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This lists various names animals can have. There are often multiple names that can apply in each situation. Many species of animals, particularly those domesticated, have been given specific names for the male, the female, and the young of the species. There are a few generic terms, "bull-cow-calf", for instance, that are found across species, but many species have been granted unique names for these gender/age characteristics. Empty table cells indicate incomplete data, and should not be interpreted to mean that the animal does not have a specific name of that type.

See also: List of collective nouns.

Formal names

Notes

  1. ^ a b Collective Terms for Groups of Animals. Oxford English Dictionary . Oxford University Press.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at This animal does not have a specific name for the indicated gender. For example, "male cheetah".
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am This word is considered a profanity in American English under certain connotations.
  4. ^ A worker bee is a sexually undeveloped female.
  5. ^ Turdine pertains to entire family turdidae, including the true thrushes
  6. ^ A castrated male cat is a gib or neuter.
  7. ^ Castrated male cattle are steers in the United States, or a bullock in the United Kingdom. A young female cow that has not given birth is a heifer. See Cattle for more names. Cow is often used informally to refer to cattle in general.
  8. ^ Bovine refers to all species of genus Bos .
  9. ^ A castrated male chicken is a capon.
  10. ^ http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chicken
  11. ^ a b c d e f g Universe in Your Pocket by Joel Levy, published by Barnes & Noble, Inc.
  12. ^ a b c A group of geese, herons, or ducks in flight is a skein .
  13. ^ A castrated male ferret is a gib.
  14. ^ a b A castrated male sheep or goat is a wether. See sheep for more names.
  15. ^ http://www.caithness.org/caithnessfieldclub/bulletins/2002/local_caithness_bird_names.htm
  16. ^ A castrated male horse is a gelding. A male foal is a colt, and a female foal is a filly.
  17. ^ A young female pig that has not given birth is a gilt. A castrated male pig is a barrow.

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