Note: there are often multiple names that can apply in each situation. Here are some of the more common.
See also: List of collective nouns
Animal | Baby | Mother | Father | Group | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ass | jenny | jack | |||
bee | larva | queen | drone | swarm | |
bear | cub | sow | boar | sleuth | |
cat | kitten | queen | tom | ||
chicken | chick | hen | cock | flock | |
cow | calf | cow | bull | herd | 1 |
crow | murder | ||||
dog | pup | bitch | dog | pack | |
deer | fawn | doe | buck | herd | |
duck | duckling | duck | drake | flock | 3 |
eagle | eaglet | ||||
eel | elver | swarm | |||
elephant | calf | cow | bull | herd | |
ferret | kit | jill | hob | business | |
finch | chick | hen | cock | charm | |
fish | fry | school | |||
fox | cub or kit | vixen | reynard | skulk | |
goose | gosling | goose | gander | gaggle | 3 |
hawk | eyas | hen | tiercel | cast | |
hedgehog | pup | sow | boar | array | |
heron | chick | hen | cock | siege | |
hippopotamus | calf | cow | bull | bloat | |
horse | foal | mare | stallion | herd | 2 |
jellyfish | ephyna | smack | |||
kangaroo | joey | mob | |||
lark | exaltation | ||||
lion | cub | lioness | lion | pride | |
nightingale | chick | hen | cock | watch | |
owl | owlet | parliament | |||
pig | piglet | sow | boar | herd | 4 |
peafowl | peachick | peahen | peacock | ostentation | |
rhinoceros | calf | cow | bull | crash | |
sheep | lamb | ewe | ram | herd | |
skunk | kit | surfeit | |||
swan | cygnet | pen | cob | ||
toad | tadpole | knot | |||
turkey | poult | hen | tom | rafter | |
turtle | hatchling | bale | |||
whale | calf | cow | bull | pod | |
wolf | cub | bitch | dog | pack | |
wombat | joey | jill | jack | mob |
Notes:
1. A castrated male cow is a steer. A young female cow is a heifer. See cattle for more names.
2. A castrated male horse is a gelding. A male foal is a colt, and a female foal is a filly
3. A group of geese or ducks in flight is a skein.
4. A young female pig is a gilt.