Topzle Updated: Wikipedia source
In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners. Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites.
| Scientific term | Trivial name | Young | Female | Male | Collective noun | Collateral adjective |
| Aves | bird | chick | hen | cock, rooster | flock | avian |
| Bovinae | cattle; ox, cow, kine (plural, dialectical) | calf | cow (bred); heifer (not bred) | bull (intact); bullock or steer (castrated) | herd | bovine |
| Caninae | dog | puppy, pup, cub, whelp | bitch | dog | pack | canine |
| Cetacea | whale, dolphin, porpoise | calf | cow | bull | pod herd | cetacean |
| Equidae | horse | colt (male), filly (female), foal | jenny (asses); mare (other equids) | jack (asses); stallion (other equids); gelding (castrated horse) | herd | equine |
| Felidae | cat | kitten (non-big cats, such as Felis, Lynx, Puma, etc.); cub (big cats, Panthera, and also Puma) | queen | tom, king | clowder (small cats); pride (big cats) | feline |
| Suinae | pig | piglet | sow | boar | drift, drove | porcine, suine |
| Procyonidae | Raccoon family of Carnivorans | cub, kit | gaze, smack, committee | procyonid, procyonine | ||
| Viverridae | Civet family of Carnivorans | viverrid, viverrine | ||||
| Mustelidae | Ferret family of Carnivorans (large: badgers & wolverines; small: weasels & ferrets) | kit | sow (large); jill (small) | boar (large); hob, jack (small) | colony (large); business (small) | mustelid, musteline |
| Leporidae | rabbits & hares | nestling | jill | jack | nest or band | leporid, leporine |
| Osteichthyes | bony fish | hatchling, fry, fingerling | —N/a | —N/a | school, shoal | piscine, ichthyic |
| Animal | Young | Female | Male | Collective noun | Collateral adjective | Culinary noun for meat |
| A | ||||||
| Albatross | chick | —N/a | —N/a | flock gam (when searching for mates) rookery | diomedeid diomedeine | |
| Alligator | hatchling | cow | bull | congregation | —N/a | |
| Alpaca | cria | hembra | macho | herd | —N/a | |
| Ant | larva pupa | queen (fertile) soldier worker | drone | army bike colony bivouac (migratory feeders) nest swarm | formicid formicine | |
| Antelope | calf | doe | buck | cluster herd tribe | —N/a | |
| Ape | baby child infant | —N/a | —N/a | band family group shrewdness troop, group | simian | |
| Armadillo | baby pup | sow | boar | protection | cingulatan chlamyphorid chlamyphorine dasypodid dasypodine | |
| Ass/donkey | foal | jenny | jack | coffle drove herd pace | asinine | |
| B | ||||||
| Baboon | infant | babuina | —N/a | flange troop, group | —N/a | |
| Badger | cub kit | sow | boar | cete colony | mustelid musteline | |
| Bat | pup | —N/a | —N/a | camp cloud colony flock | vespertilionid vespertilionine | |
| Bear (list) | cub | she-bear sow | boar | sleuth sloth | ursid ursine | |
| Beaver | kit kitten pup | —N/a | —N/a | colony family | castorid castorine | |
| Bee | larva pupa | queen worker | drone | cast (a second swarm) cluster (of workers around the queen) colony drift erst grist hive nest rabble stand swarm | anthophilan apid apine | |
| Beetle | larva grub (wormlike forms) mealworm (darkling beetles) pupa | —N/a | —N/a | swarm colony | scarabaeid scarabaeine | |
| Binturong | binlet | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | potosine | |
| Bison See Cattle | ||||||
| Boar/wild pig Also see Pig | farrow piglet shoat/shote (just weaned) | sow | boar hog | herd singular sounder (groups of 12 or more) | —N/a | |
| Bobcat | bobkitten | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | feline | |
| Bull See Cattle | ||||||
| Butterfly | caterpillar chrysalis larva pupa | —N/a | —N/a | flight flutter kaleidoscope rabble swarm | papilionine | |
| C | ||||||
| Camel | calf | cow | bull | caravan flock herd train | —N/a | |
| Cardinal | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | college conclave deeck radiance Vatican | —N/a | |
| Cat (list) | kit kitten | molly queen | gib (castrated male) king tom | clowder cluster clutter glaring kindle (kittens) litter (kittens) pillow (kittens) pounce nuisance | feline | |
| Cattle (list) | calf | cow heifer freemartin | bull bullock ox steer | drove gang herd obstinacy (buffaloes) team (oxen) troop yoke (oxen) | bovine taurine (male) vaccine (female) vituline (young) | beef veal |
| Cheetah | cub kitten | —N/a | —N/a | coalition (male) | —N/a | |
| Chicken (list) | chick | hen pullet | capon (castrated male) cock cockerel rooster | brood clutch (eggs) flock peep (chicks) | galline | poultry |
| Chinchilla | kit | sow velvet | boar bull | colony | —N/a | |
| Chough | chick | —N/a | —N/a | chattering clattering | pyrrhocoracine | |
| Cobra | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | quiver | elapid elapine | |
| Cockroach | nymph | —N/a | —N/a | intrusion | blattodean blattid blattine | |
| Cod | codling | —N/a | —N/a | school | gadid gadine | |
| Cormorant | chick shaglet | —N/a | —N/a | flight gulp | phalacrocoracid phalacrocoracine | |
| Cow See Cattle | ||||||
| Crab | zoea | hen jenny | cock jimmy | —N/a | brachyuran cancrine | |
| Crane | chick colt | —N/a | —N/a | herd sedge sege siege | alectorid alectorine | |
| Crocodile | hatchling | cow | bull | bask congregation float menace | suchian | |
| Crow | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | murder | corvine | |
| D | ||||||
| Deer | calf fawn | doe hind cow | buck bull hart (red deer) stag | bunch herd mob rangale | cervid cervine | humble (organ meat) venison |
| Dog (list) | pup puppy whelp | bitch | dog sire stud | comedy (boxers) cowardice (curs) cry (hounds) kennel litter (young) mute pack (wild) | canid canine | |
| Dogfish Also see Shark | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | troop | selachian squaloid | capeshark (US) flake (UK, Australia) huss (UK) kahada (Canada) rigg (UK) rock salmon (UK) spiny dogfish |
| Dolphin | calf | cow | bull | herd pod school team | delphine | |
| Donkey (list) See Ass | ||||||
| Dove | chick | hen | cock | arc cote dole dule flight piteousness pitying | columbid columbine | |
| Duck (list) Also see Mallard | duckling | duck hen | cock drake | badling (on land) brace (on land) bunch (on water) flock (on land) herd (on land) paddling (on water) raft (on water) safe (on land) skein (in flight) sord (on land) sore (on land) string (in flight) team (in flight) waddling (on land) | anatid anatine | poultry |