a, hutch h, rabbit-hole a, rabbitry h, rabbit-warren a, warren a			leporine, rabbitish, rabbity	bunny, bunny rabbit, coney or cony
rail							ralline
rat			kitten, puppy	nest a, rat-cage h, rat-hole a, rattery h			rattish, ratty
rattlesnake							crotaline	rattler (US)
raven				ravenry a/h	unkindness	croak	corvine
reindeer	see deer above	see deer above	see deer above	see deer above	see deer above	see deer above	rangiferine	see deer above
reptile				reptilarium h, reptiliary h, reptillery h			reptilian
rhinoceros					crash		rhinocerotic
robin	cock, cock-robin	hen						redbreast
rodent				nest a			rodential, rodentian, glirine
roe deer	roebuck	roe-doe	see deer above	see deer above	bevy	see deer above	see deer above	roe
rook			squab		clamour
ruff		ree, reeve

S

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
saki							pithecian
salmon	cock	hen					salmonoid	brandling, grilse, parr, peal, samlet, skegger, smolt
scorpion							scorpionid
seal	bull	cow	calf, puppy	rookery a, seal rookery a	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	drove, flock, herd	baa, bleat	ovine, sheepy
shrew							soricine
skink							scincoid
slug							limaceous, limacine, limacoid
snail				snailery h			limaceous, snaily
snake				ophidarium h, ophidiarium h, serpentarium h, snake-house h, snakery h	brood (of young)	hiss	anguine, ophidian, serpentine	serpent
snipe					wisp
songbird						song	oniscine, oscine
sparrow	cock, cock-sparrow	hen			colony
sparrowhawk	musket (obsolete)
spider				cobweb a, spider's web a, web a			arachnidan, araneidan	spiderling
squirrel			kitten	dray or drey a			sciurine, squirrelly	skug
starling					chattering, murmuration		sturnine
stork					mustering
swallow					flight		hirundine
swan	cob	pen	cygnet	swannery h			cycnean, cygnean, swanny

T

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
tapeworm							taenioid
tarsier							tarsioid
teal					spring (archaic)
termite				termitarium a, termitary a			termitic, termitine
thrush			thrushling				turdine
tiger		tigress	cub, tiger cub			growl	tigerish, tigerly, tigery, tigrine	liger, tigon
tit							parine	titmouse
toad							toady
torpedo							torpedinoid
tortoise							chelonian, testudinate, testudinian
turkey	tom, turkey-cock	turkey-hen	turkey-chick, chick			gobble
turtle							chelonian

U, V

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
viper							viperine, viperish	adder
vole							microtine
vulture							vulturine

W

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
whale	bull	cow	calf	whalery h	mob (Shetland dialect), pod, school		cetacean, whalish
wolf	dog	bitch, she-wolf	cub, wolf cub, wolfling		pack, wolf pack	bark, bay, howl	lupine, wolfish, wolfy	wolfdog
wombat			cub				marsupial
woodcock					fall (obsolete)
woodlouse							oniscoid
woodpecker							picine
worm				wormery h			vermian, wormy	vermiform

X, Y, Z

Animal	Male	Female	Young	Home	Group	Sound	Adjective	Related terms
yak								dzo or zo
zebra		mare					zebrine	zebrinny, zebroid, zebrule, zeedonk, zeehorse, zetland, zonkey, zony, zorse
zho	zobo	zhomo