Animal Terms
Below you'll find typical terms that we use to refer to some of the more common animals. In some cases there are additional terms not shown here. The collective terms describe groups of the animal and are also known as "terms of venery".
Animal | Plural | Male | Female | Young | Collective term (terms of venery) |
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ant | ants | winged male, aner | queen, worker | antling | a colony of ants, an army of ants |
bat | bats | male | female | pup | a cloud of bats, a colony of bats |
bear | bears | boar | sow | cub | a sleuth of bears, a sloth of bears |
bee | bees | drone | queen, worker | larva, schadon, fry (plural noun) | a hive of bees, a swarm of bees |
bird | birds | cock | hen | nestling, fledgling | a flock of birds, a flight of birds (in the air) |
buffalo | buffalo, buffalloes, buffaloes | bull | cow | calf | a herd of buffalo |
cat | cats | tom | queen | kitten | a clutter of cats |
chicken | chickens | rooster | hen | chick | a brood of chickens, a flock of chickens |
cow | cattle | bull | cow | calf | a herd of cattle |
dog | dogs | dog | bitch | puppy, pup | a pack of dogs |
dolphin | dolphins | bull | cow | pup | a school of dolphins |
duck | ducks | drake | duck | duckling | a raft of ducks |
elephant | elephants | bull | cow | calf | a herd of elephants |
fish | fish, fishes | male | female | fry (plural noun) | a school of fish |
fox | foxes | dog, reynard | vixen | cub | a troop of foxes, an earth of foxes |
frog | frogs | male | female | tadpole, froglet | an army of frogs, a colony of frogs |
goose | geese | gander | goose | gosling | a flock of geese, a gaggle of geese |
goat | goats | billy (domestic), evec | nanny | kid | a flock of goats, a herd of goats |
horse | horses | stallion, colt (young) | mare, filly (young) | foal | a herd of horses, a team of horses (in harness), a string of horses (for racing) |
kangaroo | kangaroos | buck | doe | joey | a mob of kangaroos, a troop of kangaroos |
lion | lions | lion | lioness | cub | a pride of lions |
monkey | monkeys | male | female | infant | a troop of monkeys |
owl | owls | male | female | owlet | a parliament of owls |
ox | oxen | bull, steer (castrated) | cow | calf | a herd of oxen, a drove of oxen (when driven in a group), a team of oxen (in harness) |
penguin | penguins | male | female | chick | a colony of penguins |
person | people | man | woman | baby, infant | a crowd of people |
pig | pigs | boar | sow | suckling, piglet | a herd of pigs, a flock of pigs |
rabbit | rabbits | buck | roe | bunny, bunny rabbit | a colony of rabbits, a nest of rabbits, a warren of rabbits (strictly, where they live) |
sheep | sheep | ram | ewe | lamb | a flock of sheep |
tiger | tigers | tiger | tigress | cub, whelp | a streak of tigers, an ambush of tigers (fanciful*) |
whale | whales | bull | cow | calf | a school of whales, a shoal of whales, a pod of whales (smaller groups) |
wolf | wolves | dog | bitch | cub | a pack of wolves, a herd of wolves |
zebra | zebra, zebras | stallion | mare | foal | a cohort of zebra, a herd of zebra |
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