Animal Terms (short list)
Here are words that we use for some of the most common animals on Earth. See also our longer list of animal vocabulary (which has more animals and also their collective terms).
| animal | plural | male | female | young |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ant | ants | winged male, aner | queen, worker | antling |
| bird | birds | cock | hen | nestling, fledgling |
| cat | cats | tom | queen | kitten |
| chicken | chickens | rooster | hen | chick |
| cow | cattle | bull | cow | calf |
| dog | dogs | dog | bitch | puppy, pup |
| elephant | elephants | bull | cow | calf |
| fish | fish, fishes | male | female | fry (plural noun) |
| fox | foxes | dog, reynard | vixen | cub |
| horse | horses | stallion, colt (young) | mare, filly (young) | foal |
| kangaroo | kangaroos | buck | doe | joey |
| lion | lions | lion | lioness | cub |
| monkey | monkeys | male | female | infant |
| penguin | penguins | male | female | chick |
| pig | pigs | boar | sow | suckling, piglet |
| rabbit | rabbits | buck | roe | bunny, bunny rabbit |
| sheep | sheep | ram | ewe | lamb |
| tiger | tigers | tiger | tigress | cub, whelp |
| whale | whales | bull | cow | calf |
| wolf | wolves | dog | bitch | cub |