| Animal |
Male |
Female |
Off-Spring |
Group of Animals |
 |
Alligator |
bull |
cow |
hatchling |
congregation, pod (of young) |
 |
Antelope |
buck |
doe |
calf |
herd |
 |
Ape |
male |
female |
young, baby |
shrewdness |
 |
Armadillo |
male |
female |
pup |
- |
 |
Badger |
boar |
sow |
kit, cub |
cete |
 |
Bat |
male |
female |
pup |
colony |
 |
Bear |
boar |
sow |
cub |
sleuth, sloth |
 |
Beaver |
- |
- |
pup, kitten |
colony |
| Animal |
Male |
Female |
Off-Spring |
Group of Animals |
 |
Bee |
drone |
queen, worker |
larva |
hive, swarm (in flight), bike, drift, grist |
 |
Bird |
cock |
hen, |
hatchling, chick |
dissimulation (small birds only), fleet, flight, flock,
parcel, pod, volery |
 |
Bison, Buffalo |
bull |
cow |
calf |
gang, herd, obstinacy |
 |
Boar |
boar |
sow |
piglet, shoat, farrow |
singular, sounder |
 |
Butterfly |
male |
female |
caterpillar, larva, pupa, chrysalis |
swarm, rabble (group of caterpillars is an army) |
 |
Camel |
bull |
cow |
calf |
flock |
 |
Cat |
tomcat |
queen |
kitten |
clutter, clowder, litter (young born to one female), kindle
(kittens) |
 |
Cattle |
bull |
cow |
calf |
drift, drove, herd, mob |
| Animal |
Male |
Female |
Off-Spring |
Group of Animals |
 |
Cheetah |
male |
female |
cub |
coalition |
 |
Chicken |
rooster |
hen |
chick, pullet (young hen), cockrell (young rooster) |
flock, brood (of hens), clutch (of chicks), peep (of chicks) |
 |
Clam |
- |
- |
larva |
bed |
| Cockroach |
- |
- |
nymph |
intrusion |
 |
Codfish |
- |
- |
codling, hake, sprag, sprat |
school |
 |
Coyote |
dog |
bitch |
pup, whelp |
pack, rout |
 |
Crane |
- |
- |
chick |
herd, sedge, siege |
 |
Crow |
cock |
hen |
chick |
murder, muster |
| Animal |
Male |
Female |
Off-Spring |
Group of Animals |
 |
Deer |
buck, stag |
doe |
fawn |
herd, mob |
 |
Dinosaur |
bull |
cow |
hatchling, juvenile |
herd (of plant-eaters), pack (of meat-eaters) |
 |
Dog |
dog |
bitch |
pup |
litter (pups from one mother), pack (wild), kennel |
 |
Dolphin |
bull |
cow |
pup, calf |
herd, pod, school |
 |
Donkey |
jack, jackass |
jennet, jenny |
colt, foal |
drove, herd |
 |
Dove |
cock |
hen |
squab, chick |
dole, flight, piteousness |
 |
Duck |
drake |
duck |
duckling |
badelynge, brace, bunch, flock, paddling, raft, team |
 |
Eagle |
- |
- |
fledgling, eaglet |
aerie, convocation |
| Animal |
Male |
Female |
Off-Spring |
Group of Animals |
 |
Eel |
- |
- |
leptocephalus (larva), elver (juvenile) |
swarm |
 |
Elephant |
bull |
cow |
calf |
herd, parade |
| Elk |
bull |
cow |
calf |
herd, gang |
 |
Falcon |
tercel, terzel |
falcon |
chick |
cast |
 |
Ferret |
hob |
jill |
kit |
business, fesynes |
 |
Fish |
- |
- |
fry, fingerling |
draft, run, school, shoal |
 |
Finch |
cock |
hen |
chick |
charm |
 |
Fly |
- |
- |
maggot |
cloud, swarm |
 |
Fox |
reynard, dog, dog fox, or tod |
vixen |
kit, cub, pup |
skulk, leash |
| Animal |
Male |
Female |
Off-Spring |
Group of Animals |
 |
Frog |
- |
- |
tadpole, polliwog, froglet
 |
army, knot |
 |
Gerbil |
buck |
doe |
pup |
horde |
 |
Giraffe |
bull |
doe |
calf |
herd, corps, tower, group |
|
Gnat |
male |
female |
larva |
cloud, horde |
 |
Gnu |
bull |
cow |
calf |
herd |
 |
Goat |
buck, billy |
doe, nanny |
kid, billy |
herd, tribe, trip |
 |
Goose |
gander |
goose |
gosling |
flock, gaggle, skein (only while in flight), wedge (flying in
a "V" formation) |
 |
Gorilla |
male |
female |
infant |
band |
 |
Grasshopper |
male |
female |
nymph |
swarm |
| Animal |
Male |
Female |
Off-Spring |
Group of Animals |
| - |
Grouse |
|
|
|
covey |
 |
Guinea pig |
boar |
sow |
pup |
group |
 |
Gull |
cock |
hen |
chick |
colony |
 |
Hamster |
buck |
doe |
pup |
horde |
 |
Hare |
buck |
doe |
leveret |
down, husk, warren |
 |
Hawk |
tiercel |
hen |
eyas |
aerie, cast, kettle |
 |
Hedgehog |
boar |
sow |
piglet, pup |
array |
 |
Heron |
cock |
hen |
chick |
sedge, siege |
 |
Hippopotamus |
bull |
cow |
calf |
herd, bloat |
| Animal |
Male |
Female |
Off-Spring |
Group of Animals |
 |
Hornet |
male |
female |
larva |
nest |
 |
Hog |
boar |
sow |
shoat, farrow |
drove, herd, litter (a group of young born to one mother) |
 |
Horse |
stallion, stud |
mare, dam |
foal, colt (male), filly (female) |
stable, harras, herd, team (working horses), string or field
(race horses) |
 |
Hound |
dog |
bitch |
pup |
cry, mute, pack |
 |
Human |
man |
woman |
Off-Spring, infant, toddler |
clan (related), crowd, family (closely related), community,
gang, mob, tribe, etc. |
 |
Hummingbird |
cock |
hen |
chick |
charm |
 |
Hyena |
male |
female |
cub |
clan, cackle |
 |
Jay |
cock |
hen |
chick |
band, party |
| Animal |
Male |
Female |
Off-Spring |
Group of Animals |
 |
Jellyfish |
- |
- |
ephyna |
smack |
 |
Kangaroo |
buck, boomer, jack |
doe, flyer, jill, roo |
joey |
troop, herd, mob |
 |
Koala |
male |
female |
joey |
n/a |
| Lark |
cock |
hen |
chick |
exaltation |
 |
Leopard |
leopard |
leopardess |
cub |
leap, prowl (some say it should be a spot of leopards) |
 |
Lion |
lion |
lioness |
cub |
pride |
 |
Llama |
- |
- |
cria |
herd |
|
Locust |
- |
- |
- |
host, swarm |
 |
Louse (plural lice) |
male |
female |
nymph |
colony, infestation, lice |
| Magpie |
cock |
hen |
chick |
tiding, tribe, charm, gulp, flock, murder |
 |
Mallard |
drake |
duck |
duckling |
flush, sord |
| Animal |
Male |
Female |
Off-Spring |
Group of Animals |
 |
Marten |
|
|
|
richness |
 |
Mole |
male |
female |
pup |
labor |
 |
Monkey |
male |
female |
infant |
troop, cartload |
 |
Moose |
bull |
cow |
calf |
herd |
 |
Mosquito |
male |
female |
lnymph, wriggler, tumbler |
swarm |
 |
Mouse |
buck |
doe |
pup, pinkie, kitten |
horde, mischief |
|
Mule |
jack |
hinney |
foal |
barren, pack, span, |
| Animal |
Male |
Female |
Off-Spring |
Group of Animals |
 |
Nightingale |
cock |
hen |
chick |
watch |
 |
Opossum |
jack |
jill |
joey |
- |
 |
Ostrich |
cock |
hen |
chick |
flock |
 |
Otter |
male |
female |
whelp, pup |
family, raft, romp |
 |
Owl |
- |
- |
owlet |
parliament |
 |
Ox |
steer, bull |
cow |
stot, calf |
drove, herd, yoke |
 |
Oyster |
- |
- |
spat |
bed |
 |
Panda |
boar |
sow |
cub |
- |
| Animal |
Male |
Female |
Off-Spring |
Group of Animals |
 |
Parrot |
cock |
hen |
chick |
company, flock |
 |
Peafowl |
peacock |
peahen |
peachick |
muster, ostentation |
 |
Penguin |
male |
female |
chick |
rookery |
 |
Pheasant |
cock |
hen |
chick |
brood (a family), nye (a large group) |
 |
Pig |
boar |
sow |
piglet, shoat, farrow |
drove, herd, litter (of pups), sounder |
 |
Pigeon |
cock |
hen |
squab, squeaker |
flock, kit |
 |
Platypus |
- |
- |
puggle |
- |
|
Porpoise |
bull |
cow |
calf |
herd, pod, school |
| Animal |
Male |
Female |
Off-Spring |
Group of Animals |
 |
Prairie dog |
boar |
sow |
pup |
coterie, town |
 |
Pronghorn |
buck |
doe |
fawn |
herd |
 |
Quail |
cock |
hen |
chick |
bevy, covey, drift |
|
Rabbit |
buck |
doe |
kitten, bunny, kit |
colony, drove, leash, nest, trace, warren |
 |
Raccoon |
boar |
sow |
cub |
nursery, gaze |
 |
Rat |
buck |
doe |
pup, pinkie, kitten |
horde, mischief |
|
Raven |
- |
- |
- |
congress, unkindness |
 |
Rhinoceros |
bull |
cow |
calf |
crash |
| Animal |
Male |
Female |
Off-Spring |
Group of Animals |
 |
Sand Dollar |
male |
female |
larva, pluteus (free-swimming stage), juvenile (young urchin) |
- |
 |
Seal |
bull |
cow |
pup |
herd, pod, rookery, harem |
 |
Seastar |
male |
female |
larva, pluteus (free-swimming stage), juvenile (young urchin) |
- |
 |
Sea Urchin |
male |
female |
larva, pluteus (free-swimming stage), juvenile (young urchin) |
- |
 |
Serval |
male |
female |
kitten |
- |
 |
Shark |
bull |
female |
pup |
school, shiver |
 |
Sheep |
buck, ram |
ewe, dam |
lamb, lambkin, cosset |
drift, drove, flock,herd, mob, trip |
| Animal |
Male |
Female |
Off-Spring |
Group of Animals |
 |
Skunk |
- |
- |
kit |
surfeit |
 |
Snake |
male |
female |
Snakelet, neonate (a newly-born snake), hatchling (a
newly-hatched snake) |
bed, nest, pit |
| - |
snipe |
|
|
|
wisp |
 |
sparrow |
|
|
|
host |
 |
Spider |
male |
female |
spiderling |
- |
 |
Squirrel |
buck |
doe |
pup, kit, kitten |
dray |
 |
Swallow |
- |
- |
- |
flight |
 |
Swan |
cob |
pen |
cygnet, flapper |
bevy, game, herd, team, wedge (flying in a "V" formation) |
| Animal |
Male |
Female |
Off-Spring |
Group of Animals |
 |
Termite |
male |
female |
larva |
swarm (while flying), colony |
 |
Tiger |
tiger |
tigress |
cub, whelp |
ambush, streak |
 |
Toad |
male |
female |
tadpole |
knot |
 |
Trout |
|
|
|
hoover |
 |
Turkey |
tom |
hen |
poult |
rafter |
 |
Turtle |
male |
female |
hatchling |
bale |
 |
Wallaby |
jack |
jill |
joey |
mob |
 |
Walrus |
bull |
cow |
cub, pup |
herd, pod |
 |
Wasp |
drone |
queen (reproducing female), worker (non-reproducing female) |
larva |
colony |
| Animal |
Male |
Female |
Off-Spring |
Group of Animals |
 |
Weasel |
dog, buck, Jack, hob |
bitch, doe, Jill |
kit |
gang |
 |
Whale |
bull |
cow |
calf |
gam, grind, herd, pod, school |
 |
Wolf |
dog |
bitch |
pup, whelp |
pack, rout |
 |
Wombat |
jack |
jill |
joey |
mob |
 |
Woodpecker |
male |
female |
chick |
descent |
 |
Wren |
cock |
jenny |
chick |
flock, herd |
 |
Yak |
bull |
cow |
calf |
herd |
 |
Yellow Jacket |
drone |
queen (egg-laying female), worker (non-reproducing female) |
larva |
colony |
 |
Zebra |
stallion |
mare |
colt, foal |
herd, crossing |
| Animal |
Male |
Female |
Off-Spring |
Group of Animals |