Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Aardvark

cub

sow

boar

orycteropodi an

Albatross

chick

flock[7], rookery[8], gam (when searching for mates)[9] congregation[10]

Alligator

hatchling

cow

bull

eusuchian

Alpaca

cria

herd

camelid (see also Llama)

American Bison(Buffal o)

calf

cow

bull

herd

bovine, bubaline

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Ant

larva, pupa

queen, worker, gyne

army,[11] bike,[11] colony,[1 formic, drone 1][12] [11] swarm myrmecine

Anteater

pup

sow

boar

Antelope

calf

[13]

doe

buck

herd,[11] cluster,[11] tribe[11

]

alcelaphine, bubaline, antilopine

Ape

infant

shrewdness[1][10][11][14], troop[10][11]

simian

Armadillo

pup, baby

sow

boar

cingulatan

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Ass/Donkey

foal

jenny

jack

herd,[11] pace,[11][12] band, drove,[10][11] coffle[11] tribe, troop[10][14], flange[note 1] cete [10][14], sett, colony, clan, company school[15]

asinine

Baboon

infant

Badger

cub, kit

sow

boar

musteline

Barracuda

percesocine

Bat

pup

colony, cloud,[16] flock[17]

pteropine, noctillionine

Bear

cub[18]

sow, She-

boar, He-

sleuth, sloth

ursine

Animal

Young

Fem ale bear

Mal e bear

Group

Adjective

Meat

Beaver

kit, kitten, pup

family,[10] colony[10] colony, drift[14], erst [14], grist [10], hive [10][14], nest[10], swarm[10][14]

castorine[19]

Bee

larva, pupa

queen, worker[n drone

ote 2]

apic, apian, apiarian

Bison

calf

cow

bull

herd, troop, gang, obstinacy

see alsoBuffalo

Boar

shoat, farrow, piglet

singular, sounder[10]

Buffalo

calf

cow

bull

herd,[10] troop,[10] gang,[10]

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group obstinancy[10]

Adjective

Meat

Bush baby

infant

queen

king, congress, gathering, plot drake rabble, flight, flutter[10]; swarm, army (caterpillars)

galagine

Butterfly

caterpillar, larva, pupa, chrysalis

pieridine, pierine,lepido pteran

Camel

calf

cow

bull

flock,[10] herd, train[10]

camelid, cameline

Caribou

calf

herd
[note molly, tom clowder[10][14], cluster[10], feline, moggy 3] queen, clutter, glaring[10][14],

Cat

kitten, kit

Animal

Young

Fem ale pussy

Mal e

Group pounce[10], kindle (young) army,[10] constituency

Adjective

Meat

Caterpillar

Cattle

[note 4]

calf

[20]

cow

[21]

bull

herd,[10] drift,[3] drove,[10] mob, kine (female)[10]

bovine,[note 5] vituline (young), vaccine (female), taurine (male)

beef, veal

Chamois

calf

doe

bull

herd coalition (male)[22]

rupicaprine

Cheetah

cub

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Chicken

chick, peep

hen, pullet

rooster, cock([10] peep[10] [note flock, brood, erel)

6]

galline

poultry

Chimpanze e

infant

empres blackba s ck

troop, group, harem

panine

Chinchilla

tureturle, kit

velvet, sow

boar, bull

herd

chinchilline

Clam

larva

bed quiver[23]

Cobra

elapid

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Cockroach

nymph

intrusion[23]

blattid

Cod -see also Fish

codling, hake, sprag, sprat

school

Cormorant

chick

gulp,[23] flight

Coyote

cub, pup, whelp

bitch

dog

pack, train

canine

Crab

hen

cock, jimmy

consortium, cast

cancrine

Crane

chick, colt[24]

herd, sedge, siege

alectorine

Crocodile

hatchling

cow

bull

bask, nest,

crocodilian

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

congregation, float,[10]bask[10] hover, murder [10][14], parcel[3]

Crow

corvine

Deer

calf,[13] fawn

doe, hind, cow[13]

buck, stag, bull,[13] bunch,[25] herd,[25] mob,[25 ] hart rangale[25] (red deer)

cervine, elaphine

venison, humble (organ meat)

Dinosaur

hatchling, juvenile

cow

bull

herd (herbivores), pack (carnivores)

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Dog

whelp, pup,[6] puppy

bitch, dam

dog, stud, sire

pack,[25] litter (young), kennel,[25]gang, legion, group of hounds (cry, mute)

canine

Dogfish

troop[25]

capeshark (USA), rock salmon (UK), fla ke(UK, AUS), huss (UK), rigg (UK), kahada (CAN)[26]

Dolphin

calf, pup

cow

bull

team, school, pod, herd, team,[3]alliance (male), party (female)

delphine

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Donkey

See Ass arc[10], cote, dole[14][25], dule[10][25], flight[10][14][25], piteousness[14][25], pitying[10]

Dove

chick, squal

hen

cock

columbine

Dragonfly

nymph

queen

king, drake

cluster, flight

anisopteran

Duck -see also Mallard

duckling

duck, hen

drake

On land - flock, herd, badelynge, brace[12], safe[14], sord[25], sore[25], waddling[25] On water - bunch[14][25], paddling[14][25], raft[14][25] In flight - skein[25],

anatine, fuliguline

poultry

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group string[25], team[25]

Adjective

Meat

Dugong

calf

cow

bull

herd

dugongine

Eagle

eaglet, fledgling

convocation, brood, aerie

aquiline

Echidna

puggle

sow

boar

tachyglossin e

Eel

leptocephalus (larva), elver (juvenile)

swarm, cell, pipe, array

Eland

calf

cow

bull

herd

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Elephant

calf[20]

cow[21]

bull[27]

herd, flock, parade

Proboscine, Proboscidea n

Elephant seal

calf

cow

bull

herd, pack, arrangement

miroungan

Elk (wapiti)

calf[13]

cow[13]

bull[13]

gang, herd

cervine

venison

Emu

chick, hatchling

mob

Falcon

eyass/eyas

falcon

tiercel, tercel, terzel

cast,

acciptrine

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e hob[note
7]

Group

Adjective

Meat

Ferret

kit

jill

busyness,[1] business, fesny(i)ng, fesynes

musteline

Finch

chick

hen

cock

quiver

fringilline

Fish

fry, fingerling

draft, run, school, shaol

piscine

Fly

maggot cub,[18] kit, pup[6]

swarm, cloud, business leash[10][12], skulk[10][12]

dipterous

Fox

vixen

taylor

taylor

Frog

polliwog, tadpole, froglet

army, colony,bundle,fester, knot

ranine

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Gaur

calf

cow

bull

herd

bovine, gaurine

garabeef

Gazelle

calf[13]

cow[13]

bull[13]

herd

gazelline

Gerbil

pup

doe

buck

horde

cricetine

Giant Panda

cub

sow

boar

Giraffe

calf

cow

bull, sire

herd, corps, tower[28]

giraffine

Gnat

larva

cloud, horde

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Gnu

calf

cow

bull

herd

Goat

kid

billy, nanny, buck,[not e doe, doeling 8]buckli ng

herd, mob, tribe, trip

caprine, hircine

chevon, cabrito, mutton

Goose

gosling

goose

gander

On ground - flock, gaggle In flight - skein[14], team[14], wedge[14]

anatine, anserine

poultry

Gopher see Prairie Dog

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Gorilla

infant

blackba ck, silverba ck

troop, group (band)

simian

Grasshoppe r

nymph

swarm

Grouse

covey

Guanaco

chulengo flock[29]

camelid

Guinea fowl

chick

hen

cock

numidine

poultry

Guinea pig

pup

sow

boar

herd

cui

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Gull

chick, scorrie[30]

hen

cock

flock

larine

Hamster

pup

doe

buck

horde

cricetid

Hare

leveret

doe, jill

buck, jack

band, down, warren, husk

leverine, leporine

Hawk

eyas

hen

tiercel

cast, kettle, boil[note 9]

accipitrine, falconine

Hedgehog

hoglet, piglet, pup

sow

boar

array[3]

erinaceine

Heron

chick

hen

cock

siege, sedge

Hippopotam

calf

cow

bull

bloat, crash, herd,

hippopotamin

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group thunder[23]

Adjective

Meat

us

Hornet

larvae, pupae

queen

drone

swarm

vespine

Horse[note 10]

herd, band, mob, team foal, colt (male), fill mare, stallion, (work horses), stable, y (female) dam stud harras, string or field (race horses)

equine

Human

child, girl, boy

woman

man

band, crowd, clan, tribe

human

long pig[31] (See can nibalism)

Hummingbir d

chick

hen

cock

charm

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Hyena

cub, pup, whelp

bitch

dog

clan, cackle[10][12]

hyenine

Iguana

iguanine

Jackal

pup

pack

Jaguar

cub

Jay, Blue

chick

hen

cock

charm bloom, fluther[14], smack[12][14], smuck[3], smuth[8]

Jellyfish

planula, polyp, eph yra[32]

sow

boar

scyphozoan

Kangaroo

joey

flyer,

boomer mob, troop, court, herd macropodine

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

doe, jill, , roo buck,ja ck

Koala

joey

doe

buck

colony, population

phascolarctin e

Komodo dragon

hatchling, chick, calf

cow, hen

bull, cock

bank

varanine

Kouprey

calf

cow

bull

herd

sauveline, bovine

Kudu

calf

cow

bull

herd

Lark

chick

hen

cock

exaltation

alaudine

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Lemur

infant

princes dictator s

plot, congress, conspiracy

lemurine

Leopard

cub

leopard , prowl, spot leopard (has ess been propos ed)

leap, lepe

pardine

Lion

cub[18]

lioness

lion

pride, sawt

leonine

Llama

cria

hembra macho hen[4] cock[4]

herd, flock

camelid

Lobster

homarine

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Locust

nymph

cloud, host, plague, swarm colony[33]

caelifera

Loris

infant

lorisine[34]

Louse

nymph

colony, infestation, lice

pediculine

Lyrebird

hen

cock

musket

menurine

Magpie

chick

hen

cock

tiding, tittering, tribe, gulp, murder, charm, flock

garruline

Mallard

duckling

hen

drake

brace, flush, lute, puddling, sord

anatine

poultry

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Manatee

calf

cow

bull

herd

manatine, sirenian

Meerkat

pup

clan, gang, mob

Mink

cub, kit

sow

boar

musteline

Mole

pup

sow

boar

labour, company, movement tribe, troop[14]

talpine

Monkey

infant, boy/girl

bull[13][27
]

simian

Moose

calf

[13]

cow

[13]

herd

cervine

venison

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Mosquito

nymph, wriggler, tumbler

scourge, swarm, cloud

aedine, anopheline

Mouse

kitten, pinky/fuzzy/crawler /hopper (as pet food),[35] pup

doe

buck

colony, harvest, horde, mischief, nest

murine

Mule

foal

molly, mare mule

john, horse mule

barren, pack, span, rake

Narwhal

calf eft[36]

blessing[citation needed]

Newt

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Nightingale

chick

hen

cock

watch, flock, route, match

philomelian

Octopus

larva

consortium

Okapi

calf

cow

bull

herd

okapine

Opossum

joey

jill

jack

Oryx

calf

Ostrich

hatchling, chick

hen

cock

flock, troop

ratite, struthious

Otter

pup, whelp

sow

boar

romp, bevy, lodge,

musteline,

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

family, raft

lutrine

Owl

fledgling, owlet

parliament, stare, wisdom, hoot

strigine

Ox

calf

cow

bull, steer

yoke, team, drove, herd

bovine

Oyster

spat

bed, hive, cast, culch

ostracine

meat

Panda - see Bear

Panther

cub

panther ess

pantherine

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Parrot

chick

hen

cock

company, flock

Partridge

chick

hen, chantell e

cock

covey

perdicine

Peafowl

chick, peachick

peahen

peacoc peaflock, party, muster, k ostentation, pride pod [10]

pavonine

poultry

Pelican

chick, nestling

Penguin

chick, nestling

rookery, waddle, colony (on land), raft (in water) [37]

spheniscine

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Pig[note 11]

piglet, shoat/shote (a young, just weaned pig), gilt (female)

sow

boar

herd, drove, mob, drift, litter, sounder

porcine, suilline

pork, ham, baco n

Pigeon

squab, squeaker

hen

cock

flight, loft, flock, kit, team

pullastrine

squab

Platypus

platypus

puddle

Pony

foal (either sex), colt (young, immature male), filly (young, immature female)

mare

stallion herd, marmalade, string

equine

Porcupine

pup

sow

boar

prickle

hystricine

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Porpoise

calf

cow

bull

herd, pod, school

Prairie Dog

pup

sow

boar

coterie, town

Quelea

chick

hen

cock

flock, swarm

queline

Rabbit

bunny, kit, kitten, nestling

doe, jill

buck, jack

warren, nest, colony, bevy, bury, drove, trace, leash

leporine

Raccoon

cub, kit

sow

boar

nursery, gaze

procyonine

Rail

chick

reeve

ruff

ralline

Ram

lamb

ewe

ram

flock

arietine,

lamb and

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

ovine

mutton

Rat

kitten, nestling, pinkie, pup, calf[6]

doe, cow

buck, bull

colony, horde, mischief, pack, plague, swarm unkindness,[1][38] congres s, conspiracy, parliament, murder, crime[citation needed]

murine

Raven

corvine

Red deer

calf

hind

stag

herd

venison

Red panda

cub

sow

boar

pack

ailuirine

Reindeer(ca ribou)

calf

cow

bull

herd

rangiferine

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Rhinoceros

calf

cow

bull

crash, herd building[14], parliament[14][39]

ceratorhine

Rook

Salamander

tadpole, salamanderling

sow

boar

maelstrom, band

caudatan

larva pluteus (free swimming stage), Sand Dollar juvenile (young urchin)

Sea lion

pup, calf

cow

bull

pod, colony, crash, flock, harem, bob, herd, rookery, team, hurdle

otarine

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

larva pluteus (free swimming stage), Sea Urchin juvenile (young urchin)

Seahorse

seafoal

seamar seastall e ion

shoal

hippocampal

Seal

pup[6]

cow

bull

pod, rookery, bob, herd, harem

phocine

Seastar

chick

hen

cock

group, school

asteridan

Serval

kitten

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Shark

cub[18]

bull

frenzy, school, shiver

selachian

flake (AUS)

Sheep

lamb, lambkin, cosset

ewe, dam

ram[note 8] , buck

drift, drove, mob, flock, trip, herd

ovine

lamb, mutton, h oggett, haggis (visceral meat)

Shrew

shrewlet, baby

sow

boar boar[4]

colony, race, drove

soricine

Skunk

kit

sow

surfeit hood[citation needed]

Snail

n/a

n/a

gastropodian

escargot

Snake

snakelet, hatchling (a newly-hatched snake),

pit, nest or bed

anguine, elapine, serpentine, viperine,

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

neonate(newborn)

ophidian

Spider

spiderling

Spider

Spider

cluster, clutter

arachnine, arachnoid

Squid

chick

hen

cock

roundup, audience squad, dray, scurry[23]

tethidine

calamari

Squirrel

pup, kit, kitten

doe

buck

sciurine

Stinkbug

nymph

intrusion

pentatomida e

Swallow

flight

Swan

cygnet, flapper

pen

cob

bevy, game, flock, herd,

cygnine

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

team, wedge

Tapir

calf

cow

bull

measure, herd

tapirine

Tarsier

infant

doe

buck

herd, plot, harem, troop

tarsiine

Termite

larva cub[18], whelp

cow

bull

colony, swarm ambush,[10] streak[23]

Tiger

tigress

tiger

tigrine

Toad

tadpole, toadlet

knot,[10][12] lump, coven

ranine, batrachian

Trout

fingerling

hoover

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Turkey

poult

hen

tom, gobbler , stag, cream[citation needed], rafter jake (immat ure)

poultry

Turtle

hatchling

bale, dule

chelonian

Vicua

calf

cow, bull, seorita seor

posse, herd

cameline

Wallaby

joey

jill

jack

mob

Walrus

calf

cow

bull

herd, flock, pod

odobenine

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Wasp -see also Bee

larva

queen, worker

drone

swarm, hive, colony

vespine

Water buffalo

calf

cow

bull

pot

carabeef

Weasel

pup, kit

bitch, doe, jill

buck, dog, hub, jack

sneak, gang, nate[40]

musteline

Whale

calf[20]

cow[21]

bull

gam, grind, pod, herd, school

cetacean, cetaceous

blubber

Wolf

cub, pup,[6] whelp

bitch, she-

dog

pack, rout

lupine

Animal

Young

Fem ale wolf

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

Wombat

joey, chick

jill

jack

wisdom, mob

Woodpecke r

chick

descent

Worm

wormlet

bed, bunch, clew, squirm, wiggle

helminthic, vermian

Wren

chick

cow

bull

herd, cabinet

Yak

calf

cow

bull

herd, cabinet

Zebra

colt, foal

mare

stallion

[crossing (citation needed or is this a

zebrine,

Animal

Young

Fem ale

Mal e

Group

Adjective

Meat

joke?), hippotigrine [herd]],[10][41] cohort,[41]ze al[10][41] [edit]See

also