Male, female and baby animal names
Find the terms used to describe male, female and young of over 100 animals.
| Animal | Female | Male | Young |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alligator | cow | bull | hatchling |
| Ant | queen, princess, worker | prince, drone | antling |
| Antelope | cow | bull | calf, fawn, kid or yearling |
| Ass | jenny | jack, jackass | foal |
| Badger | sow | boar | cub |
| Bear | sow, she-bear | boar, he-bear | cub |
| Beaver | kit, kitten, pup | ||
| Bee | queen, queen-bee, worker | drone | larva |
| Bird | hen | cock | nestling, hatchling, chick |
| Bison | cow | bull | calf |
| Boar (wild) | sow | boar | boarlet, piglet, shoat, farrow |
| Bobcat | kitten or cub | ||
| Buffalo | cow | bull | calf, yearling, or spike-bull |
| Camel | cow | bull | calf or colt |
| Canary | hen | cock | chick |
| Caribou | cow, doe | bull, stag, hart | calf or fawn |
| Cat | tabby, queen | tom, tomcat, gib | kit, kitling, kitten or pussy |
| Cattle | cow | bull | calf, stot or yearling (m. bullcalf or f. heifer) |
| Chicken | hen, partlet, biddy | cock, rooster, stag | chick, chicken, poult, cockerel or pullet |
| Cicada | nymph | ||
| Cod | codling, scrod or sprag | ||
| Cougar | lioness, she-lion, pantheress | tom, lion | kitten or cub |
| Coyote | bitch | dog | whelp, pup |
| Crocodile | bull | hatchling | |
| Deer | hind, doe | buck, stag | fawn |
| Dog | bitch | dog | whelp or puppy |
| Dolphin | cow | bull | calf, pup |
| Dove | hen | cock | pigeon or squab |
| Duck | duck | drake | duckling or flapper |
| Eagle | eaglet, fledgling | ||
| Echidna | puggle | ||
| Eel | fry or elver | ||
| Elephant | cow | bull | calf |
| Elk | cow | bull | calf |
| Ferret | hob | jill | kit |
| Fish | fry, fingerling, minnow or spawn | ||
| Fly | grub or maggot | ||
| Fox | vixen, bitch, she-fox | fox, dog-fox, stag, reynard | kit, cub, pup |
| Frog | polliwog, tadpole, froglet | ||
| Giraffe | cow | bull | calf |
| Goat | nanny, she-goat, nannie, nannie-goat | billy, buck, billie-goat, he-goat | kid |
| Goose | goose, dame | gander, stag | gosling |
| Gorilla | blackback, silverback | infant | |
| Grouse | chick, poult, squealer or cheeper | ||
| Guinea pig | sow | boar | pup |
| Hare | jill | jack | leveret |
| Hawk | hen | tiercel | eyas |
| Hedgehog | sow | boar | pup, piglet |
| Hippopotamus | cow | bull | calf |
| Horse | mare, dam | stallion, stag, horse stud, stable horse, sire, rig | foal, colt (m), filly (f), stat, stag, hog-colt, youngster, yearling or hogget |
| Impala | ewe | ram | |
| Kangaroo | doe | buck | joey |
| Leopard | leopardess | leopard | cub |
| Lion | lioness, she-lion | lion, tom | whelp, cub or lionet |
| Lobster | hen | cock | |
| Louse | nit | ||
| Manatee | cow | bull | calf |
| Mink | sow | boar | kit or cub |
| Monkey | suckling, yearling or infant | ||
| Moose | cow | bull | calf |
| Mosquito | larva, flapper, wriggler, wiggler, nymph | ||
| Mouse | doe | buck | pup, kitten |
| Mule | she-ass, more, hinny | stallion, jackass, jack | foal |
| Muskrat | kit | ||
| Opossum | jill | jack | joey |
| Ostrich | hen | cock | chick |
| Otter | bitch | dog | pup, kitten, whelp or cub |
| Owl | jenny, howlet | owlet or howlet | |
| Ox | cow, beef | ox, beef, steer, bullock | stot, calf |
| Oyster | set seed, spat or brood | ||
| Partridge | hen | cock | cheeper |
| Peacock | hen, pea-hen | cock, peacock | chick, pea-chick |
| Pelican | chick, nestling | ||
| Penguin | hen | cock | fledgling,chick |
| Pheasant | hen | cock | chick, poult |
| Pig | sow | boar | shoat, farrow, piglet |
| Pigeon | hen | cock | squab, nestling, squealer |
| Platypus | puggle | ||
| Possum | jill | jack | joey |
| Quail | hen | cock | cheeper, chick, squealer |
| Rabbit | doe | buck | kitten, bunny |
| Raccoon | sow | boar | Kit, cub |
| Rat | doe | buck | kitten, pup |
| Reindeer | doe | buck | fawn |
| Rhinoceros | cow | bull | calf |
| Robin | hen | cock | |
| Salmon | hen | jack | salmon parr, smolts, fry |
| Sea Lion | cow | bull | pup |
| Seal | cow | bull | whelp, pup, cub, bachelor |
| Shark | bull | pup | |
| Sheep | ewe, dam | buck, ram, male-sheep, mutton | lamb, lambkin, shearling or yearling |
| Skunk | boar | kitten | |
| Squirrel | doe | buck | kitten |
| Swan | pen | cob | cygnet, flapper |
| Swine | sow | boar | shoat, trotter, pig or piglet |
| Termite | queen | king | nymph |
| Tiger | tigeress | tiger | whelp, cub |
| Toad | tadpole | ||
| Trout | hen | jack | fry |
| Turkey | hen | gobbler, tom | chick, poult |
| Walrus | cow | bull | cub |
| Weasel | bitch, doe, jill | dog, buck, jack, hob | kit |
| Whale | cow | bull | calf |
| Wolf | bitch | dog | cub, pup |
| Woodchuck | she-chuck | he-chuck | kit, cub |
| Zebra | mare | stallion | foal, colt (m), filly(f) |
Source: Centre for the Child, Central Library, Christchurch City Libraries.