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ANIMALS VOCABULARY

WILD ANIMALS
PICTURE	GENERIC NAME	MALE	FEMALE	YOUNG	GROUP NAME	OTHER INFORMATION
	Badger(s)	Boar	Sow	Cub or Kit	Colony	(An old English name for a badger is a brock) They live in a set.
	Bat(s)	Male	Female	Pup	Colony	Bats are a protected species in the UK.
	Deer (Deer)	Stag	Doe	Fawn	Herd
	Fox (Foxes)	Dog-fox Reynard	She-fox Vixen	Cub	Skulk	Foxes live in an earth.
	Hare(s)	Jack	Jill	Leveret	Down	Hares live in forms.
	Hedgehog(s)	Boar	Sow	Piglet	Prickle
	Mole(s)	Male	Female	Pup	Labour	Moles live in holes.
	Mouse (Mice)	Buck	Doe	Pup	Nest
	Otter(s)	Dog	Bitch	Kitten	Family	Otters live in dens.
	Rabbit(s)	Buck	Doe	Kit Bunny	Colony	Rabbits live in warrens.
	Rat(s)	Buck	Doe	Kitten Pup	Nest	Rats often live in sewers.
	Squirrel(s) Tree squirrel(s)	Buck	Doe	Pup	Dray	There are two kinds of squirrel in the UK. The common grey squirrel and the rarer red squirrel. Only the red squirrel is a native.
	Stoat(s)	Jack	Jill	Kit	Pack
	Weasel(s)	Jack	Jill	Kit	Sneak
Birds		Cock	Hen	Nestling / Hatchling/ Fledgling		Most birds live in nests.
	Crow(s)	Male	Female	Young	Murder
	Dove(s)	Cock	Hen	Squab	Cote
	Duck(s)	Drake	Hen	Duckling	Flock
	Goose (Geese)	Gander	Goose	Gosling	If a group of geese is flying, it becomes a "skein". If they are on land or water, they're a "gaggle".
	Hawk(s)	Hen	Tiercel	Eyas	Aene
	Heron(s)				Hedge
	Kingfisher(s)
	Owl(s)	Owl	Jenny	Owlet	Parliament
	Peafowl	Peacock	Peahen	Peachick	Pride
	Pheasant(s)	Cock	Hen	Chick	Brood
	Pigeon(s)	Cock	Hen	Squab	Flight
	Robin(s)	Cock	Hen	Chick
	Rook(s)	Cock	Hen	Chick	Building
	Sparrow(s)	Cock	Hen	Chick	Flock
	Starling(s)	Cock	Hen	Chick	Flock
	Swan(s)	Cob	Pen	Signet	Bevy
Insects	An invertebrate whose body is comprised of three segments and six legs.
	Ant(s)	Prince Drone	Queen Princess Worker	Antling		Ants have a strange matriarchal set up. The Queen spends her life laying eggs, there is only one queen per colony. Worker ants are non-reproducing female worker ants, the daughters of the queen. Soldier ants are sterile females who defend the colony. The male ants are small ants that have wings. They fly from the colony to mate with a queen.


	Bee(s)	Drone	Queen Worker	Larva	Hive	There are three types of honey bee. The Queen who lays the eggs. The workers are females who gather food, make honey, build the six-sided honeycomb, tend eggs, and guard the hive. And the drones are males who mate with the queen.


	Butterfly (Butterflies)	Male	Female	Caterpillar Chrysalis	Swarm
	Dragonfly (Dragonflies)	Male	Female	Nymphs Naiads	Swarm
	Fly (Flies)	Male	Female	Maggot	Swarm
	Moth(s)	Male	Female	Caterpillar Chrysalis	Swarm
	Spider(s)	Male	Female	Spiderling	Cluster	Spiders live on a web. Thankfully the UK is devoid of very poisonous spiders.
Fish	Cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills.
	Pike	-	-	Fry	-
	Salmon	Jack	Hen	Fry	Run
	Trout	Jack	Hen	Fry	Hover
Amphibians	A class of animals that spend part of their time on land and part in the water; they are an intermediate form between fishes and reptiles.
	Frog(s)	Male	Female	Tadpole(s)	Army	The eggs of a frog are called spawn. Tadpoles metamorphose into frogs.


	Newt(s)	Male	Female	Larvae
	Toad(s)	Male	Female	Tadpole(s)	Army	The eggs of a frog are called spawn. Tadpoles metamorphose into frogs.
Reptiles	Cold-blooded vertebrate that lays eggs and has scales or plates on its skin.
	Snake(s)	Male	Female	Young	Nest	There is only one poisonous snake in the UK; the adder.
Crustaceans	A class of invertebrates that have a segmented body, a hard external skeleton (exoskeleton), two sets of antennae and one pair of legs per body segment.
	Crab(s)	Male	Female	Zoea
	Lobster(s)	Male	Female	Zoea
Molluscus
	Clam(s)	Male	Female	Spat	Bed
	Cockle(s)	-	-	-	Bed	Cockles are hermaphroditic, possessing both male and female sex organs during its life.
	Mussel(s)	Male	Female	Glochidia	Bed
	Oyster(s)	Male	Female	Spat	Bed
	Snail(s)	Male	Female	Baby	Rout	Snails are not often eaten in the UK.
ANIMALS ON THE FARM - FARM ANIMALS
	Generic name	Male	Female	Young	Group name	Other information
Mammals
	Cattle	Bull	Cow	Calf	Herd Kine	Mostly farmed for milk and meat (called beef).
	Deer (Deer)	Stag	Doe	Fawn	Herd	Deer are farmed for their meat on special deer farms in the UK.
	Dog(s)	Dog	Bitch	Puppy	Pack (a group of puppies is called a litter)	Mostly farmed for work, protection and herding. Dog is not eaten in the UK.
	Donkey(s)	Jack	Jenny	Colt	Drove	Mostlly raised for pleasure. Donkey meat is not eaten in the UK.
	Goat(s)	Billy	Nanny	Kid	Flock	Mostly farmed for milk and cheese. Not many people eat goat meat in the UK.
	Horse(s)	Stallion	Mare	Foal	Herd	Mostly farmed for work, leisure or sport (riding etc). Not many people in the UK would knowingly eat horse meat, although there is a trade for pet meat.
	Pig(s)	Boar	Sow	Piglet	Litter	Mostly farmed for its meat (called pork).
	Sheep (Sheep)	Ram	Sheep	Lamb	Flock	Mostly farmed for wool and meat (called lamb).
Birds
	Chicken(s)	Chockerel	Hen	Chick	Brood	Farmed for its meat and eggs. A farm that only raises birds is a poultry farm.
	Duck(s)	Drake	Hen	Duckling	Brace	A wild fowl and a farmed bird. Mostly farmed for its meat.
	Goose (Geese)	Gander	Goose	Gosling	Gaggle	A wild fowl and a farmed bird. Mostly farmed for its meat.
Insects
	Bee(s)	Drone	Queen Worker	Larva	Swarm	Bees are farmed for their honey. A bee farm is often called an apiary. Someone who keeps bees is usually called a beekeeper.
Fish
	Salmon	Jack	Hen	Fry	Shoal	Salmon is farmed in the UK.
	Trout	Jack	Hen	Fry	Shoal	There are trout farms in the UK too.
ANIMALS IN THE HOUSE - PETS
	generic name	male	female	young	group name	other information
Mammals
	Cat(s)	Tom	Queen	Kitten	Clutter (a group of kittens is called a litter)
	Dog(s)	Dog	Bitch	Puppy	Pack	There are between 6.5 million and 7.4 million pet dogs in the UK.
	Ferret(s)	Dog	Bitch	kit	Cast	Domestic pet ferrets, Mustela furo (sometimes called Mustela putorius furo), are not wild animals.
	Gerbil(s)	Male	Female	Pup	Group
	Guinea Pig(s)	Boar	Sow	Pup	Group
	Hamster	Male	Female	Pup	Horde
	Rabbit	Buck	Doe	Kit Bunny	Colony	Rabbits live in warrens.
	Rat(s)	Buck	Doe	Kitten Pup	Nest	Seemingly rats make very good pets.
Bird
	Budgerigar(s)	Hen	Cock	Chick	Flock	They come in a variety of colours including blue. One of the most common pets in the UK. aka Budgie
	Canary (Canaries)	Hen	Cock	Chick	Flock
	Cockatiel(s)	Hen	Cock	Chick	Flock
	Cockatoo(s)	Hen	Cock	Chick	Flock
	Parrot(s)	Hen	Cock	Chick	Flock
Insects
	Spider(s)	Male	Female	Spiderling	Cluster	People in the UK keep spiders as pets.
Fish
	Goldfish	Male	Female	Fry	Shoal	Probably the most common pet in the UK.

OTHER ANIMALS
Ox	Flamingo	Bug	Cod	Beetle
Sea bass	Sniffer dog	slit-up	Herring	Beaver
Sea lion	Daddy-long-legs	Eel	Starfish	Antelope
Seal	Hummingbird	Beaver	Budgie	Buzzard
Crocodile	Elephant	Giraffe	Gorilla	Kangaroo
Ladybird	Lion	Bison	Buffalo	Camel
Centipede	Cheetah	Chimpanzee	Condor	Coyote
Dolphin	Dromedary	Falcon	Eagle	Groundhog
Hippopotamus	Hyena	Iguana	Jaguar	Lynx
Mammoth	Octopus	Mountain lion	Panda	Panther
Penguin	Pony	Porcupine	Raccoon	Reindeer
Salamander	Scorpion	Shark	Whale	Tortoise
Turtle	Wasp	Wild boar	Zebra	Bear
Llama	Polar bear	Orang-utan	Ostrich	Peakcock
Stork	Tiger
ACCESSORIES
Leash	Hay	Paw	Beak	Fish pond
On a leash	To look for a needle in a haystack			- To be a tiny fish in a huge pond
				- To be a big fish in a small pond

Nest
- A nest of vipers - Love-nest
- Wasps' nest

Verbs
To die out	To breed	To roam

In the past, all ladies, who rode horses, had to ride sidesaddle. It was considered unbecoming for a lady to straddle a horse whilst riding.