Gender in animals

 Gender  in animals  – In English, most of the times, there are separate names for the male, female and its young.
  Animals Male Female Baby / Young
1. Ape male female baby
2. Bear boar sow cub
3. Bird cock hen hatchling, chick
4. Cat tomcat queen kitten
5. Cattle bull cow calf
chick, pullet (young hen),
6. Chicken rooster hen cockrell (young rooster)
7. Deer    buck, stag doe fawn
8. Dog     dog bitch pup
9. Donkey jack, jackass jennet, jenny colt, foal
10. Elephant bull cow calf
11. Fish - - fry, fingerling
reynard, dog,
12. Fox dog fox, or tod vixen kit, cub, pup
13. Frog - - tadpole, polliwog, froglet
14. giraffe bull doe calf
15. Goat    buck, billy doe, nanny kid, billy
16. Goose gander goose gosling
17. Gorilla male female infant
18. Hamster buck doe pup
19. Hare buck doe leveret
20. Hawk              tiercel hen eyas

Animal Young Female Male Group Adjective Meat

Aardvark cub sow boar — orycteropodian
[7]
flock
rookery[8]
Albatross chick — —
gam (when searching for mates)
[9]

Alligator hatchling cow bull congregation[10] eusuchian

Alpaca cria herd camelid
American Bison bovine
calf cow bull herd
(American Buffalo) bubaline
army[11]
queen bike[11]
larva formic
Ant worker drone colony[11][12]
pupa myrmecine
gyne nest[10]
swarm[11]
Anteater pup sow boar —
herd[11][14] alcelaphine
Antelope calf[13] doe buck cluster[11][14] bubaline
tribe[11][14] antilopine
shrewdness[1][3][10][14]
Ape infant — — simian
troop[10][11][14]
pup
Armadillo sow boar — cingulatan
baby
herd[11]
coffle[11][14]
Ass/Donkey foal jenny jack asinine
drove[10][11][14]
pace[11][12][14]
flange[15] [note 1]
Baboon infant — tribe[citation needed]
troop[3][10][15]
Badger cub sow boar cete[3][10][12][15] musteline
 Animal Young Female Male Group Adjective Meat
[citation needed]
clan
kit colony[15]
company[citation needed]
Barracuda school[16] percesocine
[15][17]
cloud
pteropine
Bat pup — — colony[12][15]
noctillionine
flock[18]
sleuth[10][12][15]
Bear cub[19] sow boar ursine
sloth[10][12][15]
kit
family[10]
Beaver kitten — — castorine[20]
colony[10][15]
pup
cast (a second swarm)[15]
cluster (of workers around
the queen)[15]
colony[15]
drift[3][15]
queen apic
larva erst[3][15]
Bee worker[note drone apian
pupa 2] grist[10][15]
apiarian
hive[3][10][15]
nest[10]
rabble[15]
stand[15]
swarm[3][10][15]
Bison -
See American
Bison
piglet herd[15]
Boar (wild pig)
farrow singular[10][15]
Also see Pig
shoat/shote (just weaned) sounder[10]
Buffalo
(African Buffalo)
herd[10][12][15]
troop[10]
For American calf cow bull
gang[10][12][15]
Buffalo -
obstinancy[10][12][15]
See American
Bison
congress[citation needed]
king
Bush baby infant queen gathering[citation needed] galagine
drake
plot[citation needed]
caterpillar
flight[15] pieridine
larva
Butterfly flutter[10] pierine
pupa
rabble[15] lepidopteran
chrysalis
caravan[10]
flock[10] camelid
Camel calf cow bull
herd cameline
train[10]
Caribou calf herd
clowder[3][10]
cluster[10]
clutter[22]
molly tom
kitten glaring[3][10]
Cat queen gib (castrated feline
kit pounce[10]
pussy male)[21]
glorying[citation needed]
kindle (kittens)[citation needed]
litter (kittens)
Caterpillar army[10]
Cattle[note 3] calf[23] cow[24] bull herd[10] bovine[note 4] beef
drove[10] taurine (male) veal
Animal Young Female Male Group Adjective Meat
vaccine
mob[citation needed] (female)
team[citation needed] vituline
(young)
Chamois calf doe bull herd rupicaprine
[25]
Cheetah cub coalition (male)
rooster
flock
cock
hen brood[10]
Chicken chick cockerel galline poultry
pullet peep (chicks)[10]
capon(castrated
clutch (eggs)
male)
troop[citation needed]
Chimpanzee infant empress blackback group[citation needed] panine
harem[citation needed]
velvet boar herd[citation needed]
Chinchilla kit chinchilline
sow bull colony[citation needed]
chattering[1][3][26]
Chough chick corvine
clattering[1][3][27]
Clam larva bed[citation needed]
Cobra quiver[28] elapid
[28]
Cockroach nymph intrusion blattid
codling
Cod school
sprat[citation needed]
chick gulp[28]
Cormorant
shaglet flight
cub pack
Coyote pup bitch dog train[citation needed] canine
whelp band[citation needed]
hen cock cast[citation needed]
Crab — cancrine
jenny jimmy consortium[citation needed]
herd
chick
Crane sedge[citation needed] alectorine
colt[29]
siege[citation needed]
bask[10]
congregation
Crocodile hatchling cow bull crocodilian
float[10]
nest
horde[citation needed]
Crow hover[citation needed] corvine
murder[3][10]
Curlew herd[1][3]
bunch[30]
herd[30]
mob[30]
buck
doe rangale[30] venison
calf[13] stag cervine
Deer hind clash[citation needed] humble (organ
fawn bull[13] elaphine
cow[13] gang[citation needed] meat)
hart (red deer)
leash[citation needed]
(buck) brace[citation needed]
(roe) bevy[citation needed]
hatchling herd (herbivores)
Dinosaur cow bull
juvenile pack (carnivores)
Dog pup[6] bitch dog pack[30] canine
puppy dam stud kennel[30]
whelp sire gang[citation needed]
legion[citation needed]
mute[citation needed]
 Animal Young Female Male Group Adjective Meat
litter (young)
cowardice (curs)[citation needed]
cry (hounds)[citation needed]
capeshark
(USA)
rock
salmon(UK)
flake (UK,
Dogfish troop[30]
AUS)
huss (UK)
rigg (UK)
kahada (CAN)
[31]

school[30]
pod
calf herd
Dolphin cow bull delphine
pup team[30]
alliance (male)[citation needed]
party (female)[citation needed]
Donkey - SeeAss
Dotterel trip[3][12]
arc[10]
bevy[citation needed]
cote
dole[3][30]
Dove chick hen cock dule[10][30] columbine
flight[3][10][30]
paddling[citation needed]
piteousness[3][30]
pitying[10]
king cluster
Dragonfly nymph queen anisopteran
drake flight
On land
flock
herd
badling[12]
brace[12]
safe[3]
sord[30]
sore[30]
waddling[30]
Duck duck anatine
duckling drake poultry
Also seeMallard hen fuliguline
On water
bunch[3][30]
paddling[3][30]
raft[3][30]

In flight
skein[30]
string[30]
team[12][30]
Dugong calf cow bull herd dugongine
[3]
Dunlin chick fling
eaglet
Eagle — — convocation[10][12] aquiline
fledgling
puggle
Echidna (in common use, but not scientifically — tachyglossine
endorsed)

Eel leptocephalus (larva) — — array[citation needed]

elver (juvenile) bed[citation needed]
cell[citation needed]
fry[citation needed]
 Animal Young Female Male Group Adjective Meat
[citation needed]
pipe
swarm[citation needed]
Eland calf cow bull herd
herd elephantine
Elephant calf[23] cow[24] bull[32] memory[citation needed] proboscine
parade[citation needed] proboscidean
herd
Elephant seal calf cow bull pack miroungan
arrangement[citation needed]
gang[citation needed]
Elk (wapiti) calf[13] cow[13] bull[13] cervine venison
herd[citation needed]
chick
Emu mob[citation needed]
hatchling
tiercel
Falcon eyass/eyas falcon tercel cast[citation needed] acciptrine
terzel
busyness[1]
business[10][12]
Ferret kit jill hob cast[citation needed] musteline
fesnyng[citation needed]
fesynes[citation needed]
charm[citation needed]
Finch chick hen cock fringilline
quiver
draft[citation needed]
nest[citation needed]
run
school
fry shoal
Fish piscine
fingerling
When caught
catch
drought[citation needed]
haul
stand[citation needed]
Flamingo
flamboyance[citation needed]
business[citation needed]
Fly maggot cloud[citation needed] dipterous
swarm
earth[citation needed]
[19]
cub tod lead[citation needed]
Fox kit vixen dog leash[10][12] vulpine
pup[6] reynard skulk[10][12]
troop[citation needed]
polliwog army[citation needed]
Frog tadpole - - colony[citation needed] ranine
froglet knot[citation needed]
bovine
Gaur calf cow bull herd garabeef
gaurine
Gazelle calf[13] cow[13] bull[13] herd gazelline
Gerbil pup doe buck horde cricetine
Giant Panda cub sow boar
herd
Giraffe calf cow bull corps giraffine
tower[33]
cloud[10][12]
Gnat larva horde[10][12]
swarm[10]
 Animal Young Female Male Group Adjective Meat
herd
Gnu calf cow bull
implausibility[citation needed]
drove[citation needed]
billy flock[citation needed]
nanny chevon
buck herd caprine
Goat kid doe cabrito
buckling mob hircine
doeling [note 5] mutton
tribe[citation needed]
trip[citation needed]
On land
corps[citation needed]
flock
gaggle
herd anatine
Goose gosling goose gander poultry
anserine
In flight
skein[3]
team[3]
wedge[3]
Goldfinch charm[citation needed]
glint[citation needed]
Goldfish
troubling[citation needed]
blackback troop
Gorilla infant — simian
silverback band
Goshawk flight[1]
cloud
Grasshopper nymph
swarm
Grouse covey[citation needed]
Guanaco chulengo camelid
confusion[citation needed]
Guinea fowl chick hen cock numidine poultry
flock[34]
Guinea pig pup sow boar herd cui
chick colony
Gull hen cock larine
scorrie[35] flock
Hamster pup doe buck horde cricetid
band
down[36]
doe buck leverine
Hare leveret drove[36]
jill jack leporine
flick[36]
husk[36]
boil[10][12]
accipitrine
Hawk eyas hen tiercel cast[10][12]
falconine
kettle[10][12] [note 6]
hoglet
Hedgehog piglet sow boar array[36] erinaceine
pup
flight[36]
sedge[10][12][36]
Heron chick hen cock
sege[36]
siege[10][12][36]
army[12][36]
Herring glean[36]
shoal[36]
bloat[10][12][36]
Hippopotamus calf cow bull herd[36] hippopotamine
thunder[28]
larvae nest[12]
Hornet queen drone vespine
pupae swarm
 Animal Young Female Male Group Adjective Meat
[10]
stable
stud[12]
harras[12]
foal
herd (wild horses)[10]
colt (male) mare stallion
Horse band (wild horses)[10] equine
filly (female) dam stud
team (work horses)[10][12]
gelding (castrated male)
rag (colts)[12]
string (ponies)[12]
field (racehorses)
baby band
child crowd long pig[37]
Human woman man human
girl clan (Seecannibalism)
boy tribe
Hummingbird chick hen cock charm[citation needed]
cub
clan[citation needed]
Hyena pup bitch dog hyenine
cackle[10][12]
whelp
Jackal pup pack
Jaguar cub
band[citation needed]
Jay party[citation needed] corvine
scold[citation needed]
Jay, Blue chick hen cock charm corvine
bloom
planula
fluther[3]
Jellyfish polyp sow boar scyphozoan
smack[3][12]
ephyra[38]
smuth[8]
flyer court
boomer
doe herd
Kangaroo joey buck macropodine
jill mob[citation needed]
jack
roo troop[citation needed]
Koala joey doe buck colony[citation needed] phascolarctine
hatchling
cow bull
Komodo dragon chick bank[citation needed] varanine
hen cock
calf
sauveline
Kouprey calf cow bull herd
bovine
Kudu calf cow bull herd
deceit[1][12]
Lapwing chick
desert[3]
Lark chick hen cock exaltation[1][3] alaudine
congress[citation needed]
Lemur infant princess dictator conspiracy[citation needed] lemurine
plot[citation needed]
leap[3][10][12]
Leopard cub leopardess leopard pardine
lepe[3]
pride
Lion cub[19] lioness lion sawt leonine
troop[citation needed]
herd
Llama cria hembra macho camelid
flock
Lobster hen[4] cock[4] homarine
cloud
host
Locust nymph — — caelifera
plague[citation needed]
swarm
 Animal Young Female Male Group Adjective Meat
[39] [40]
Loris infant colony lorisine
Louse nymph — — colony pediculine
[citation needed]
Lyrebird chick hen cock musket menurine
flock
charm[citation needed]
gulp[citation needed]
Magpie chick hen cock murder[citation needed] garruline
tiding[citation needed]
tittering[citation needed]
tribe[citation needed]
flush[citation needed]
Mallard hen drake
duckling lute[citation needed] anatine poultry
Also see Duck susie[41] greenhead[41]
puddling[citation needed]
manatine
Manatee calf cow bull herd
sirenian
Marten richness[citation needed]
clan[citation needed]
Meerkat pup — — gang[citation needed]
mob[citation needed]
cub
Mink sow boar musteline
kit
company[citation needed]
Mole pup sow boar labour[citation needed] talpine
movement[citation needed]
tribe[citation needed]
Monkey infant — — simian
troop[3]
Moose calf[13] cow[13] bull[13][32] herd cervine venison
kitten colony
pup harvest
Mouse doe buck horde murine
As pet food mischief[citation needed]
pinky/fuzzy/crawler/hopper[42] nest
nymph scourge[citation needed]
aedine
Mosquito wriggler — — swarm
anopheline
tumbler cloud
barren[citation needed]
Mule foal molly john pack[citation needed]
span[citation needed]
Narwhal calf - - blessing[citation needed] -
[43]
Newt eft - - - -
flock
Nightingale chick hen cock route[citation needed] philomelian
watch[citation needed]
Octopus fry consortium [44]
Okapi calf cow bull herd okapine
Opossum joey jill jack
Oryx calf
hatchling flock ratite
Ostrich hen cock
chick troop struthious
romp[citation needed]
pup bevy[citation needed] musteline
Otter sow boar
whelp family[citation needed] lutrine
raft[citation needed]
fledgling parliament[10]
Owl strigine
owlet stare[citation needed]
 Animal Young Female Male Group Adjective Meat
herd
bull yoke
Ox calf cow bovine
steer team
drove[citation needed]
bed[citation needed]
Oyster spat cast[citation needed] ostracine meat
hive[citation needed]
Panther cub pantheress pantherine
[citation needed]
company
Parrot chick hen cock flock
pandemonium[citation needed]
hen bevy[citation needed]
Partridge chick cock perdicine
chantelle covey[citation needed]
party[citation needed]
chick muster[citation needed]
Peafowl peahen peacock pavonine poultry
peachick ostentation[citation needed]
pride[citation needed]
chick
Pelican pod [10]
nestling
rookery[citation needed]
huddle[citation needed]
chick
Penguin waddle spheniscine
nestling
(on land) colony
(in water) raft[45]
nest[citation needed]
nye[citation needed]
Pheasant chick hen cock
(brood) nide[citation needed]
(take-off) bouquet[citation needed]
piglet drift[10][12]
farrow drove[10][12]
pork
Pig shoat/shote (just weaned) team (hogs)[citation needed] porcine
sow boar ham
Also see Boar barrow (castrated male)[46] passel (hogs)[citation needed] suilline
bacon
gilt (young female that has not parcel (hogs)[citation needed]
given birth)[47] litter (piglets)
squab flight[citation needed]
Pigeon hen cock pullastrine squab
squeaker flock
Pony- SeeHorse
Porcupine pup sow boar prickle[citation needed] hystricine
crowd[citation needed]
herd[citation needed]
Porpoise calf cow bull pod
school
shoal
coterie[citation needed]
Prairie Dog pup sow boar
town[citation needed]
bevy[citation needed]
Quail chick hen cock
covey[citation needed]
Quelea chick hen cock flock queline
[citation needed]
Rabbit bunny doe buck colony leporine
kit jill jack bevy[citation needed]
kitten bury[citation needed]
nestling drove[citation needed]
trace[citation needed]
leash[citation needed]
trip[citation needed]
(domestic) herd[citation needed]
(hare) down[citation needed]
husk[citation needed]
(young) litter
 Animal Young Female Male Group Adjective Meat
nest
cub nursery[citation needed]
Raccoon sow boar procyonine
kit gaze[citation needed]
Rail chick reeve ruff ralline
Ram arietine lamb
lamb ewe ram flock
Also see Sheep ovine mutton
colony
calf[citation needed]
horde
kitten[citation needed] doe buck
Rat mischief[citation needed] murine
nestling[citation needed] cow bull
plague[citation needed]
pup[6]
swarm[citation needed]
unkindness[1][48]
congress
conspiracy
Raven corvine
parliament
murder
crime[citation needed]
Red deer calf hind stag herd venison
Red panda cub sow boar pack ailuirine
Reindeer(caribou) calf cow bull herd rangiferine
[citation needed]
Rhinoceros calf cow bull crash ceratorhine
herd
stubbornness[citation needed]
Rook building[3]
clamor[citation needed]
parliament[3][49]
Ruff hill[citation needed]
Salamander sow boar maelstrom[citation needed] caudatan
tadpole
band[citation needed]
salamanderling[citation needed]
congress[citation needed]
Salmon hen cock run[citation needed]
Sand Dollar larva pluteus (free swimming
stage)
juvenile (young urchin)
Sandpiper fling[citation needed]
Sardine family[citation needed]
bed[citation needed]
Scorpion
nest[citation needed]
pod[citation needed]
colony[citation needed]
pup
Sea lion cow bull herd otarine
calf
rookery[citation needed]
team[citation needed]
Sea Urchin larva pluteus (free swimming
stage)
juvenile (young urchin)
Seahorse seafoal seamare seastallion shoal hippocampal
[citation needed]
harem
[6] herd
Seal pup cow bull phocine
pod[citation needed]
rookery[citation needed]
school
Shark cub[19] bull selachian flake(AUS)
shiver[citation needed]
Sheep lamb ewe ram[note 5] down[citation needed] ovine lamb
Also see Ram lambkin dam buck drift mutton
Animal Young Female Male Group Adjective Meat
drove
mob
flock
cosset hoggett
fold
herd
trip[citation needed]
colony
Shrew shrewlet sow boar soricine
drove
Skunk kit sow boar[4] surfeit
Snail — — — hood[citation needed] gastropodian escargot
rout[citation needed]
walk[citation needed]
snakelet anguine
nest[citation needed]
hatchling (a newly-hatched snake) elapine
bed[citation needed]
Snake neonate(newborn) — — serpentine
den[citation needed]
viperine
knot[citation needed]
ophidian
cluster[citation needed] arachnine
Spider spiderling
clutter[citation needed] arachnoid
Squid chick hen cock audience[citation needed] tethidine calamari
Squirrel pup doe buck sciurine
dray[citation needed]
kit
scurry[28]
kitten
chattering[10][26]
Starling
murmuration[1][3][10][12]
Stingray fever[citation needed]
Stinkbug nymph intrusion[citation needed] pentatomidae
[citation needed]
muster
Stork
mustering[citation needed]
flight[citation needed]
Swallow
gulp[citation needed]
bank[citation needed]
bevy[citation needed]
flock
game[citation needed]
cygnet herd[citation needed]
Swan pen cob cygnine
flapper team[citation needed]

In flight
flight[citation needed]
wedge[citation needed]
herd
Tapir calf cow bull tapirine
measure[citation needed]
Tarsier infant doe buck herd tarsiine
plot[citation needed]
troop[citation needed]
brood[citation needed]
colony
Termite larva cow bull
nest
swarm
cub[19] ambush[10]
Tiger tigress tiger tigrine
whelp streak[28]
Toad — — knot[10][12]
tadpole ranine
nest[citation needed]
toadlet batrachian
lump[citation needed]}
Trout fingerling hen cock hover[citation needed]
Turkey poult hen tom rafter[citation needed] poultry
 Animal Young Female Male Group Adjective Meat
gobbler
gang[citation needed]
stag
posse[citation needed]
jake (immature)
bale[citation needed]
dule[citation needed]
Turtle hatchling — — chelonian
nest[citation needed]
turn[citation needed]
posse
Vicuña calf cow bull cameline
herd
generation[citation needed]
Viper
nest[citation needed]
Vulture venue[citation needed]
Wallaby joey jill jack mob
Walrus calf cow bull herd odobenine
flock
pod[citation needed]
queen swarm
worker hive
Wasp larva drone vespine
colony
nest
Water buffalo calf cow bull pot carabeef
[14]
pup buck gang
bitch
kit dog sneak[14]
Weasel doe musteline
hub
jill
jack
gam[citation needed]
herd
cetacean
Whale calf[23] cow[24] bull mob[citation needed] blubber
cetaceous
pod
school
Wolf cub dog lupine
bitch pack
pup[6]
she-wolf route[citation needed]
whelp
Wolverine angeline wolverine pack musteline
kit
gang[citation needed]
whelp
mob[citation needed]
Wombat joey jill jack mob[citation needed]
Woodcock fall[citation needed]
Woodpecker chick descent[citation needed]
Worm wormlet bed[citation needed]
helminthic
clat[citation needed]
vermian
clew[citation needed]
herd[citation needed]
Wren chick cow bull
cabinet[citation needed]
Yak calf cow bull herd
Zebra mare stallion herd[10][50]
colt zebrine
cohort[50]
foal hippotigrine
zeal[10][50]