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Taxonomy of the animal kingdom biguhêre
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Each row of the table below gives specific terms for the male, female, young, home, group, sound and related adjective for a type of animal, where special terms exist.
Male: Terms for the male of the animal. Where specific terms exist for the castrated and uncastrated male, these are given, followed by c and u respectively.
Female: Terms for the female of the animal.
Young: Terms for the young of the animal. Where specific terms exist for the male and female young, these are given, followed by m and f respectively.
Home: Terms for the home of the animal. Those made by the animal itself are followed by a and those made by humans to keep the animal are followed by h.
Group: Terms for a group of animals of this type. Italicised terms are invented collective nouns rarely found outside lists of such terms and are not used by zoologists.
Sound: Terms for the cry of the animal or sounds that the animal makes.
Adjective: Adjectives describing the animal of this type. These include both technical Latinate terms (such as equine) and common English terms (such as horsy).
Related terms: Alternative names for the animal, including slang terms, terms for animals of various ages, animals who are parents and terms otherwise too specific to feature in other columns.
Terms used for animals in general biguhêre
Animal | Male | Female | Young | Home | Group | Sound | Adjective | Related terms |
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— |
male, male + name of animal |
female, female + name of animal |
baby, baby + name of animal |
burrow a, den a, hold a, hole a, lair a, menagerie h, terrarium h, zoo or zoological gardens h |
band (North American: applied to large mammals), mob (Australian: applied to large mammals), herd (applied to large herbivorous mammals), flock (applied to small farm animals and to birds), pack (applied to hunting animals) |
name of animal + (-)like (eg cat-like) |
hibernaculum, litter |
A biguhêre
Animal | Male | Female | Young | Home | Group | Sound | Adjective | Related terms |
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agouti |
dasyproctid, dasyproctine |
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alligator |
bull |
cow |
hatchling |
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amphibian |
amphibian |
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ant |
antling (rare) |
ant-hive h, ants' nest a, formicarium a, formicary a, nest a |
colony |
formicarian, formicid |
nurse, queen soldier worker |
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ant-eater |
myrmecophagous |
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antelope |
kid |
herd |
antilopine |
bok |
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ape | troop, shrewdness |
apish, simian |
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ass | jackass, jack |
jenny-ass, jenny, she-ass |
herd, pace |
bray, hee-haw |
asinine | donkey, hinny, mule |
B biguhêre
C biguhêre
Animal | Male | Female | Young | Home | Group | Sound | Adjective | Related terms |
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camel |
cameline |
cama |
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capuchin monkey |
cebine |
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carnivore |
carnivorous |
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carp |
cyprine |
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cat | tom, tomcat |
queen (breeding) | kitten, kit, kitty |
clowder (obsolete), kindle (of kittens; obsolete) |
caterwaul, meow, mew, miaow, miaul, purr, waul |
catty, feline, kittenish (of a kitten) |
moggy, puss, pussy, pussy-cat |
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chaffinch |
pink |
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chicken | cock, rooster |
hen | chick |
battery h, chicken run h, coop h, hen-house h, pen h, run h |
brood (of young), flock |
cackle, chuck, cluck, cock-a-doodle-doo, crow, pule |
gallinaceous, galline |
clutch, cockerel, pullet |
civet |
viverrine |
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cockroach |
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cod |
gadoid, gadine |
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cow See ox below |
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crab |
cock |
hen |
crablet |
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crane |
sedge, siege |
clang |
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crane-fly |
tipulid |
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cricket |
chirp, churr |
crickety |
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crocodile |
crocodilian |
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crow | murder | caw |
corvine | |||||
crustacean |
nauplius (larva) |
crustacean |
D biguhêre
Animal | Male | Female | Young | Home | Group | Sound | Adjective | Related terms |
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deer |
buck |
doe |
fawn, calf |
herd |
bell, troat |
cervine, rucervine (swamp deer) |
hart, hind, knobber, royal, spade, |
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dinosaur |
dinosaurian |
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dog | dog | bitch | pup, puppy, whelp |
den a, kennel h, doghouse h |
pack | bark, bay, bow-wow, growl, howl, snarl, whimper, whine, woof, yap, yelp, yip, yowl |
canine, doggish |
bow-wow, brach, cur, doggie or doggy, hound, mutt, pooch, team, wolfdog |
dolphin |
dolphinarium h |
pod, school |
wolphin |
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dove |
dove-bird (obsolete), doveling |
columbarium, dovecot or |
flight |
coo |
columbine, dovish (mainly in political sense) |
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duck |
drake |
duck |
duckling |
quack |
anatine |
E biguhêre
Animal | Male | Female | Young | Home | Group | Sound | Adjective | Related terms |
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eagle |
eagle hen |
eaglet |
eyrie or |
squawk |
aquiline |
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earthworm (see also worm below) |
n/a: earthworms are hermaphrodite |
n/a: earthworms are hermaphrodite |
lumbricine |
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echidna |
puggle |
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eel |
leptocephalus (larva), elver |
eelfare |
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elephant | bull | cow | calf | herd | trumpet |
elephantine |
F biguhêre
Animal | Male | Female | Young | Home | Group | Sound | Adjective | Related terms |
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falcon | falconine |
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ferret | buck, hob, hob-ferret |
gill, jill |
kit | business, fesnyng |
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finch |
charm, chirm (obsolete) |
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fish |
fry, hatchling, spawn |
aquarium h, fish-pond h, fish tank h, vivarium h, vivary h |
brood (of young - obsolete), school, shoal |
fishy, piscine |
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flea |
pulicine |
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fly |
maggot |
swarm |
dipteran, dipterous, muscid |
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flycatcher |
muscicapine |
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flying fox |
pteropine |
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fowl (domestic) | cock | hen | chick | coop h, cote h, fowl-run h, pen h, run h |
flock | gallinaceous, galline |
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fox | dog, dog-fox |
vixen, fox bitch |
cub, fox cub, kit |
burrow a, earth a, fox burrow a, fox-earth a, hole a, |
skulk |
bark, yap, yelp |
foxy, vulpine |
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frog |
froglet, frogling, polliwog (dialect term for tadpole), tadpole (larva) |
froggery a, ranarium h |
froggery, army |
croak |
froggy, ranarian (nonce word), ranid |
frog spawn |
G biguhêre
Animal | Male | Female | Young | Home | Group | Sound | Adjective | Related terms |
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gadfly |
tabanid |
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game |
brace |
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gerbil |
buck |
doe |
pup |
gerbilarium |
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gerfalcon |
tercel jerkin |
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giraffe |
bull |
cow |
giraffine |
camelopard |
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gnat |
trumpet |
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goat | billy-goat, buck, buck-goat, he-goat |
nanny-goat, nanny, she-goat |
goatling, kid, kidling |
bleat |
caprine, goatish, goaty, hircine |
geep |
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goose | gander | goose | gosling | flock, gaggle (on water), skein (in flight) |
cackle, clang, hiss, honk |
anserine, goosy |
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gorilla |
band | silverback |
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grasshopper |
pitter |
acridian |
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greyhound |
sapling |
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grouse |
covey , pack |
tetraonid, tetraonine |
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guinea-fowl |
guinea-cock |
guinea-hen |
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gull |
laridine |
H biguhêre
Animal | Male | Female | Young | Home | Group | Sound | Adjective | Related terms |
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hare |
buck, jack hare |
doe |
leveret |
huske (obsolete), down (obsolete) |
leporine |
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hawk |
tercel, tiercel, tercelet, tiercelet |
hawkery h (nonce word), mew h |
cast, kettle |
falconine |
eyas |
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hedgehog |
hedgehoglet, hoglet, kitten |
drift |
erinaceous |
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herbivore |
herbivorous |
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heron |
heronry h |
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hippopotamus |
bloat |
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hippopotamian, hippopotamic, hippopotamine |
hippo |
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hornet |
nest a |
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horse | entire u, stallion u, gelding c |
mare | colt m, foal, hogget, filly f |
mews h, stable h, stall h |
string (in captivity) |
neigh, whinny, nicker |
equine, horsy |
dam, gee-gee, hinny, mule, sire, zebrule |
house fly |
larva, maggot |
swarm |
muscid |
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human being |
man |
woman |
child, boy m, girl f |
hominid, human |
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hyena |
hyenesque, hyenic, hyenine, hyenish |
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hyrax |
hyracine |
I biguhêre
Animal | Male | Female | Young | Home | Group | Sound | Adjective | Related terms |
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iguana |
ignuanian, iguanid |
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insect |
grub, larva, nymph, pupa |
insectarium h, insectary h |
brood (of young), swarm |
insectan |
bug, chrysalis, creepy-crawly, imago, pseudiamgo, pupa, subimago |
J biguhêre
Animal | Male | Female | Young | Home | Group | Sound | Adjective | Related terms |
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jackdaw |
daw |
K biguhêre
Animal | Male | Female | Young | Home | Group | Sound | Adjective | Related terms |
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kangaroo |
boomer, buck, jack |
doe, flyer, jill |
joey |
court, mob (Australian), troop |
macropine |
roo |
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kite |
pule |
milvine |
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koala |
Australian bear, koala bear, native bear |
L biguhêre
Animal | Male | Female | Young | Home | Group | Sound | Adjective | Related terms |
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lapwing |
desert |
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lark |
bevy, exaltation |
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leech |
hirudinal (obsolete) |
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lemming |
microtine |
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lemur |
lemurian |
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leopard |
leopardess |
leap or lepe (both obsolete) |
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limpet |
patelline |
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lion |
lioness |
cub, lion cub, lionet |
pride |
growl, roar |
leonine, lionish |
liger, tigon |
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lizard |
lacertian, lacertine, saurian |
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llama |
cama |
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lobster |
cock |
hen |
homarine |
lobsterish |
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locust |
acridian, locustal, locustian, locustical |
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louse |
nit |
pedicular, pediculine |
M biguhêre
Animal | Male | Female | Young | Home | Group | Sound | Adjective | Related terms |
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mackerel |
scombroid |
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magpie |
chatter |
mag, pie |
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mammal |
mammalian |
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marsupial |
marsupial |
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marten |
musteline |
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mink |
kit |
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mite |
acarian, acarine |
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moa |
dinornithine |
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mole |
labour (obsolete) |
moley, talpine |
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mollusc |
molluscan, molluscous |
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mongoose |
cub, kit |
band, pack |
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monitor |
varanian, varanid |
monitor lizard |
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mosquito |
wriggler (larva) |
trumpet |
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moth |
caterpillar |
lepidopterous |
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moth (clothes moth) |
tineid |
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mouse | mouse-hole a, mousery a, nest a |
peep, squeak |
mousy, murine |
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mule |
hinny, zebrule |
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mullet |
mugiloid |
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muskrat |
kit |
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mussel |
mytiloid |
N biguhêre
Animal | Male | Female | Young | Home | Group | Sound | Adjective | Related terms |
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nightingale |
watch |
O biguhêre
Animal | Male | Female | Young | Home | Group | Sound | Adjective | Related terms |
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octopus |
octopean, octopian, octopic, octopine |
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orca |
grampus, killer whale |
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oryx |
orygine |
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osprey |
pandionine |
fish eagle, fish hawk |
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ostrich |
struthioid, struthionine, struthious |
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otter |
couch a, holt a, lodge a |
lutrine | ||||||
owl |
owlet |
owlery |
parliament |
hoot, screech, tu-whit tu-whoo |
owlish, owly, strigine |
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ox | bull u, steer c, ox c, bullock c |
cow | calf, stirk, bull-calf m, cow-calf f, heifer f |
barn (US) h, byre h, corral h, cowhouse h, cowshed h, cow-stable h, cow-stall h, crib h, cub h, kraal h, pen h, stall h |
herd, drove, mob (Australian) |
bellow (bull), low, moo, roar (bull) |
bovine, taurine m |
beefalo, cattabu, cattalo or catalo, cattle, dam, dzo or zo, freemartin, steerling, team |
oyster |
brood, oysterling, spat |
hive h |
ostraceous, ostracean, ostreaceous, oysterous, oystery |
P biguhêre
Animal | Male | Female | Young | Home | Group | Sound | Adjective | Related terms |
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pachyderm |
pachydermatous |
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palm-cat |
paradoxurine |
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panther |
pantheress |
pantherine |
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parrot |
squawk |
parroty, psittacine |
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partridge |
covey |
perdicine |
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peafowl |
peacock |
peahen |
muster |
pavonine |
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penguin |
penguinery a |
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perch |
percine |
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percher |
passerine |
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phalanger |
phalangistine |
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pheasant |
eye (obsolete) a, nide a, nye (dialect) a, pheasantry h |
phasianine |
brace |
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pig | boar u, hog c |
sow | hogget, piglet, pigling, shoat |
cote h, pen h, pig-cote h, pigpen h, pigsty h, sty h |
herd, pig-herd, sounder |
grunt, squeal |
aprine (of wild boar; obsolete), piggy, porcine, suidian, suilline, suine (nonce word) |
farrow, piggy, porker, swine |
pigeon |
piper, squab |
pigeon-cote, pigeon-house, pigeon-loft, loft |
coo |
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plover |
congregation (obsolete) |
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polecat |
kit |
fitchet or fitchew, foumart |
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porcupine |
hystricine |
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porpoise |
school |
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Portuguese man-of-war |
physalian |
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primate |
primatal |
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python |
pythonine |
Q biguhêre
Animal | Male | Female | Young | Home | Group | Sound | Adjective | Related terms |
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quail |
bevy |
R biguhêre
Animal | Male | Female | Young | Home | Group | Sound | Adjective | Related terms |
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rabbit |
buck |
doe |
kitten |
burrow a, cony-garth a, hutch h, rabbit-hole a, rabbitry h, rabbit-warren a, warren a |
leporine, rabbitish, rabbity |
bunny, bunny rabbit, coney or cony |
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rail |
ralline |
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rat |
kitten, puppy |
nest a, rat-cage h, rat-hole a, rattery h |
rattish, ratty |
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rattlesnake | crotaline | rattler (US) |
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raven | ravenry a/h |
unkindness |
croak |
corvine | ||||
reindeer |
see deer above |
see deer above |
see deer above |
see deer above |
see deer above |
see deer above |
rangiferine |
see deer above |
reptile |
reptilarium h, reptiliary h, reptillery h |
reptilian |
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rhinoceros |
crash |
rhinocerotic |
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robin |
cock, cock-robin |
hen |
redbreast |
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rodent |
nest a |
rodential, rodentian, glirine |
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roe deer |
roebuck |
roe-doe |
see deer above |
see deer above |
bevy |
see deer above |
see deer above |
roe |
rook |
squab |
clamour |
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ruff | ree, reeve |
S biguhêre
T biguhêre
Animal | Male | Female | Young | Home | Group | Sound | Adjective | Related terms |
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tapeworm |
taenioid |
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tarsier |
tarsioid |
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teal |
spring (archaic) |
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termite |
termitarium a, termitary a |
termitic, termitine |
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thrush |
thrushling |
turdine |
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tiger |
tigress |
cub, tiger cub |
growl |
tigerish, tigerly, tigery, tigrine |
liger, tigon |
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tit |
parine |
titmouse |
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toad |
toady |
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torpedo |
torpedinoid |
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tortoise |
chelonian, testudinate, testudinian |
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turkey |
tom, turkey-cock |
turkey-hen |
turkey-chick, chick |
gobble |
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turtle |
chelonian |
U, V biguhêre
Animal | Male | Female | Young | Home | Group | Sound | Adjective | Related terms |
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viper |
viperine, viperish |
adder |
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vole |
microtine |
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vulture |
vulturine |
W biguhêre
Animal | Male | Female | Young | Home | Group | Sound | Adjective | Related terms |
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whale |
bull |
cow |
calf |
whalery h |
mob (Shetland dialect), pod, school |
cetacean, whalish |
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wolf | dog |
bitch, she-wolf |
cub, wolf cub, wolfling |
pack, wolf pack |
bark, bay, howl |
lupine, wolfish, wolfy |
wolfdog |
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wombat | cub |
marsupial |
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woodcock |
fall (obsolete) |
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woodlouse |
oniscoid |
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woodpecker |
picine |
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worm |
wormery h |
vermian, wormy |
vermiform |
X, Y, Z biguhêre
Animal | Male | Female | Young | Home | Group | Sound | Adjective | Related terms |
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yak |
dzo or zo | |||||||
zebra |
mare |
zebrine |
zebrinny, zebroid, zebrule, zeedonk, zeehorse, zetland, zonkey, zony, zorse |
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zho |
zobo |
zhomo |