Animal Terms Flashcards
dog/stud
intact male
bitch
intact female dog
whelp
puppy
whelping
giving birth to whelps (puppies)
tom
intact male cat, turkey
queen
intact female cat
queening
giving birth to kittens
lagomorph
rabbit
buck
intact male rabbit, goat, deer
doe
intact female rabbit, goat, deer
lapin
neutered male rabbit
kit
young rabbit, ferret
kindling
giving birth to rabbits, ferrets
herd
group of rabbits, pigs, equines, goats, cattle, cervidae
hob
intact male ferret
jill
intact female ferret
gib
neutered male ferret
sprite
spayed female ferret
cavy
guinea pig
boar
intact male guinea pig, pig
sow
intact female guinea pig, pig
pup
young guinea pig, mouse, rat
murine
mouse/rat
sire
intact male mouse/rat
- also means male parent
dam
intact female mouse/rat
- also means female parent
gang
group of mice
psittacine
birds with beaks for seed cracking (ie parrot)
cock
intact male parrot, chicken
hen
intact female parrot, turkey, chicken, ratite
chick
young parrot
flock
group of parrots, turkeys, chickens, ducks, ratites, sheep
poult
young turkey, chicken
clutch
group of eggs
rooster
sexually mature male chicken (also cock)
intact male ratite
capon
castrated male chicken
cockerel
immature male chicken
pullet
immature female chicken
chick
very young chicken
ratite less than 6 months old
poultry
turkey and chicken
anserine
goose, duck
gander
intact male goose
goose
intact female goose
gaggle
group of geese
drake
intact male duck
duck
intact female duck
ratite
large flightless bird (ostrich, emu)
hatchling
ostrich up to 2 days old
yearling
ostrich 6-12 months old
equine 1-2 years
sheep 1-2 years
porcine
pig
barrow
young castrated male pig
stag
male pig, bovine castrated after maturity
gilt
young female pig that hasn’t farrowed
farrowing
giving birth to pigs
equine
horse, donkey, pony, mule
stallion
intact male equine over 4
colt
intact male equine under 4
mare
intact female equine over 4
filly
intact female equine under 4
gelding
castrated male equine, llama
ridgeling/rig
equine whose testicles haven’t fully dropped
foal
young equine of either sex
weanling
equine under 1 that has been weaned
suckling
still nursing foal
foaling
giving birth to equine
band
group of horses with one stallion and group of mares
brood mare
breeding female equine
maiden mare
never bred female equine
barren/open mare
intact female horse that wasn’t bred the previous season
wet mare
intact female horse that has foaled during the current season
agalactic mare
intact female horse not producing milk
burro
donkey
jack
intact male donkey
jenny
intact female donkey
ovine
sheeo
ram
intact male sheep
ewe
intact female sheep
wether
castrated male sheep, goat
hothouse lamb
sheep less than 3 months
spring lamb
3-7 months
lambing
giving birth to sheep
caprine
goat
kid
young goat
kidding
giving birth to goats
freshening
giving birth to dairy animals
camelid
llama, alpaca
bull
intact male llama (also stallion), bovine, elk, moose, caribou
cow
intact female llama, elk, moose, caribou
intact female bovine that has given birth
cria
young llama
jumper bull
intact male bovine used for breeding
steer
male bovine castrated when young
heifer
female bovine that hasn’t given birth
young female elk, moose, caribou
calving
giving birth to cattle
springing heifer
female pregnant with first calf
freemartin
sexually sterile bovine
gomer/teaser bull
bull used to detect female bovines in heat (can’t impregnate)
cervidae
deer, moose, caribou
mule
male donkey + female horse
hinny
female donkey + male horse