Animal

Plural

Male

Female

Young

Collective
term
(terms of
venery)

ant

ants

winged
male, aner

queen,
worker

antling

a colony of
ants, an
army of ants

bat

bats

male

female

pup

a cloud of
bats, a
colony of
bats

bear

bears

boar

sow

cub

a sleuth of
bears, a
sloth of
bears

bee

bees

drone

queen,
worker

larva,
schadon,
fry
(plural
noun)

a hive of
bees, a
swarm of
bees

bird

birds

cock

hen

nestling,
fledgling

a flock of
birds, a
flight of
birds (in the
air)

buffalo

buffalo,
buffalloes,
buffaloes

bull

cow

calf

a herd of
buffalo

cat

cats

tom

queen

kitten

a clutter of
cats

chicken

chickens

rooster

hen

chick

a brood of
chickens, a
flock of

chickens
cow

cattle

bull

cow

calf

a herd of
cattle

dog

dogs

dog

bitch

puppy,
pup

a pack of
dogs

dolphin

dolphins

bull

cow

pup

a school of
dolphins

duck

ducks

drake

duck

duckling

a raft of
ducks

elephant

elephants

bull

cow

calf

a herd of
elephants

fish

fish,
fishes

male

female

fry
(plural
noun)

a school of
fish

fox

foxes

dog,
reynard

vixen

cub

a troop of
foxes, an
earth of
foxes

frog

frogs

male

female

tadpole,
froglet

an army of
frogs, a
colony of
frogs

goose

geese

gander

goose

gosling

a flock of
geese, a
gaggle of
geese

goat

goats

billy
(domestic),
evec

nanny

kid

a flock of
goats, a
herd of
goats

horse

horses

stallion,
colt
(young)

mare,
filly
(young)

foal

a herd of
horses, a
team of
horses (in
harness), a
string of
horses (for
racing)

kangaro
o

kangaroo
s

buck

doe

joey

a mob of
kangaroos,
a troop of
kangaroos

lion

lions

lion

lioness

cub

a pride of
lions

monkey

monkeys

male

female

infant

a troop of
monkeys

owl

owls

male

female

owlet

a parliament
of owls

ox

oxen

bull, steer
(castrated)

cow

calf

a herd of
oxen, a
drove of
oxen (when
driven in a
group), a
team of
oxen (in
harness)

penguin

penguins

male

female

chick

a colony of
penguins

person

people

man

woman

baby,
infant

a crowd of
people

pig

pigs

boar

sow

suckling,
piglet

a herd of
pigs, a flock

of pigs
rabbit

rabbits

buck

doe

bunny,
bunny
rabbit

a colony of
rabbits, a
nest of
rabbits, a
warren of
rabbits
(strictly,
where they
live)

sheep

sheep

ram

ewe

lamb

a flock of
sheep

tiger

tigers

tiger

tigress

cub,
whelp

a streak of
tigers, an
ambush of
tigers
(fanciful*)

whale

whales

bull

cow

calf

a school of
whales, a
shoal of
whales, a
pod of
whales
(smaller
groups)

wolf

wolves

dog

bitch

cub

a pack of
wolves, a
herd of
wolves

zebra

zebra,
zebras

stallion

mare

foal

a cohort of
zebra, a
herd of
zebra