Words for male, female, child and groups of different species.

Animal Female Male Young Group Albatross Rookery Alligator cow bull hatchling Congregation Ant queen, princess, worker prince, drone antling Nest, army, colony, state, swarm, bike Antelope cow bull calf, fawn, kid or yearling Herd, cluster Apes Shrewdness, troop Ass jenny jack, jackass foal Pace, drove, herd, coffle Auks Colony, flock, raft Baboons Troop, flange Badger sow boar cub Cete, colony, set, company Bats Colony, cloud Bear sow, she-bear boar, he-bear cub Sloth, sleuth, slought Beaver kit, kitten, pup Family, lodge, colony Bee queen, queen-bee, worker drone larva Swarm, cluster, nest, hive, erst, bike, cast, college, drift, game, fry, peck, rabble, stand, range, butt, spindle, grist, colony Bird hen cock nestling, hatchling, chick Battery, cast, congregation, covert, covey, drift, flight, fleet, flock, flush, nest, aviary Bison cow bull calf Herd Bitterns Flock, sedge, siege Bloodhounds Sute Boar (wild) sow boar boarlet, piglet, shoat, farrow Sounder, singular, herd Bobcat kitten or cub Clowder, clutter, tantrum Buffalo cow bull calf, yearling, or spike-bull Troop, herd, gang, obstinacy Bullfinches Bellowing Bullocks Drove Butterflies Rabble, flight, kaleidoscope Camel cow bull calf or colt Flock, train, caravan, herd Canary hen cock chick Aria, opera Caribou cow, doe bull, stag, hart calf or fawn Herd Cat tabby, queen tom, tomcat, gib kit, kitling, kitten or pussy Clowder, clutter, cluster (domestic cats), colony, glorying, kindle, litter, dout, parliament, seraglio, glaring, destruction (wild cats) Caterpillars Army, nest Cattle cow bull calf, stot or yearling (m. bullcalf or f.

heifer) Drove, herd, bow, bunch, draft, drift, flote, head, diary Chamois Herd Chicken hen, partlet, biddy cock, rooster, stag chick, chicken, poult, cockerel or pullet Brood, clutch, hatching, nest, parcel, peep, battery, flock, roost, mews, concatenation Chinchilla Colony Cicada nymph Clams Bed Cockroaches Intrusion Cod codling, scrod or sprag Lap Cormorants Colony, flight Cougar lioness, she-lion, pantheress tom, lion kitten, cub Cows Dairy, drove, pack, team Coyote bitch dog whelp, pup Crabs Cast Cranes Flock, herd, sedge, siege, sege Crocodile bull hatchling Bask, nest Crows Murder, parcel, hover Deer hind, doe buck, stag fawn Herd, leash, bevy, game, quarry, bunch,

mob Dog bitch dog whelp or puppy Gang, legion, kennel, pack, stud Dolphin cow bull calf, pup Team, school Dove hen cock pigeon or squab Duet, dule, dole, flight, troop, pitying (of turtle doves) Duck duck drake duckling or flapper Bunch, brood, knob, raft, skein, string, mob, paddling, plump, sord, sore, team, waddling Eagle eaglet, fledgling Aerie, brood, convocation, cargo Echidna puggle Eel fry or elver Swarm, bed, bind, draft, fry, wisp Elephant cow bull calf Herd, flock, parade Elk cow bull calf Gang, herd Ferret hob jill kit Business Finches Chirm, charm Fish fry, fingerling, minnow or spawn School, shoal, haul, draught, run, catch, cran, flote, flutter, cast, throw, warp Fly grub or maggot Business, hatch, grist, swarm, community, fare, rabble, cloud Flamingo Stand Fox vixen, bitch, she-fox fox, dog-fox, stag, reynard kit, cub, pup Cloud, skulk, brace, leash, troop, earth Frog polliwog, tadpole, froglet Army, colony, froggery Giraffe cow bull calf Herd, corps, troop, tower Gnats Swarm, cloud, horde, plague, rabble Gnu Implausibility Goat nanny, she-goat, nannie, nannie-goat billy, buck, billie-goat, he-goat kid Flock, trip, herd, tribe Goldfish Troubling Goose goose, dame gander, stag gosling Gaggle, clutch, flock, line, skein, nide, wedge Gorilla blackback, silverback infant Band Grasshoppers Cloud Grouse chick, poult, squealer or cheeper Pack, brood Guinea pig sow boar pup Hare jill jack leveret Down, flick, husk, kindle, trip, drove, warren, dun, herd, brace, leash, kindle (young) Hawk hen tiercel eyas Aerie, brood, cast, leash, mews, staff Hedgehog sow boar pup, piglet Nest, array Hippopotamus cow bull calf Bloat, school, pod, herd Hornets Nest, bike, swarm Horse mare, dam stallion, stag, horse stud, stable horse,

sire, rig foal, colt (m), filly (f), stat, stag, hog-colt,

youngster, yearling or hogget herd, haras, stud, string, field, set, team, stable, mews, mob, parcel, rag, slate, rake, rage Hound Leash. couple, brace, pack, mute, kennel, cry, sute, stable, litter (puppies) Impala ewe ram Insects Horde, nest, swarm, rabble, plague Jackrabbit Husk Jay Party Jellyfish Smuck, fluther, smack, stuck, smuth, brood, crowd Kangaroo doe buck joey Troop, mob, herd Ladybird Loveliness Larks Bevy, exaltation, flight, wisp Leopard leopardess leopard cub Leap Lice Flock Lion lioness, she-lion lion, tom whelp, cub or lionet Pride, troop, flock, sawt, souse Lobster hen cock Locusts Swarm, cloud, plague Louse nit Flock Magpies Tiding, tittering Mallard Flush, lute, puddling, sord, sute Manatee cow bull calf Marten Richesse, richness Midges Bite Mink sow boar kit or cub Minnows Shoal, steam, or swarm Moles Company, labour, citadel (of mole burrows) Monkey suckling, yearling or infant Troop, cartload, tribe Moose cow bull calf Herd Mosquito larva, flapper, wriggler, wiggler, nymph Scourge Mouse doe buck pup, kitten Nest, colony, harvest Mule she-ass, more, hinny stallion, jackass, jack foal Barren, span, mulada, rake Muskrat kit Nightingales Watch, flock, route Opossum jill jack joey Ostrich hen cock chick Otter bitch dog pup, kitten, whelp or cub Bevy, lodge, family Owl jenny, howlet owlet or howlet Parliament, stare Ox cow, beef ox, beef, steer, bullock stot, calf Team, yoke, drove, or herd Oyster set seed, spat or brood Bed, cast, clam, hive, set Parrots Company, flock, pandemonium Partridge hen cock cheeper Bevy, covey Peacock hen, pea-hen cock, peacock chick, pea-chick Pride, muster, ostentation Pekingese Pomp Pelican chick, nestling Penguin hen cock fledgling,chick Parcel, rookery Pheasant hen cock chick, poult Bouquet Pig sow boar shoat, farrow, piglet Drove, fare, litter, flock, hoggery, sounder, nest of trotters, parcel Pigeon hen cock squab, nestling, squealer Flight, flock, loft Platypus puggle Porpoises School, crowd, herd, shoal, gam, pod, turmoil Possum jill jack joey Quail hen cock cheeper, chick, squealer Bevy, covey, jug Rabbit doe buck kitten, bunny Bevy, bury (of conies), flick, kindle (young), nest (young), game, warren, colony Raccoon sow boar Kit, cub Nursery Rat doe buck kitten, pup Ravens Unkindness Reindeer doe buck fawn Herd Rhinoceros cow bull calf Crash, stubbornness, herd Robin hen cock Rooks Building, clamour, congregation, council, pack, shoal, wing Salmon hen jack Parr, smolt, fry, finnock Run, bind Sardines Family Scorpions Bed, nest Sea Lion cow bull pup Seal cow bull whelp, pup, cub, bachelor Pod, herd, trip, rookery, flock, plump, harem Shark bull pup School or shoal Sheep ewe, dam buck, ram, male-sheep, mutton lamb, lambkin, shearling or yearling Flock, hirsel, drove trip, drift, fold, hurtle, parcel, mob, down, pack Skunk boar kitten Smelt Quantity Snails Escargatoire, rout, walk Snakes Bed, knot, den, pit, quiver Spiders Cluster, clutter Squirrel doe buck kitten Drey or Dray, colony Starlings Cloud, chattering, murmuration, clattering Stoats Pack, trip Storks Flight, mustering, phalanx Swallows Flight, gulp, rush Swan pen cob cygnet, flapper Flock, bevy, bank, eyrar, drift, game, herd, sownder, team, wedge Swine sow boar shoat, trotter, pig or piglet Sounder, drift, herd, trip, drone, singular (of boars) Termite queen king nymph Tiger tigeress tiger whelp, cub Ambush Toad tadpole Knot, nest, knob Trout hen jack fry Hover, leash, troup Turkey hen gobbler, tom chick, poult Duet, crop, posse, rafter, gang Turtles Bale, dole, turn, dule Vipers nest Vultures Carpets, cast, drove, flock, herd Walrus cow bull cub Pod, herd, huddle Wasps Nest, knot, knab, bike, swarm Weasel bitch, doe, jill dog, buck, jack, hob kit Pack Whale cow bull calf School, gam, mob, pod, herd, plump, run, flote, shoal, grind (bottle-nosed) Wildfowl Lute, plump, scry, skein, sord, trip Wolf bitch dog cub, pup Rout, route, pack, head, horde Woodchuck she-chuck he-chuck kit, cub Woodpeckers Descent Worms Bed, clew, bunch, clat Wren Herd Zebra mare stallion foal, colt (m), filly(f) Herd, zeal, cohorts, dazzle

Sources

A crash of rhinos, a party of jays by Diane Swanson

A menagerie of animals by Steve Palin

A crash of rhinoceroses by Rex Collings

and other books about collective animal nouns in our collection.