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Lesson 4 Section 4B Reproductive & Genetic Terminology Flashcards

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What is a billy goat?

A

Male goat

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What is a bitch?

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Female dog

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3
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What is a boar?

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Male pig

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4
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What is a brood?

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Offspring from one hatching of a bird’s egg

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What is broody?

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Hen sitting on eggs

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What is a buck?

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Male deer, goat, rabbit, or kangaroo

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What is a bull?

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Male of various large mammals, especially cattle

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What is a bullock?

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Castrated bull or steer

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What is a calf

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Bovine younger than one year

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10
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What is a capon?

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A neutered rooster

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What is a chromosome?

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Bodies within the cell nucleus that store genetic information

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12
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What is a clutch?

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Group of eggs laid at one time by a bird

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13
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What is a cob?

A

Male swan

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14
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What is a cock?

A

Male chicken older than one year

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15
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What is cockerel?

A

Male chicken younger than one year

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What is colostrum?

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Protein - and antibody-rich milk secreted by the mother after giving birth

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17
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What is a colt?

A

Male horse before maturity

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18
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What is congenital?

A

Condition existing at birth but not hereditary

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19
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What is a cow?

A

Female in various large animals, especially cattle

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20
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What is a cur?

A

mixed-breed dog of little value

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21
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What is a cygnet?

A

Young swan

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22
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What is a dam?

A

female parent

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23
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What is a doe?

A

Adult female goat or deer

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24
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What is a drake?

A

Male duck

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What is Estrus?
Time of reproductive cycle when the female is receptive to mating
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What is a ewe?
Female sheep of breeding age
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What is a filly?
Female horse under four years old
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What is a fledgling?
Young bird just learning to fly
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What is a foal?
Young or newborn horse
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What is a gander?
Male goose
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What is a gelding?
Neutered male horse
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What is gestation period?
Time between conception and birth of an offspring?
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What is a gilt?
Young female pig
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What is a gobbler?
Male turkey
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What is a gosling?
young goose
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What does gravid mean?
Pregnant
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What is a heifer?
A young cow
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What is an inguinal hernia?
Protrusion of tissue through inguinal canals of males
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What is a jenny?
A female donkey
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what is a jack?
a male donkey
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What is a kid?
young goat
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What is a lamb?
a young sheep
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What is a mare?
A female horse four years or older
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What is a miscarriage?
Expulsion of underdeveloped fetus
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What is does it mean to be monestrous?
Have one estrus period a year
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What is a mongrel?
a mutt; mixed breed
47
What is a nanny goat?
Female goat
48
What is a Nuptial plumage?
brilliant mating-season plumage exhibited by some birds, usually males
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What is oviparous?
Animals whose eggs develop outside the mothers body
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what is ovoviviparous?
Animals whose eggs develop within the mothers oviduct
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What is parturition?
process of giving birth
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What is a pen?
a female swan
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What is polyestrus?
having more than one estrous period per year
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What is a prepuce?
protective sheath covering the penis
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What is a pullet?
Female chicken younger than one year
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What is a queen?
mature, entire female cat used for breeding
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What is a ram?
male, entire, sexually mature sheep (6 months or older)
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What is a rooster?
Male chicken
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What is a shoat?
pig under one year old
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What is a sire?
male parent of any quadruped, especially a horse
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What is a sow?
female pig
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What is a squab?
Fledgling pigeon
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What is a stag?
male deer
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What is a stallion?
male horse
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What is a steer?
Neutered bull
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What is a stud?
male horse used for reeding
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What is a tom?
male turkey or cat
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What is viviparous?
Giving birth to live young developed in the uterus
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What is a Vixen?
Female fox
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What is a wether?
neutered ram or billy goat
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What is a whelp (noun)
young of a dog
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what is a whelp (verb)
Giving birth to said especially of dogs

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