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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