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Animal Plural Male Female Young Collective Term (Terms of Venery)

This document lists various animals and provides the plural form, male, female, young, and collective terms for each. It includes common animals such as dogs, cats, cows, horses, sheep as well as less common animals like bats, dolphins, penguins, zebras. For each entry it identifies terms for plural form, gender of male and female, young or offspring, and collective nouns used to describe a group of that animal.

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Animal Plural Male Female Young Collective Term (Terms of Venery)

This document lists various animals and provides the plural form, male, female, young, and collective terms for each. It includes common animals such as dogs, cats, cows, horses, sheep as well as less common animals like bats, dolphins, penguins, zebras. For each entry it identifies terms for plural form, gender of male and female, young or offspring, and collective nouns used to describe a group of that animal.

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Animal

Plural

Male

Female

Young

Collective
term
(terms of
venery)

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)

kangaro
o

kangaroo
s

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

doe

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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