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| Animal | Young | Female | Male | Group | Adjective | Meat |
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| Aardvark | cub | sow | boar | orycteropodian | ||
| Alligator | hatchling | cow | bull | congregation | eusuchian | |
| Alpaca | cria | herd | camelid (see also Llama) | |||
| American Bison (Buffalo) | calf | cow | bull | herd | bovine, bubaline | |
| Ant | larva, pupa | queen, worker, gyne | drone | army, bike, colony, swarm | formic, myrmecine | |
| Anteater | pup | sow | boar | | ||
| Antelope | calf | doe | buck | herd, cluster, tribe | alcelaphine, bubaline, antilopine | |
| Ape | infant | | | shrewdness , troop | simian | |
| Armadillo | pup, baby | sow | boar | | cingulatan | |
| Ass/Donkey | foal | jenny | jack | herd, pace, band, drove, coffle | asinine | |
| Baboon | infant | | tribe, troop , flange | |||
| Badger | cub, kit | sow | boar | cete , sett, colony, clan, company | musteline | |
| Barracuda | school | percesocine | ||||
| Bat | pup | | | colony, cloud, flock | pteropine, noctillionine | |
| Bear | cub | sow, She-bear | boar, He-bear | sleuth, sloth | ursine | |
| Beaver | kit, kitten, pup | | | family, colony | castorine | |
| Bee | larva, pupa | queen, worker | drone | colony, drift , erst , grist , hive , nest , swarm |
apic, apian, apiarian | |
| Bison | calf | cow | bull | herd, troop, gang, obstinacy | see also-Buffalo | |
| Boar | shoat, farrow, piglet | singular, sounder | ||||
| Buffalo | calf | cow | bull | herd, troop, gang, obstinancy | ||
| Bush baby | infant | queen | king, drake | congress, gathering, plot | galagine | |
| Butterfly | caterpillar, larva, pupa, chrysalis | rabble, flight, flutter ; swarm, army (caterpillars) | pieridine, pierine,lepidopteran | |||
| Camel | calf | cow | bull | flock, herd, train | camelid, cameline | |
| Caribou | calf | herd | ||||
| Cat | kitten, kit | molly, queen, pussy | tom | clowder , cluster , clutter, glaring , pounce , kindle (young) |
feline | |
| Caterpillar | army, constituency | |||||
| Cattle | calf | cow | bull | herd, drift, drove, mob, kine (female) | bovine, vituline (young), vaccine (female), taurine (male) | beef, veal |
| Chamois | calf | doe | bull | herd | rupicaprine | |
| Cheetah | cub | coalition | ||||
| Chicken | chick, peep | hen, pullet | rooster, cock(-erel) | flock, brood, peep | galline | poultry |
| Chimpanzee | infant | empress | blackback | troop, group, harem | panine | |
| Chinchilla | tureturle, kit | velvet, sow | boar, bull | herd | chinchilline | |
| Clam | larva | bed | ||||
| Cobra | quiver | elapid | ||||
| Cockroach | nymph | intrusion | blattid | |||
| Cod -see also Fish | codling, hake, sprag, sprat | school | ||||
| Cormorant | chick | gulp, flight | ||||
| Coyote | cub, pup, whelp | bitch | dog | pack, train | canine | |
| Crab | | hen | cock, jimmy | consortium, cast | cancrine | |
| Crane | chick, colt | herd, sedge, siege | alectorine | |||
| Crocodile | hatchling | cow | bull | bask, nest, congregation, float, bask | crocodilian | |
| Crow | hover, murder , parcel | corvine | ||||
| Deer | calf, fawn | doe, hind, cow | buck, stag, bull, hart (red deer) | bunch, herd, mob, rangale | cervine, elaphine | venison, humble (organ meat) |
| Dinosaur | hatchling, juvenile | cow | bull | herd (herbivores), pack (carnivores) | ||
| Dog | whelp, pup, puppy | bitch, dam | dog, stud, sire | pack, litter (young), kennel, gang, legion, group of hounds (cry, mute) | canine | |
| Dogfish | troop | capeshark (USA), rock salmon (UK), flake (UK, AUS), huss (UK), rigg (UK), kahada (CAN) | ||||
| Dolphin | calf, pup | cow | bull | team, school, pod, herd, team, alliance (male), party (female) | delphine | |
| Donkey | See Ass | |||||
| Dove | chick, squal | hen | cock | arc , cote, dole , dule , flight , piteousness , pitying | columbine | |
| Dragonfly | nymph | queen | king, drake | cluster, flight | anisopteran | |
| Duck -see also Mallard | duckling | duck, hen | drake | On land - flock, herd, badelynge , brace , safe , sord , sore , waddling On water - bunch , paddling , raft In flight - skein , string , team |
anatine, fuliguline | poultry |
| Dugong | calf | cow | bull | herd | dugongine | |
| Eagle | eaglet, fledgling | | | convocation, brood, aerie | aquiline | |
| Echidna | puggle | sow | boar | | tachyglossine | |
| Eel | leptocephalus (larva), elver (juvenile) | | | swarm, cell, pipe, array | ||
| Eland | calf | cow | bull | herd | ||
| Elephant | calf | cow | bull | herd, flock, parade | Proboscine, Proboscidean | |
| Elephant seal | calf | cow | bull | herd, pack, arrangement | miroungan | |
| Elk (wapiti) | calf | cow | bull | gang, herd | cervine | venison |
| Emu | chick, hatchling | mob | ||||
| Falcon | eyass/eyas | falcon | tiercel, tercel, terzel | cast, | acciptrine | |
| Ferret | kit | jill | hob | busyness, business, fesny(i)ng, fesynes | musteline | |
| Finch | chick | hen | cock | quiver | fringilline | |
| Fish | fry, fingerling | draft, run, school, shaol | ||||
| Fly | maggot | swarm, cloud, business | dipterous | |||
| Fox | cub, kit, pup | vixen | tod, dog, dog fox, reynard | leash , skulk | vulpine | |
| Frog | polliwog, tadpole, froglet | army, colony,bundle,fester, knot | ranine | |||
| Gaur | calf | cow | bull | herd | bovine, gaurine | garabeef |
| Gazelle | calf | cow | bull | herd | gazelline | |
| Gerbil | pup | doe | buck | horde | cricetine | |
| Giant Panda | cub | sow | boar | |||
| Giraffe | calf | cow | bull, sire | herd, corps, tower | giraffine | |
| Gnat | larva | cloud, horde | ||||
| Gnu | calf | cow | bull | herd | ||
| Goat | kid | nanny, doe, doeling | billy, buck, buckling | herd, mob, tribe, trip | caprine, hircine | chevon, cabrito, mutton |
| Goose | gosling | goose | gander | On ground - flock, gaggle In flight - skein , team , wedge |
anatine, anserine | poultry |
| Gopher -see Prairie Dog | ||||||
| Gorilla | infant | | blackback, silverback |
troop, group (band) | simian | |
| Grasshopper | nymph | swarm | ||||
| Grouse | covey | |||||
| Guanaco | chulengo | camelid | ||||
| Guinea fowl | chick | hen | cock | flock | numidine | poultry |
| Guinea pig | pup | sow | boar | herd | ||
| Gull | chick, scorrie | 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 | accipitrine, falconine | |
| Hedgehog | hoglet, piglet, pup | sow | boar | array | erinaceine | |
| Heron | chick | hen | cock | siege, sedge | ||
| Hippopotamus | calf | cow | bull | bloat, crash, herd, thunder | hippopotamine | |
| Hornet | larvae, pupae | queen | drone | swarm | vespine | |
| Horse | foal, colt (male), filly (female) | mare, dam | stallion, stud | herd, band, mob, team (work horses), stable, harras, string or field (race horses) | equine | |
| Human | child, girl, boy | woman | man | band, crowd, clan, tribe | human | long pig (See cannibalism) |
| Hummingbird | chick | hen | cock | charm | ||
| Hyena | cub, pup, whelp | bitch | dog | clan, cackle | hyenine | |
| Iguana | iguanine | |||||
| Jackal | pup | pack | ||||
| Jaguar | cub | |||||
| Jay, Blue | chick | hen | cock | charm | ||
| Jellyfish | planula, polyp, ephyra | sow | boar | bloom, fluther , smack , smuck , smuth | scyphozoan | |
| Kangaroo | joey | flyer, doe, jill, roo | boomer, buck,jack | mob, troop, court, herd | macropodine | |
| Koala | joey | doe | buck | colony, population | phascolarctine | |
| 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 | |
| Lemur | infant | princess | dictator | plot, congress, conspiracy | lemurine | |
| Leopard | cub | leopardess | leopard, prowl, spot (has been proposed) | leap, lepe | pardine | |
| Lion | cub | lioness | lion | pride, sawt | leonine | |
| Llama | cria | hembra | macho | herd, flock | camelid | |
| Lobster | hen | cock | homarine | |||
| Locust | nymph | | | cloud, host, plague, swarm | caelifera | |
| Loris | infant | colony | lorisine | |||
| 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 |
| 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 | talpine | |
| Monkey | infant, boy/girl | | | tribe, troop | simian | |
| Moose | calf | cow | bull | herd | cervine | venison |
| Mouse | kitten, pinky/fuzzy/crawler/hopper (as pet food), pup | doe | buck | colony, harvest, horde, mischief, nest | murine | |
| Mosquito | nymph, wriggler, tumbler | | | scourge, swarm, cloud | aedine, anopheline | |
| Mule | foal | molly, mare mule | john, horse mule | barren, pack, span, rake | ||
| Narwhal | calf | blessing[citation needed] | ||||
| Newt | eft | |||||
| Nightingale | chick | hen | cock | watch, flock, route, match | philomelian | |
| Okapi | calf | cow | bull | herd | okapine | |
| Opossum | ljoey | jill | jack | |||
| Oryx | calf | |||||
| Ostrich | hatchling, chick | hen | cock | flock, troop | ratite, struthious | |
| Otter | pup, whelp | sow | boar | romp, bevy, lodge, family, raft | musteline, lutrine | |
| Owl | fledgling, owlet | parliament, stare, wisdom | strigine | |||
| Ox | calf | cow | bull, steer | yoke, team, drove, herd | bovine | |
| Oyster | spat | bed, hive, cast, culch | ostracine | meat | ||
| Panda - see Bear | ||||||
| Panther | cub | pantheress | pantherine | |||
| Parrot | chick | hen | cock | company, flock | ||
| Partridge | chick | hen, chantelle | cock | covey | perdicine | |
| Peafowl | chick, peachick | peahen | peacock | party, muster, ostentation, pride | pavonine | poultry |
| Pelican | chick, nestling | scoop, pod | ||||
| Penguin | chick, nestling | rookery, waddle, colony (on land), raft (in water) | spheniscine | |||
| Pig | piglet, shoat/shote (a young, just weaned pig), gilt (female) | sow | boar | herd, drove, mob, drift, litter, sounder | porcine, suilline | pork, ham, bacon |
| 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 | |
| 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, ovine | lamb and mutton |
| Rat | kitten, nestling, pinkie, pup, calf | doe, cow | buck, bull | colony, horde, mischief, pack, plague, swarm | murine | |
| Raven | unkindness, congress, conspiracy, parliament, murder, crime[citation needed] | corvine | ||||
| Red deer | calf | hind | stag | herd | venison | |
| Red panda | cub | sow | boar | pack | ailuirine | |
| Reindeer (caribou) | calf | cow | bull | herd | rangiferine | |
| Rhinoceros | calf | cow | bull | crash, herd | ceratorhine | |
| Rook | building , parliament | |||||
| Salamander | tadpole, salamanderling | sow | boar | maelstrom, band | caudatan | |
| Sand Dollar | larva pluteus (free swimming stage), juvenile (young urchin) | |||||
| Sea lion | pup, calf | cow | bull | pod, colony, crash, flock, harem, bob, herd, rookery, team, hurdle | otarine | |
| Sea Urchin | larva pluteus (free swimming stage), juvenile (young urchin) | |||||
| Seahorse | seafoal | seamare | seastallion | shoal | hippocampal | |
| Seal | pup | cow | bull | pod, rookery, bob, herd, harem | phocine | |
| Seastar | chick | hen | cock | group, school | asteridan | |
| Serval | kitten | |||||
| Shark | cub | bull | frenzy, school, shiver | selachian | flake (AUS) | |
| Sheep | lamb, lambkin, cosset | ewe, dam | ram , buck | drift, drove, mob, flock, trip, herd | ovine | lamb, mutton, hoggett, haggis (visceral meat) |
| Shrew | shrewlet, baby | sow | boar | colony, race, drove | soricine | |
| Skunk | kit | sow | boar | surfeit | ||
| Snail | n/a | n/a | hood[citation needed] | gastropodian | escargot | |
| Snake | snakelet, hatchling (a newly-hatched snake), neonate(newborn) | | | pit, nest or bed | anguine, elapine, serpentine, viperine, ophidian | |
| Spider | spiderling | cluster, clutter | arachnine, arachnoid | |||
| Squid | chick | hen | cock | roundup, audience | tethidine | calamari |
| Squirrel | pup, kit, kitten | doe | buck | squad, dray, scurry | sciurine | |
| Stinkbug | nymph | intrusion | pentatomidae | |||
| Swallow | flight | |||||
| Swan | cygnet, flapper | pen | cob | bevy, game, flock, herd, team, wedge | cygnine | |
| Tapir | calf | cow | bull | measure, herd | tapirine | |
| Tarsier | infant | doe | buck | herd, plot, harem, troop | tarsiine | |
| Termite | larva | cow | bull | colony, swarm | ||
| Tiger | cub , whelp | tigress | tiger | ambush, streak | tigrine | |
| Toad | tadpole, toadlet | | | knot, lump, coven | ranine, batrachian | |
| Trout | fingerling | hoover | ||||
| Turkey | poult | hen | tom, gobbler, stag, jake (immature) | cream[citation needed], rafter | poultry | |
| Turtle | hatchling | | | bale, dule | chelonian | |
| Vicuρa | calf | cow, seρorita | bull, seρor | posse, herd | cameline | |
| Wallaby | joey | jill | jack | mob | ||
| Walrus | calf | cow | bull | herd, flock, pod | odobenine | |
| 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 | musteline | |
| Whale | calf | cow | bull | gam, grind, pod, herd, school | cetacean, cetaceous | blubber |
| Wolf | cub, pup, whelp | bitch, she-wolf | dog | pack, rout | lupine | |
| Wombat | joey, chick | jill | jack | wisdom, mob | ||
| Woodpecker | 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, herd, cohort, zeal | zebrine, hippotigrine |