Animal | Male | Female | Young | Collective | Sound |
Alpaca | macho, wether (neut) | hombre | cria, tui | ||
Ant | male ant | queen, worker (nr) | larva, antling | colony, swarm, army, nest, state | |
Antelope | ram | ewe | calf, fawn, kid, yearling | herd | |
Ape | shrewdness | gibber | |||
Ass, burro, donkey | jack, jackass, gelding(neut), john(neut), ass(neut) | jenny, jennet | foal | herd, pace, drove | bray |
Bacteria | culture | ||||
Badger | boar | sow | kit, cub | cete | |
Bass | shoal | ||||
Bat | male | female | pup | colony | |
Bear | boar, he-bear | sow, she-bear | cub | sleuth, sloth | |
Beaver | boar | sow | kit, kitten | colony, family | |
Bee | drone | queen, queen bee, worker(nr) | larva | swarm, grist, hive, cluster, nest, erst | |
Beetle | drone | ||||
Bird (general) | fledgling, nestling | flock, congregation, flight, dissimulation, volary(?), volery(?) | sing | ||
Bittern | siege | ||||
Blackbird | whistle | ||||
Buffalo | bull | cow | calf, yearling, spike-bull | herd, troop, gang | |
Butterfly | male | female | larva, caterpillar | flutter, swarm army (of caterpillar) |
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Camel | bull | cow | calf, colt | flock, train, caravan | |
Caribou | bull, stag, hart | cow, doe | calf, fawn | herd | |
Cat | tom, tomcat, boarcat, ramcat, gib(neut) , gibcat(neut) | queen, tabby, grmalkin, malkin, pussy | pussy, kit, kitten, catling, kitling, kitty, | clowder/clutter (of cats) kindle/kendle (of kittens) |
meow, mew, purr, caterwal, swear |
Cattle | bull, steer(neut), ox(neut), stag(neut), bullock(Eng,neut) | cow (>2yrs, had calf) , heifer (<2yrs) |
calf, stot, yearling, bullcalf, heifer | herd, drove, kine | bellow (bull) moo, low, bawl (cow) bleat, bawl (calf) |
Chicken | rooster, cock, stag, chanticleer, capon (neut.) | hen, partlet, biddy | chick (very young), broiler (ready for market), chicken, poult, cockerel(m), pullet(f), pollute(Eng,f) | brood, peep, flock, run, clutch, chattering | crow (cock), peep, cackle |
Clam | bed | ||||
Cobra | quiver | ||||
Codfish | codling, sprat | ||||
Coot | cover, covert | ||||
Coyote | dog | bitch | pup, whelp | pack, band | |
Crane | herd, sedge, siege | ||||
Crocodile | float | ||||
Crow | cock | hen | chick | murder, horde | caw |
Cuckoo | cuckoo | ||||
Curlew | herd | ||||
Deer | buck, stag(Eng/neut), cactus buck(neut) | doe, hind(Eng) | fawn, yearling | herd, leash | bell |
Dog, hound | sire, stud | bitch | pup, puppy, whelp | pack (of dogs) cry, mute (of hounds) leash (of greyhounds) |
bark, basy, howl, yelp, snarl, woof, arf |
Dolphin | pod | click | |||
Dove | flight, dule pitying (of turtledoves) |
coo, moan | |||
Duck | drake, stag, capon(neut) | duck, hen | duckling, cockerel, flapper | flock, brace, team, paddling, raft, bed, flight | quack |
Eagle | male | female | eaglet, fledgling | convocation | scream |
Eel | elver | ||||
Elephant | bull | cow | calf | herd | trumpet |
Elephant seal | weaner | pod | |||
Elk | bull | cow | calf | herd, gang | |
Emu | mob | ||||
Falcon | cast | chant | |||
Ferret | buck, hob, dog | bitch, jill, doe | kit | business, fesnyng(?) | |
Finch | charm | ||||
Fish (general) | fry | school, shoal, run, haul, catch, drought, draught | |||
Flamingo | stand | ||||
Fly | swarm | buzz | |||
Fox | fox, dog | vixen | cub, pub, kit | skulk, leash, family, cloud, troop | bark, yelp |
Frog | polliwog, tadpole | army, colony | croak | ||
Giraffe | bull | cow | calf | herd, corps, troop | bleat, grunt |
Gnat | swarm, cloud, horde | ||||
Goat | ram, billy, wether(neut), wither(Eng), buck, billie, billy-goat, he-goat | doe, nanny, she-goat, nannie, nanny goat | kid | tribe, trip, flock, herd | |
Goose | gander, stag | goose, dame | gosling, goruse, cheeper, cockerel(m) | gaggle, flock skein (in flight) plump (on water) |
cackle, hiss, honk |
Gorilla | band | ||||
Grasshopper | chirp, pitter | ||||
Grouse | cheeper | drum | |||
Guinea Fowl | cock, capon(neut) | hen | keet, cockerel(m) | flock | cry |
Guinea Pig, cavy | boar | sow | herd | squeak, whistle | |
Gull | squawk | ||||
Hare | down, husk | squeak | |||
Hawk | tiercel | hen | eyas | cast, kettle | scram |
Heron | hedge, siege, sedge | ||||
Hippopotamus | calf | bray, snort | |||
Horse | stallion, stud, gilding (neut), stag, horse, stud | mare (>2yrs), dam | foal, yearling, colt(m), stot, stag, filly (<2yrs,f), hog-colt, hogget | horras(?), harras(?), haras(?), stable, remuda, herd, string, field, set, pair, team, string (of ponies) | neigh, whinny |
Human | male | female | child | population, nation, group, couple, pair | unlimited vocabulary |
Hummingbird | charm | ||||
Hyena | laugh | ||||
Jackrabbit | buck | doe | bunny | husk, dray | |
Jay | party | chatter | |||
Jellyfish | smack | ||||
Kangaroo | buck, boomer | doe | joey | mob, troop, herd | |
Lapwing | desert | ||||
Lark | exaltation, ascension | ||||
Leopard | leopard | leopardess | cub | leap, leep | |
Lion | lion, tom | lioness, she-lion | cub, whelp, lionet | pride, troop, flock, sawt, souse | roar, growl |
Llama | gelding(neut) | cria | |||
Locust | plague | ||||
Loon | howl | ||||
Mackerel | blinker, tinker, spike | ||||
Magpie | tiding | chatter | |||
Mallard | sord | ||||
Marten | richness | ||||
Mink | buck, hob, dog | bitch, jill, doe | |||
Mole | labor | ||||
Monkey | troup | chatter, gibber | |||
Moose | bull | cow | calf | herd | |
Mouse | squeak, squeal | ||||
Mule | jack, ass(neut) | jennet, jenny | brace, barren, span | ||
Nightingale | watch | pipe, warble, jug-jug | |||
Otter | buck, hog, dog | bitch, jill, doe | |||
Owl | owlet | parliament | hoot, screech, wail | ||
Oxen | herd, yoke, team, drove | low, bellow | |||
Oyster | bed | ||||
Parrot | company | talk | |||
Partridge | cock | hen | cheeper | covey | |
Peafowl | peacock | peahen | ostentation, muster | scream | |
Penguin | baby | bleat (baby) | |||
Peregrine Falcon | tiercel | falcon | |||
Pheasant | nide, nye, bouquet, nest | ||||
Pigeon | squab, squeaker | flock, flight | coo | ||
Plover | congregation | ||||
Pronghorn | buck | doe | fawn | herd | |
Quail | cock | hen | cheeper, chick, squealer | covey, bevy | |
Racoon | chatter | ||||
Rabbit | bunny, kit, kitten | herd, nest (of bunnies) | |||
Rat | pup | pack, swarm | |||
Rattlesnake | rhumba | ||||
Raven | conspiracy, unkindness(?) | croak | |||
Reindeer | buck | doe | fawn | herd | |
Rhinocerus | calf | crash | snort, grunt, growl, whistle | ||
Salmon | parr, smolt, grilse | ||||
Sandpiper | pipe, whistle | ||||
Seal, sealion | bull | cow | signet, whelp, pup, cub, bachelor | herd, pod, trip, rookery, harem | |
Sheep | ram, wether(neut), buck, male sheep, mutton | ewe, dam | lamb, lambkin, shearling, yearling, cosset, hog | flock, drove, hirsel, trip, pack | baa, bleat |
Snake | male | Ffemale | snakelet | nest, pit | hiss |
Snipe | walk, wisp | ||||
Squirrel | buck | doe | pup, kitten | dray | |
Sparrow | host | chirp | |||
Starling | murmuration | ||||
Stork | mustering | ||||
Swallow | flight | titter | |||
Swan | cob | pen | cygnet | ballet, herd, bevy, lamentation, wedge, team, bank | crey, hiss, grunt, bark |
Swine, pig | boar, barrow(neut), stag(neut) | sow | pig, piglet, suckling, shoat(m), gilt(f), trotter, farrow | sounder, sty, drift, herd, passel, parcel trip (litter of pigs) |
grunt, squeak, squeal |
Teal | spring | ||||
Termite | king | queen | nymph | colony, nest, swarm, brood | |
Thrushes | whistle | ||||
Toad | male | female | tadpole | knot | |
Trout | hover | ||||
Tiger | growl, roar | ||||
Tortoise | grunt | ||||
Turkey | tom, stag, capon(neut) | hen | hatchling, keet, poult, cockerel | rafter, raft | gobble |
Turtle | bale | ||||
Walrus | bull | cow | cub | pod, herd | |
Whale | bull | cow | calf | school, gam, pod, herd | |
Wigeon | company | ||||
Wild Fowl (general) | flapper | ||||
Wolf | dog | bitch | pup | pack, route, herd | howl |
Woodcock | fall | ||||
Woodpecker | descent | ||||
Zebra | stallion | mare | colt, foal | herd |