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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 | podherd | 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 | — | — | school, shoal | piscine, ichthyic |
| Animal | Young | Female | Male | Collective noun | Collateral adjective | Culinary noun for meat |
| A | ||||||
| Albatross | chick | — | — | flockgam (when searching for mates)rookery | diomedeiddiomedeine | |
| Alligator | hatchling | cow | bull | congregation | alligatoridalligatorine | |
| Alpaca | cria | hembra | macho | herd | — | |
| Ant | larvapupa | queen (fertile)soldierworker | drone | armybikecolonybivouac (migratory feeders)nestswarm | formicidformicine | |
| Antelope | calf | doe | buck | clusterherdtribe | antilopine | |
| Ape | babychildinfant | — | — | bandfamilygroupshrewdnesstroop, group | simian | |
| Armadillo | babypup | sow | boar | protection | cingulatanchlamyphoridchlamyphorinedasypodiddasypodine | |
| Ass/donkey | foal | jenny | jack | coffledroveherdpace | asinine | |
| B | ||||||
| Baboon | infant | babuina | — | flangetroop, group | — | |
| Badger | cubkit | sow | boar | cetecolony | mustelidmusteline | |
| Bat | pup | — | — | campcloudcolonyflock | vespertilionidvespertilionine | |
| Bear (list) | cub | she-bearsow | boar | sleuthsloth | ursidursine | |
| Beaver | kitkittenpup | — | — | colonyfamily | castoridcastorine | |
| Bee | larvapupa | queenworker | drone | cast (a second swarm)cluster (of workers around the queen)colonydrifterstgristhivenestrabblestandswarm | anthophilanapidapine | |
| Beetle | larvagrub (wormlike forms)mealworm (darkling beetles)pupa | — | — | swarm | scarabaeidscarabaeine | |
| Binturong | binlet | — | — | — | potosine | |
| Boar/wild pigAlso see Pig | farrowpigletshoat/shote (just weaned) | sow | boarhog | herdsingularsounder (groups of 12 or more) | — | |
| Bobcat | bobkitten | — | — | — | feline | |
| Bull See Cattle | ||||||
| Butterfly | caterpillarchrysalislarvapupa | — | — | flightflutterkaleidoscoperabbleswarm | papilionine | |
| C | ||||||
| Camel | calf | cow | bull | caravanflockherdtrain | — | |
| Cardinal | collegeconclavedeeckradianceVatican | cardinalidcardinaline | ||||
| Cat (list) | kitkitten | mollyqueen | gib (castrated male)kingtom | clowderclusterclutterglaringkindle (kittens)litter (kittens)pillow (kittens)pouncenuisance | feline | |
| Cattle (list) | calf | cowheiferfreemartin | bullbullockoxsteer | drovegangherdobstinacyteam (oxen)troopyoke (oxen) | bovinetaurine (male)vaccine (female)vituline (young) | beefveal |
| Cheetah | cubkitten | — | — | coalition (male) | — | |
| Chicken (list) | chick | henpullet | capon (castrated male)cockcockerelrooster | broodclutch (eggs)flockpeep (chicks) | galline | poultry |
| Chinchilla | kit | sowvelvet | boarbull | colony | — | |
| Chough | chick | — | — | chatteringclattering | pyrrhocoracine | |
| Cobra | — | — | — | quiver | elapidelapine | |
| Cockroach | nymph | — | — | intrusion | blattodeanblattidblattine | |
| Cod | codling | — | — | school | gadidgadine | |
| Cormorant | chickshaglet | — | — | flightgulp | phalacrocoracidphalacrocoracine | |
| Cow See Cattle | ||||||
| Crab | zoea | henjenny | cockjimmy | — | brachyurancancrine | |
| Crane | chickcolt | — | — | herdsedgesegesiege | alectoridalectorine | |
| Crocodile | hatchling | cow | bull | baskcongregationfloatmenace | suchian | |
| Crow | — | — | — | murder | corvine | |
| D | ||||||
| Deer | calffawn | doe hindcow | buckbullhart (red deer)stag | bunchherdmobrangale | cervidcervine | humble (organ meat)venison |
| Dog (list) | puppuppywhelp | bitch | dogsirestud | comedy (boxers)cowardice (curs)cry (hounds)kennellitter (young)mutepack (wild) | canidcanine | |
| DogfishAlso see Shark | — | — | — | troop | selachiansqualoid | capeshark (US)flake (UK, Australia)huss (UK)kahada (Canada)rigg (UK)rock salmon (UK)spiny dogfish |
| Dolphin | calf | cow | bull | herdpodschoolteam | delphine | |
| Donkey (list)See Ass | ||||||
| Dove | chick | hen | cock | arccotedoleduleflightpiteousnesspitying | columbidcolumbine | |
| Duck (list)Also see Mallard | duckling | duckhen | cockdrake | 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) | anatidanatine | poultry |
| Dunlin | chick | — | — | fling | scolopacidscolopacine | |