Taxonomy of the animal kingdom [ edit ]

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Male and female animals, their young, homes, groups, sounds and related adjectives [ edit ]

Each row of the table below gives specific terms for the male, female, young, home, group, sound and related adjective for a type of animal, where special terms exist.

Male: Terms for the male of the animal. Where specific terms exist for the castrated and uncastrated male, these are given, followed by c and u respectively.

Female: Terms for the female of the animal.

Young: Terms for the young of the animal. Where specific terms exist for the male and female young, these are given, followed by m and f respectively.

Home: Terms for the home of the animal. Those made by the animal itself are followed by a and those made by humans to keep the animal are followed by h.

Group: Terms for a group of animals of this type. Italicised terms are invented collective nouns rarely found outside lists of such terms and are not used by zoologists.

Sound: Terms for the cry of the animal or sounds that the animal makes.

Adjective: Adjectives describing the animal of this type. These include both common English terms (such as wormy), and technical or Latinate terms (such as vermian). Many of the technical terms are collateral adjectives.

Related terms: Alternative names for the animal, including slang terms, terms for animals of various ages, animals who are parents and terms otherwise too specific to feature in other columns.

Terms used for animals in general [ edit ]

Animal Male Female Young Home Group Sound Adjective Related terms —

male,

male + name of animal,

neuter c

female,

female + name of animal

baby,

baby + name of animal burrow a,

den a,

hold a,

hole a,

lair a,

menagerie h,

terrarium h,

zoo or zoological gardens h band (North American: applied to large mammals),

flock (applied to small farm animals and to birds),

herd (applied to large herbivorous mammals),

mob (Australian: applied to large mammals),

pack (applied to hunting animals),

school name of animal + (-)like (eg cat-like)

hibernaculum,

litter



A [ edit ]

B [ edit ]

C [ edit ]

D [ edit ]

E [ edit ]

F [ edit ]

G [ edit ]

H [ edit ]

I [ edit ]

Animal Male Female Young Home Group Sound Adjective Related terms iguana













ignuanian,

iguanid



insect





grub,

larva,

nymph,

pupa insectarium h,

insectary h

brood (of young),

cloud (in flight),

swarm



insectan

bug,

chrysalis,

creepy-crawly,

imago,

pseudimago,

pupa,

subimago



J [ edit ]

Animal Male Female Young Home Group Sound Adjective Related terms jackdaw















daw

jay











chatter

garruline





K [ edit ]

L [ edit ]

M [ edit ]

N [ edit ]

Animal Male Female Young Home Group Sound Adjective Related terms nightingale









watch









O [ edit ]

P [ edit ]

Q [ edit ]

Animal Male Female Young Home Group Sound Adjective Related terms quail









bevy









R [ edit ]

S [ edit ]

T [ edit ]

U, V [ edit ]

Animal Male Female Young Home Group Sound Adjective Related terms viper













viperine,

viperish adder

vole













microtine



vulture













vulturine





W [ edit ]

X, Y, Z [ edit ]

Animal Male Female Young Home Group Sound Adjective Related terms yak















dzo or zo zebra



mare





herd zeal



zebrine

zebrinny,

zebroid,

zebrule,

zeedonk,

zeehorse,

zetland,

zonkey,

zony,

zorse zho

zobo

zhomo















Terms to be checked [ edit ]

The terms below have not yet been verified. They will be researched at some point and added to the table if they are confirmed to be correct.

Not found in the Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989) nor in onelook as of November 2006: