Animal Vocabulary
Have you ever wondered what the word for a female camel is? And what does one call a male bee? What do you call the babies of an opossum? You’ll find the answers here!
This table lists animal names as well as specific names for male, female and babies.
Animal | Male | Female | Baby |
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Aardvark | boar | sow | cub |
African buffalo | bull | cow | calf |
Alligator | bull | cow | hatchling |
Alpaca | male | female | cria |
American Bison | bull | cow | calf |
Ant | drone | queen, worker, gyne | larva, pupa |
Anteater | boar | sow | pup |
Antelope | buck | doe | calf |
Ape | male | female | baby, infant |
Armadillo | male | female | pup |
Badger | boar | sow | kit, cub |
Bat | male | female | pup |
Bear | boar | sow | cub |
Beaver | – | – | pup, kit, kitten |
Bee | drone | queen, worker | larva, pupa |
Bird | cock | hen | hatchling, chick |
Bison, Buffalo | bull | cow | calf |
Boar | boar | sow | piglet, shoat, farrow |
Bush baby | king, drake | queen | infant |
Butterfly | male | female | caterpillar, larva, pupa, chrysalis |
Camel | bull | cow | calf |
Cat | tomcat | queen | kitten |
Cattle | bull | cow | calf |
Chamois | bull | doe | calf |
Cheetah | male | female | cub |
Chicken | rooster, cock | hen, pullet | chick, peppullet (young hen), cockrell (young rooster) |
Clam | – | – | larva |
Cockroach | – | – | nymph |
Codfish | – | – | codling, hake, sprag, sprat |
Coyote | dog | bitch | cub, pup, whelp |
Crane | – | – | chick, colt |
Crocodile | bull | cow | hatchling |
Crow | cock | hen | chick |
Deer | buck, stag bull | doe, hind, cow | calf, fawn |
Dinosaur | bull | cow | hatchling, juvenile |
Dog | dog, stud, sire | bitch, dam | pup, whelp, puppy |
Dolphin | bull | cow | pup, calf |
Donkey | jack, jackass | jennet, jenny | colt, foal |
Dove | cock | hen | squab, chick |
Dragonfly | king, drake | queen | nymph |
Duck | drake | duck, hen | duckling |
Dugong | bull | cow | calf |
Eagle | – | – | fledgling, eaglet |
Echidna | boar | sow | puggle |
Eel | – | – | leptocephalus (larva), elver (juvenile) |
Elephant | bull | cow | calf |
Elephant seal | bull | cow | calf |
Elk | bull | cow | calf |
Emu | – | – | chick, hatchling |
Falcon | tiercel, terzel | falcon | eyas (or eyass), chick |
Ferret | hob | jill | kit |
Finch | cock | hen | chick |
Fish | – | – | fry, fingerling |
Fly | – | – | maggot |
Fox | tod, dog, dog fox, reynard | vixen | kit, cub, pup |
Frog | – | – | polliwog, tadpole, froglet |
Gaur | bull | cow | calf |
Gerbil | buck | doe | pup |
Giraffe | bull | cow | calf, giraffeling |
Gnat | male | female | larva |
Gnu | bull | cow | calf |
Goat | buck, buckling, billy | doe, doeling, nanny | kid, billy |
Goose | gander | goose | gosling |
Gorilla | blackback, silverback | female | infant |
Grasshopper | male | female | nymph |
Guanaco | – | – | chulengo |
Guinea fowl | cock | hen | chick |
Guinea pig | boar | sow | pup |
Gull | cock | hen | chick, scorrie |
Hamster | buck | doe | pup |
Hare | buck, jack | doe, jill | leveret |
Hawk | tiercel | hen | eyas |
Hedgehog | boar | sow | hoglet, piglet, pup |
Heron | cock | hen | chick |
Hippopotamus | bull | cow | calf |
Hornet | drone | queen | larva, pupae |
Horse | stallion, stud | mare, dam | foal, colt (male), filly (female) |
Hound | dog | bitch | pup |
Hummingbird | cock | hen | chick |
Hyena | dog | bitch | cub, pup, whelp |
Jackal | – | – | pup |
Jaguar | – | – | cub |
Jay | cock | hen | chick |
Jellyfish | – | – | planula, polup, ephyra |
Kangaroo | buck, boomer, jack | doe, flyer, jill, roo | joey |
Koala | buck | doe | joey |
Komodo dragon | – | – | hatchling, chick, calf |
Kouprey | bull | cow | calf |
Lark | cock | hen | chick |
Leopard | leopard | leopardess | cub |
Lion | lion | lioness | cub |
Llama | – | – | cria |
Louse (plural lice) | male | female | nymph |
Lyrebird | cock | hen | – |
Magpie | cock | hen | chick |
Mallard | drake | hen | duckling |
Manatee | bull | coq | calf |
Mole | male | female | pup |
Monkey | male | female | infant |
Moose | bull | cow | calf |
Mosquito | male | female | nymph, wriggler, tumbler |
Mouse | buck | doe | pup, pinkie, kitten |
Mule | jack, john, horse mule | hinney, molly, mare mule | foal |
Narwhal | – | – | calf |
Nightingale | cock | hen | chick |
Okspi | bull | cow | calf |
Opossum | jack | jill | joey |
Oryx | – | – | calf |
Ostrich | cock | hen | hatchling, chick |
Otter | boar | sow | pup, whelp |
Owl | – | – | owlet, fledgling |
Ox | steer, bull | cow | stot, calf |
Oyster | – | – | spat |
Panda | boar | sow | cub |
Panther | panther | pantheress | cub |
Parrot | cock | hen | chick |
Partridge | cock | hen, chantelle | chick |
Peafowl | peacock | peahen | peachick |
Penguin | male | female | chick, nestling |
Pheasant | cock | hen | chick |
Pig | boar | sow | piglet, shoat or shote (a young, just weaned pig), farrow, gilt (female) |
Pigeon | cock | hen | squab, squeaker |
Platypus | – | – | puggle |
Pony | stallion | mare | foal, colt (young, immature male), filly (young, immature female) |
Porcupine | boar | sow | pup |
Porpoise | bull | cow | calf |
Prairie dog | boar | sow | pup |
Pronghorn | buck | doe | fawn |
Quail | cock | hen | chick |
Rabbit | buck, jack | doe, jill | bunny, kit, kitten, nestling |
Raccoon | boar | sow | cub, kit |
Rail | ruff | reeve | chick |
Rat | buck | doe | pup, pinkie, kit, kitten, nestling |
Reindeer | bull | cow | calf |
Rhinoceros | bull | cow | calf |
Salamander | boar | sow | tadpole, salamanderling |
Sand Dollar | male | female | larva, pluteus (free-swimming stage), juvenile (young urchin) |
Sea lion | bull | cow | pup, beach weaner, calf |
Seal | bull | cow | pup |
Sea Urchin | male | female | larva, pluteus (free-swimming stage), juvenile (young urchin) |
Serval | male | female | kitten |
Shark | bull | female | pup |
Sheep | buck, ram | ewe, dam | lamb, lambkin, cosset |
Shrew | boar | sow | shrewlet |
Skunk | – | – | kit |
Snake | male | female | Snakelet, neonate (a newly-born snake), hatchling (a newly-hatched snake) |
Spider | male | female | spiderling |
Squirrel | buck | doe | pup, kit, kitten |
Starfish | male | female | larva, pluteus (free-swimming stage), juvenile |
Swan | cob | pen | cygnet, flapper |
Tapir | bull | cow | calf |
Termite | male | female | larva |
Tiger | tiger | tigress | cub, whelp |
Toad | male | female | tadpole, toadlet |
Trout | – | – | fingerling |
Turkey | tom, gobbler | hen | poult |
Turtle | male | female | hatchling |
Wallaby | jack | jill | joey |
Walrus | bull | cow | cub, pup |
Wasp | drone | queen (reproducing female), worker (non-reproducing female) | larva |
Water buffalo | bull | cow | calf |
Weasel | dog, buck, Jack, hob | bitch, doe, Jill | kit, pup |
Whale | bull | cow | calf |
Wolf | dog | bitch | pup, whelp |
Wombat | jack | jill | joey |
Woodpecker | male | female | chick |
Worm | – | – | wormlet |
Wren | cock | jenny | chick |
Yak | bull | cow | calf |
Yellow Jacket | drone | queen (egg-laying female), worker (non-reproducing female) | larva |
Zebra | stallion | mare | colt, foal |