Chapter 5 What is in a Name? Flashcards
intact male dog
stud
intact female dog
bitch
intact male cat
tom
intact female cat
queen
giving birth
whelping
multiple offspring born during same labor
litter
young cat
kitten
giving birth to kittens
queening
intact male rabbit
buck
intact female rabbit
doe
neutered male rabbit
lapin
young rabbit/ferret
kit
giving birth to rabbits/ferrets
kindling
group of rabbits
herd
intact male ferret
hob
intact female ferret
jill
neutered male ferret
gib
spayed female ferret
sprite
intact male guinea pig
boar
intact female guinea pig
sow
young guinea pig/mouse/rat
pup
term used to denote female parent
dam
term used to denote male parent
sire
sexually mature male chicken
rooster
intact female chicken
hen
young chicken
poult
very young chicken
chick
group of chickens/ducks/parrots
flock
intact male goose
gander
intact female goose
goose
young goose
gosling
group of geese
gaggle
intact male duck
drake
young duck
duckling
intact male pig
boar
intact female pig
sow
male pig castrated when young
barrow
male pig castrated after maturity
stag
young female pig that has not farrowed
gilt
giving birth to pigs
farrowing
intact male equine > 4y
stallion
intact male equine <4y
colt
intact female equine >4y
mare
intact female equine <4y
filly
castrated male equine
gelding
young equine of either sex
foal
term for horse/donkey/pony/mule
equine
young equine 1 y
weanling
young equine 1-2y
yearling
giving birth to equine
foaling
breeding equine female
brood mare
intact female mare that was not bred
barren mare
intact female equine that has foaled during the current breeding season
wet mare
not producing milk
agalactia
equine between 8.2-14.2 hands when mature
pony
intact male donkey
jack; jack ass
intact female donley
jenny
hybrid crossing of equine; offspring of a jack and a mre
mule
hybrid crossing of equine; offspring of a stallion and a jenny
hinny
true or false. Mules and hinnies are sterile.
True
term for guinea pig
cavy
term for rabbit
lagomorph
term for dog
canine
term for cat
feline
term for pig
porcine
term for sheep
ovine
term for goat
caprine
term to describe llama/alpaca
camelid
term for cattle
bovine
term for elk/deer/moose
cervidae
intact male sheep
ram
intact female sheep
ewe
castrated male sheep
whether
young sheep
lamb
giving birth to sheep
lambing
intact male goat
buck
intact female goat
doe
young goat
kid
giving birth to goats
kidding
giving birth to dairy animals
freshening
intact male bovine
bull
intact female bovine that has given birth
cow
intact female bovine that has not given birth
heifer
young bovine
calf