Animal Terms Flashcards
1
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dog/stud
A
intact male
2
Q
bitch
A
intact female dog
3
Q
whelp
A
puppy
4
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whelping
A
giving birth to whelps (puppies)
5
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tom
A
intact male cat, turkey
6
Q
queen
A
intact female cat
7
Q
queening
A
giving birth to kittens
8
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lagomorph
A
rabbit
9
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buck
A
intact male rabbit, goat, deer
10
Q
doe
A
intact female rabbit, goat, deer
11
Q
lapin
A
neutered male rabbit
12
Q
kit
A
young rabbit, ferret
13
Q
kindling
A
giving birth to rabbits, ferrets
14
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herd
A
group of rabbits, pigs, equines, goats, cattle, cervidae
15
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hob
A
intact male ferret
16
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jill
A
intact female ferret
17
Q
gib
A
neutered male ferret
18
Q
sprite
A
spayed female ferret
19
Q
cavy
A
guinea pig
20
Q
boar
A
intact male guinea pig, pig
21
Q
sow
A
intact female guinea pig, pig
22
Q
pup
A
young guinea pig, mouse, rat
23
Q
murine
A
mouse/rat
24
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sire
A
intact male mouse/rat
- also means male parent
25
dam
intact female mouse/rat
- also means female parent
26
gang
group of mice
27
psittacine
birds with beaks for seed cracking (ie parrot)
28
cock
intact male parrot, chicken
29
hen
intact female parrot, turkey, chicken, ratite
30
chick
young parrot
31
flock
group of parrots, turkeys, chickens, ducks, ratites, sheep
32
poult
young turkey, chicken
33
clutch
group of eggs
34
rooster
sexually mature male chicken (also cock)
intact male ratite
35
capon
castrated male chicken
36
cockerel
immature male chicken
37
pullet
immature female chicken
38
chick
very young chicken
ratite less than 6 months old
39
poultry
turkey and chicken
40
anserine
goose, duck
41
gander
intact male goose
42
goose
intact female goose
43
gaggle
group of geese
44
drake
intact male duck
45
duck
intact female duck
46
ratite
large flightless bird (ostrich, emu)
47
hatchling
ostrich up to 2 days old
48
yearling
ostrich 6-12 months old
equine 1-2 years
sheep 1-2 years
49
porcine
pig
50
barrow
young castrated male pig
51
stag
male pig, bovine castrated after maturity
52
gilt
young female pig that hasn’t farrowed
53
farrowing
giving birth to pigs
54
equine
horse, donkey, pony, mule
55
stallion
intact male equine over 4
56
colt
intact male equine under 4
57
mare
intact female equine over 4
58
filly
intact female equine under 4
59
gelding
castrated male equine, llama
60
ridgeling/rig
equine whose testicles haven’t fully dropped
61
foal
young equine of either sex
62
weanling
equine under 1 that has been weaned
63
suckling
still nursing foal
64
foaling
giving birth to equine
65
band
group of horses with one stallion and group of mares
66
brood mare
breeding female equine
67
maiden mare
never bred female equine
68
barren/open mare
intact female horse that wasn’t bred the previous season
69
wet mare
intact female horse that has foaled during the current season
70
agalactic mare
intact female horse not producing milk
71
burro
donkey
72
jack
intact male donkey
73
jenny
intact female donkey
74
ovine
sheeo
75
ram
intact male sheep
76
ewe
intact female sheep
77
wether
castrated male sheep, goat
78
hothouse lamb
sheep less than 3 months
79
spring lamb
3-7 months
80
lambing
giving birth to sheep
81
caprine
goat
82
kid
young goat
83
kidding
giving birth to goats
84
freshening
giving birth to dairy animals
85
camelid
llama, alpaca
86
bull
intact male llama (also stallion), bovine, elk, moose, caribou
87
cow
intact female llama, elk, moose, caribou
intact female bovine that has given birth
88
cria
young llama
89
jumper bull
intact male bovine used for breeding
90
steer
male bovine castrated when young
91
heifer
female bovine that hasn’t given birth
young female elk, moose, caribou
92
calving
giving birth to cattle
93
springing heifer
female pregnant with first calf
94
freemartin
sexually sterile bovine
95
gomer/teaser bull
bull used to detect female bovines in heat (can’t impregnate)
96
cervidae
deer, moose, caribou
97
mule
male donkey + female horse
98
hinny
female donkey + male horse
