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Nomenclatures Flashcards

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1
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What is a female cow who has given birth called?

A

Cow

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What is a female cow who hasn’t given birth yet?

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Heifer

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3
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What is a baby cow called?

A

calf

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What is a female sheep who has given birth called?

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Dam

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What is a female sheep who hasn’t given birth before called?

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Ewe

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What is an intact male sheep called?

A

Ram

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What is a castrated male sheep called?

A

Wether

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8
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What is a baby sheep called?

A

lamb

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What is a female pig who has never given birth before called?

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gilt

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What is a pig who has given birth before called?

A

sow

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11
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What is an intact male pig called?

A

boar

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12
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What is a castrated male pig called?

A

barrow

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13
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what is a baby pig called?

A

piglet

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14
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What is a female goat called if she has never given birth before?

A

doeling

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15
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What is a female goat called if she has given birth?

A

Doe

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16
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What is an intact male goat called?

A

buck

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17
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What do you call a male goat who has been castrated?

A

wether

18
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What is a baby goat called?

A

kid

19
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What do you call a female horse who has never given birth before?

A

Mare

20
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What do you call a female horse who has given birth before?

A

mare

21
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What is an intact male horse called?

A

stallion

22
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What is a male horse who has been castrated called?

A

gelding

23
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What do you call a baby horse?

A

foal (general)
male foal is a colt
female foal is a filly

24
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What do you call a female dog who hasn’t given birth before?

A

bitch

25
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What do you call a female dog who has given birth before?

A

Dam

26
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What do you call an intact male dog?

A

intact male

27
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what do you call a castrated dog?

A

neutered dog

28
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What do you call a baby dog?

A

puppy

29
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What do you call a cat who has never given birth before?

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maiden? or female cat

30
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What do you call a cat who has given birth before?

A

queen?

31
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what do you call an intact male cat?

A

Tomcat or Tom

32
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What do you call a male cat who has been castrated?

A

neuteured male or neutered cat

33
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What do you call baby cats?

A

kittens

34
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What do you call a female chicken who has never lain eggs before?

A

pullet

35
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what do you call a female chicken who has laid eggs before?

A

hen

36
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what do you call an intact male chicken?

A

rooster or cock

37
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what do you call a male chicken who has been castrated?

A

capon

38
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What do you call a baby chicken?

A

chicks
newly hatched are often called “day-old chicks”

39
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What do you call a castrated cow?

A

steer

40
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What do you call an intact cow?

A

bull

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