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Baby, Male, Female and Group


Page 3 - N through U

Animal/Plant

Baby

Male

Female

Group

Other Interesting Terms

Nightingale

Chick

Cock

Hen

Watch

Opossum

Joey

Jack

Jill

n/a

Ostrich

Chick

Cock

Hen

Flock

Otter, Sea

Whelp
pup

Male

Female

Raft/Family/Bevy

Otter, River

Whelp/pup (cub-UK)

Male (dog-UK)

Female (bitch-UK)

Family/romp

Owl

Owlet

.

Parliment

Oxen

Calf/stot

Bull
(when castrated-steer)

Cow

Yoke/nye/team

Oyster

Spat

.

.

Bed, culch, cultch

Palm Tree

Pup

.

.

Grove/Stand

Panda

Cub

Boar

Sow

n/a

Parrot

Chick

Cock

Hen

Company

Partridge

Chick, Cheeper

Cock

Hen, chantrelle

Covey

Young just learning to fly=flapper

Peafowl

Peachick

Peacock

Peahen

Muster/pstemtatopm

Penguin

Chick

.

.

Parcel/Colony"/Huddles
Rookery, Colony

Pheasant

Chick

Cock

Hen

Bouquet, Nide,
Nest, Nye

Pig

Piglet, Shoat, Farrow, Suckling

Boar
young hoggett
castrated=barrow

Sow
young=gilt
spayed=yelt or elt

Sounder

Suckling pig=grice
Weaned young pig=speaning
Young=snork

Pigeon

Squab, Squeaker

Cock

Hen

Flock, school, kitte

Pike

Fry, Fingerling, Jeg

Jack(small)

.

.

Pilchard

Sardine

.

.

School, Shoal

Plant

Seedling

Staminate

Pistallate

Bunch/Clump

Plover

Chick

Cock

Hen

Wing,
Congregation

Polar bear

Cub

Boar

Sow

Pack

Porcupine

Pup

Boar

Sow

Prickle/family

Possum

Joey

Jack

Jill

Passel

Prairie Dog

Pup

Boar

Sow

Coterie

Pronghorn

Fawn

Buck

Doe

Herd

Ptarmigan

Chick

Cock

Hen

Covey

Quail

Chick

Cock

Hen

Bevy/Covey

Rabbit

Bunny, Kit (Kitten)

Buck

Doe

Nest/Warren
Drove/Trace/
Down/Husk/
Trip/Leash/
Colony/Bury

Raccoon

Cub

Boar

Sow

Nursery

Rail

Chick

Ruff

Reeve

.

Rat

Pup/pinkie/kitten

Buck

Doe

Hoarde/Mischief

Raven

Chick

Cock

Hen

Parliment/Unkindness

call=caw

Red Deer

Calf

Stag

Hind

Herd

Reindeer

Calf

Bull

Cow

Herd

Rhinoceros

Calf

Bull

Cow

Crash

Roe Deer

Fawn

Buck

Doe

Bevy

Rook

Chick

Cock

Hen

Clamor/Building

Call=caw or cawk

Sandpiper

Chick

Ruff

Reeve

.

Salmon

Parr, Smolt,
Skegger, tecon, samlet, scad, fry
1 year=bluecap, grilse

Jack
during breeding-kipper
2 yr=sprott
3rd yr=mort after breeding-kelt

during breeding-shedder/bagget
after breeding-kelk

School, Run, Shoal

Nest of Salmon=redd
Sperm=Milt or Melt
Shed eggs=kelk

Scorpion

Instar

.

.

Some species: colony

Seal, Sealion

Pup,
Beach weaner

Bull

Cow

Pod,Colony,Crash,Flock
Harem,Bob,Herd/
Rookery,Team, Hurdle

Shark

Pup

Bull

Female

School/Shiver

Egg case-mermaid's purse
Young=snork

Sheep

Lamb, Lambkin,
Cosset, Lambling
female-chilver

Ram, buck, tup,hottett
3 yr old=thrinter
Neutered=wether,dinmont

Ewe
2 yr old = hoggerel, or hogerl
3 yr old = theave
before first shearing=gimmer

Flock, Drove

Tupping=Ram breeding a ewe
AKA sowth
Blissom=ewe in estrus
sheep path=slaith
ewe not giving milk=eild

Skunk

Kit

.

.

surfeit

Sloth

.

.

.

n/a

Snail

Spat

.

.

.

Snake

Snakelet
live bearer=neonate
egg layer=hatchling

Male

Female

Nest/Bed/Pit

Snipe

Chick

Cock

Hen

Wisp/Walk

Sparrow

Chick

Cock

Hen

Host, Flight

Spider

Spiderling

.

.

.

Springbok

Fawn

Buck

Doe

Herd

Squirrel

Pup, Kitten

Buck

Doe

Dray/scurry

Cry of Red Squirrel = chicaree

Starling

Chick

Cock

Hen

Murmuration

Storks

Chick

Cock

Hen

Mustering

Swallow

Chick

Cock

Hen

Flight

Swan

Cygnet, Flapper

Cob

Pen

Bevy,Wedge,Team

Swine

Piglet

Boar

Sow

Sounder, Drift

Tapir

Calf

Male

Female

n/a

Teal

Duckling

Drake

Duck

Spring

Tiger

Cub, Whelp

Tiger

Tigress

Ambush/streak

Toad

Tadpole

Male

Female

Knot

Trout

Fry, Fingerling

Jack

Breeding - Shedder

Hover

Turkey

Poult

Tom
young-jack

Hen
young-jenny

Rafter/flock/gang

Turtle

Hatchling

Male

Female

Bale/nest



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