Many animals, insects and birds have a specific name for the adult male, adult female and for their offspring, particularly domesticated animals. Find out what different animals are called and also what name is given to a group of a particular animal species (some have more than one reference) in the list below.
Animal |
Male |
Female |
Young |
Group |
Ass |
Jack |
Jenny |
Foal |
Herd |
|
Bull |
Cow |
Hatchling |
Congregation
Pod (Young) |
|
Male |
Female |
Cria |
Herd |
|
Drone |
Gyne
Queen
Worker |
Lava
Pupa |
Army
Bike
Colony
Nest
Swarm
State |
|
Buck |
Doe |
Calf |
Herd |
Ape |
Male |
Female |
Baby |
Shrewdness |
|
Male |
Female |
Pup |
Pack |
Baboon |
Male |
Female |
Infant |
Congress
Flange
Tribe
Troop |
|
Boar |
Sow |
Cub
Kit |
Sett |
|
Male |
Female |
Pup |
Colony
Cloud
Cauldron |
|
Boar |
Sow |
Cub |
Sleuth
Sloth |
Beaver |
Male |
Female |
Kitten
Pup |
Colony |
|
Drone |
Worker
Queen |
Larva |
Bike
Drift
Grist
Hive
Swarm (inflight) |
|
Male |
Female |
Larva |
Swarm |
Bird |
Cock |
Hen |
Chick
Hatchling |
Fleet
Flight
Flock
Parcel
Pod
Volery |
|
Bull |
Cow |
Calf |
Gang
Herd |
Boar |
Boar |
Sow |
Piglet |
Shoat
Farrow - (singular)
Sounder |
|
Male |
Female |
Caterpillar
Chrysalis
Larva
Pupa |
Rabble
Swarm |
|
Cock |
Hen |
Chick |
Wake |
|
Bull |
Cow |
Calf |
Flock |
|
Bull |
Cow |
Calf |
Herd |
|
Tom |
Queen |
Kitten |
Clutter
Clowder
Litter - (young)
Kindle - (kittens) |
|
Bull |
Cow |
Calf |
Drift
Drove
Herd
Mob |
Chamois |
Bull |
Doe |
Calf |
Herd |
|
Male |
Female |
Cub |
Coalition |
|
Rooster |
Hen |
Chick
Pullet (hen)
Cockerel (rooster) |
Flock
Brood (hens)
Clutch (chicks)
Peep (chicks) |
Clam |
- |
- |
Larva |
Bed |
Cockroach |
- |
- |
Nymph |
Intrusion |
Codfish |
- |
- |
Codling |
|
|
Dog |
Bitch |
Pup
Whelp |
Rout
Pack |
Crow |
Cock |
Hen |
Chick |
Murder
Muster |
|
Buck
Stag |
Doe |
Fawn |
Herd
Mob |
|
Dog |
Bitch |
Pup |
Litter (pups)
Pack (wild)
Kennel |
|
Bull |
Cow |
Calf
Pup |
Herd
Pod
School |
Donkey |
Jack
Jackass |
Jennet
Jenny |
Colt
Foal |
Drove
Herd |
|
Drake |
Hen |
Duckling |
Brace
Bunch (water)
Flock
Team |
|
Tiercel |
Hen |
Eaglet |
Brood
Convocation
Aerie |
|
Male |
Female |
Elver |
Cell
Pipe
Swarm |
|
Bull |
Cow |
Calf |
Herd
Parade |
|
Bull |
Cow |
Calf |
Gang
Herd |
|
Male |
Female |
Chick |
Mob |
Falcon |
Tiercel |
Falcon |
Chick |
Cast |
Ferret |
Hob |
Jill |
Kit |
Business
Fesynes |
|
- |
- |
Fry
Fingerling |
Draft
Run
School
Shoal |
|
Cock |
Hen |
Chick |
Charm |
|
Male |
Female |
Chick |
Flamboyance
Stand |
Fly |
- |
- |
Maggot |
Cloud
Swarm |
|
Dog
Reynard |
Vixen |
Cub
Kit
Pup |
Leash
Skulk |
|
Male |
Female |
Tadpole
Polliwog
Froglet |
Army
Knot |
Gerbil |
Buck |
Doe |
Pup |
Horde |
|
Bull |
Doe |
Calf |
Corps
Group
Herd
Tower |
Gnat |
Male |
Female |
Larva |
Cloud
Horde |
|
Bull |
Cow |
Calf |
Herd |
|
Billy
Buck |
Nanny |
Kid |
Herd
Tribe |
|
Goose |
Gander |
Gosling |
Flock
Gaggle
Skein (in flight)
Wedge ('V' flight) |
|
Male |
Female |
Infant |
Band |
|
Male |
Female |
Nymph |
Swarm |
|
Boar |
Sow |
Pup |
Group |
|
Cock |
Hen |
Chick |
Colony |
|
Buck |
Doe |
Pup |
Horde |
|
Buck |
Doe |
Leveret |
|
|
Tiercel |
Hen |
Eyas |
Boil
Cast
Kettle |
|
Boar |
Sow |
Piglet
Pup |
Array |
|
Cock |
Hen |
Chick |
Siege |
|
Bull |
Cow |
Calf |
Bloat
Herd |
|
Male |
Female |
Larva |
Nest |
Hog |
Boar |
Sow |
Farrow
Shoat |
Drove
Herd
Litter (young) |
|
Stallion
Stud |
Dam
Mare |
Colt (Male)
Filly (Female)
Foal |
Herd
Stable
Team |
Hummingbird |
Cock |
Hen |
Chick |
Charm |
|
Male |
Female |
Cub |
Cackle
Clan |
|
Buck |
Doe |
Joey |
Herd
Mob
Troop |
|
Leopard |
Leopardess |
Cub |
Leap
Prowl |
|
Lion |
Lioness |
Cub |
Pride |
|
Macho |
Hembra |
Cria |
Herd |
Mallard |
Drake |
Hen |
Duckling |
Brace
Flush
Lute
Puddling
Sord |
|
Bull |
Cow |
Calf |
Herd |
Mink |
Boar |
Sow |
Cub
Kit |
- |
|
Male |
Female |
Pup |
Labour |
|
Male |
Female |
Infant |
Troop |
|
Bull |
Cow |
Calf |
Herd |
|
Buck |
Doe |
Kitten
Pinky
Pup |
Horde
Mischief |
Mule |
Jack |
Jenny |
Foal |
Barren
Rake
Pack
Span |
|
Cock |
Hen |
Chick |
Flock
Troop |
|
Male |
Female |
Pup
Whelp |
Family
Raft
Romp |
|
Owl |
Hen |
Owlet |
Parliament
Stare
Wisdom |
Ox |
Bull |
Cow |
Calf |
Drove
Herd
Nye
Team
Yoke |
|
Boar |
Soar |
Cub |
Amalgamation |
|
Male |
Female |
Chick |
Rookery |
|
Boar |
Sow |
Piglet |
Sounder |
|
Hob |
Jill |
Kit |
Chine |
|
Bull |
Cow |
Calf |
Herd
Pod
School |
|
Buck |
Doe |
Bunny
Kit |
Colony
Drove
Leash
Nest
Trace
Warren |
|
Boar |
Sow |
Cub |
Gaze
Nursery |
|
Buck |
Doe |
Kitten
Pinky
Pup |
Horde
Mischief |
|
Bull |
Cow |
Calf |
Herd |
|
Bull |
Cow |
Calf |
Crash |
Sea Lion |
Bull |
Cow |
Pup |
Pod
Colony
Crash
Flock
Harem
Herd
Rookery
Team
Hurdle |
|
Bull |
Cow |
Pup |
Herd
Pod
Rookery
Harem |
|
Male |
Female |
Kitten |
Pack |
|
Bull |
Female |
Pup |
School
Shoal
Shiver
Slew |
|
Buck
Ram |
Ewe |
Lamb |
Flock
Herd |
Skunk |
Boar |
Sow |
Kit |
Odour |
|
Male |
Female |
Hatchling
Neonate
Snakelet |
Bed
Nest
Pit |
|
Male |
Female |
Spiderling |
Cluster
Clutter |
|
Buck |
Doe |
Kit
Kitten
Pup |
Dray
Scurry |
Swan |
Cob |
Pen |
Cygnet |
Flock
Herd
Team
Wedge ('V' flight) |
Termite |
Male |
Female |
Larva |
Colony
Swarm (in flight) |
|
Tiger |
Tigeress |
Cub |
Ambush
Streak |
|
Male |
Female |
Tadpole |
Knot
Lump |
Turkey |
Tom |
Hen |
Poult |
Flock
Rafter |
|
Male |
Female |
Hatchling |
Bale
Dule
Herd |
|
Jack |
Jill |
Joey |
Mob |
Walrus |
Bull |
Cow |
Cub
Pup |
Herd
Pod |
|
Drone |
Queen
Worker |
Larva |
Colony |
|
Buck
Dog
Jack |
Bitch
Doe
Jill |
Kit |
Gang |
|
Bull |
Cow |
Calf |
Herd
Pod
School |
|
Dog |
Bitch |
Pup |
Pack |
|
Jack |
Jill |
Joey |
Mob |
Woodpecker |
Male |
Female |
Chick |
Descent |
Yak |
Bull |
Cow |
Calf |
Herd |
|
Stallion |
Mare |
Foal |
Dazzle
Herd |
