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List of animal names

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Mother sea otter with sleeping pup, Morro Bay, California

In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups.

The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners.[1] Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites.[2][3][4]

Generic terms

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The terms in this table apply to many or all taxons in a particular biological family, class, or clade.

Scientific term Trivial name Young Female Male Collective noun Collateral adjective
Aves bird chick hen cock, rooster flock avian
Bovinae cattle; ox,[5] cow calf cow (bred), heifer (not bred) bull (intact), bullock[6] or steer (castrated) herd bovine
Canidae dog puppy, pup,[7] cub, whelp bitch dog pack canine
Cetacea whale, dolphin, porpoise calf cow bull pod cetacean
Equidae horse colt (male), filly (female), foal jenny (asses), mare (other equids) jack (asses), stallion (other equids), gelding (castrated horse) herd equine
Felidae cat kitten (non-big cats, such as Felis, Lynx, Puma,[8] etc.), cub (big cats, Panthera, and also Puma) queen tom, king clowder (small cats), pride (big cats) feline
Suidae pig piglet sow boar drift or drove porcine
Procyonidae Raccoon family of Carnivorans cub, kit sow boar gaze, smack, committee procyonine, nasuine, others
Viverridae Civet family of Carnivorans cub, kit sow boar viverrine
Mustelidae Ferret family of Carnivorans (large: badgers & wolverines; small: weasels & ferrets) kit sow (large) or jill (small) boar (large) or hob,[9] jack (small) colony (large) or business (small) musteline
Leporidae rabbits & hares nestling jill jack nest or band leporine
Osteichthyes bony fish hatchling, fry, fingerling — — school, shoal piscine, ichthyic

Terms by species or taxon

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Animal Young Female Male Collective noun Collateral adjective Culinary noun for meat
A
Aardvark cub sow boar — orycteropodian
Albatross chick — — flock[10]
gam (when searching for mates)[11]
rookery[12]		 diomedeid
Alligator hatchling cow bull congregation[13] eusuchian
Alpaca[14] cria hembra macho herd camelid
Ant larva
pupa		 queen (fertile)
soldier
worker		 drone army[15]
bike[15]
colony[15][16]
bivouac (migratory feeders)
nest[13]
swarm[15]		 formic
myrmicine
Anteater pup sow boar — vermilinguan
Antelope calf[17] doe buck cluster[15][18]
herd[15][18]
tribe[15][18]		 alcelaphine
antilopine
bubaline
Ape baby
child
infant		 — — band
family
group
shrewdness[2][13][18][19]
troop, group[13][15][18]		 simian
Armadillo baby
pup		 sow boar protection[2] cingulatan
Ass/donkey foal jenny jack coffle[15][18]
drove[13][15][18]
herd[15]
pace[15][16][18]		 asinine
B
Baboon infant babuina[20] — flange[21][a]
troop, group[2][13][21]		 —
Badger cub
kit		 sow boar cete[2][13][16][21]
colony[21]		 musteline
Barracuda hatchling, fry, fingerling — — school[22] percesocine
Bat pup — — camp[23]
cloud[21][24]
colony[16][21]
flock[25]		 noctillionine
pteropine
Bear (list) cub[26] she-bear
sow		 boar sleuth[13][16][21]
sloth[13][16][21]		 ursine
Beaver kit
kitten
pup		 — — colony[13][21]
family[13]		 castoridine
Bee larva
pupa		 queen
worker[b]		 drone cast (a second swarm)[21]
cluster (of workers around the queen)[21]
colony[21]
drift[2][21]
erst[2][21]
grist[13][21]
hive[2][13][21]
nest[13]
rabble[21]
stand[21]
swarm[2][13][21]		 apian
apiarian
apic
Beetle larva
grub (wormlike forms)[3][4]
mealworm (darkling beetles)[3][4]
pupa		 — — swarm[3] coleopterous
Binturong binlet — — — potosine
Bird (list)
Also see Aves		 chick hen cock flight[2]
flock[2]
pod[2]		 avian
Boar/wild pig
Also see Pig		 farrow
piglet
shoat/shote (just weaned)		 sow boar
hog		 herd[21][27]
singular[13][27]
sounder (groups of 12 or more)[13][27]		 —
Bobcat bobkitten

kitten

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Budgerigar chick — — flock psittacine
Buffalo calf — — — bubaline
Bull
See Cattle
Butterfly caterpillar
chrysalis
larva
pupa		 — — flight[21]
flutter[13][28]
kaleidoscope[29]
rabble[21]
swarm[30]		 rhopaloceran
C
Camel calf cow bull caravan[13]
flock[13]
herd
train[13]		 camelid
cameline
Cat (list) kit
kitten		 molly
queen		 gib (castrated male)[31]
king
tom		 clowder[2][13]
cluster[13]
clutter[32]
glaring[2][13]
kindle (kittens)[33]
litter (kittens)
pillow (kittens)
pounce[13]
nuisance[34]		 feline
Cattle[c] (list) calf[35] cow[36]
heifer
freemartin		 bull
bullock
ox
steer		 drove[13]
gang[13][16][21]
herd[13][16][21]
obstinancy[13][16][21]
team (oxen)
troop[13]
yoke (oxen)		 bovine[d]
taurine (male)
vaccine (female)
vituline (young)		 beef
veal
Chamois calf doe bull herd rupicaprine
Cheetah cub

kitten

queen (for mothers) cheetah coalition (male)[37] feline
Chicken (list) chick hen
pullet		 capon (castrated male)
cock
cockerel
rooster		 brood[13]
clutch (eggs)
flock
peep (chicks)[13]		 galline poultry
Chimpanzee infant empress emperor
blackback		 troop, group
tribe		 panine
Chinchilla kit sow
velvet		 boar
bull		 colony chinchilline
Chough chick — — chattering[2][19][38]
clattering[2][19][39]		 corvine
Cobra — — — quiver[40] elapid
Cockroach nymph — — intrusion[40] blattid
Cod codling — — school gadine
gadoid
Cormorant chick
shaglet		 — — flight
gulp[13][16][40]		 —
Cougar kitten
cub		 queen (for mothers)

mountain lioness

tom — feline
Cow
See Cattle
Crab zoea hen
jenny		 cock
jimmy		 — cancrine
Crane chick
colt[41]		 — — herd[42][43][44]
sedge[16]
sege[45]
siege[46]		 alectorine
Crocodile hatchling cow bull bask[13]
congregation
float[13]
menace		 crocodilian
Crow — — — murder[2][13] corvine
Curlew — — — herd[2][19] —
D
Deer calf[17]
fawn		 doe
hind
cow		 buck
bull[17]
hart (red deer)
stag		 bunch[47]
herd[47]
mob[47]
rangale[47]		 cervine
elaphine		 humble (organ meat)
venison
Dinosaur (list) calf (Ornithischia and Sauropodomorpha)
chick (Theropoda)
hatchling
juvenile		 cow (Ornithischia and Sauropodomorpha)
hen (Theropoda)		 bull (Ornithischia and Sauropodomorpha)
cock (Theropoda)		 herd (herbivores)
pack (carnivores)		 dinosaurian
Dog (list) pup[7]
puppy
whelp[48]		 bitch dog
sire
stud		 comedy (boxers)[49][50]
cowardice (curs)[16][51]
cry (hounds)[52]
kennel[47]
litter (young)[53]
mute[16]
pack (wild)[16][47]		 canine
Dogfish
Also see Shark		 — — — troop[47] selachian
squaloid		 capeshark (US)
flake (UK, Australia)
huss (UK)
kahada (Canada)[54]
rigg (UK)
rock salmon (UK)
spiny dogfish
Dolphin calf cow bull herd
pod[55][56]
school[47]
team[47]		 delphine
Donkey (list)
See Ass
Dove chick hen cock arc[13]
cote
dole[2][47]
dule[13][47]
flight[2][13][47]
piteousness[2][47]
pitying[13]		 columbine
Dragonfly nymph queen drake
king		 cluster
flight		 anisopteran
Duck (list)
Also see Mallard		 duckling duck
hen		 cock
drake		 badling (on land)[16]
brace (on land)[16]
bunch (on water)[2][47]
flock (on land)
herd (on land)
paddling (on water)[2][47]
raft (on water)[2][47]
safe (on land)[2]
skein (in flight)[47]
sord (on land)[47]
sore (on land)[47]
string (in flight)[47]
team (in flight)[16][47]
waddling (on land)[47]		 anatine
fuliguline		 poultry
Dugong calf cow bull herd dugongine
Dunlin chick — — fling[2] —
E
Eagle eaglet
fledgling		 — — convocation[13][16] aquiline
Echidna puggle (in common use, but not scientifically endorsed) — — — tachyglossine
Eel leptocephalus (larva)
elver (juvenile)		 — — bed[13]
swarm[13]		 anguilline
Elephant calf[35] cow[36] bull[57] herd
memory[13]
parade[23]		 elephantine
proboscidean
proboscine
Elephant seal pup cow bull — miroungan
Elk/wapiti calf[17] cow[17] bull[17] gang[13]
herd[13]		 cervine venison
Emu chick
hatchling		 — — mob[13] —
F
Falcon eyass/eyas falcon tercel
terzel
tiercel		 cast[23] acciptrine
Ferret kit jill hob business[13][16]
busyness[19]		 musteline
Finch chick hen cock charm[16] fringilline
Fish (list) fingerling
fry		 — — school[3] piscine
Flamingo chick — — flamboyance[58]
stand[23]		 phoenicopterine
Fly maggot — — business[13]
cloud[13]
swarm[13]		 dipterous
Fox cub[26]
kit
pup[7]		 vixen dog
reynard
tod		 leash[13][16]
skulk[13][16]
earth[16]		 vulpine

canine

Frog froglet
polliwog
tadpole		 — — army[16] ranine
G
Gazelle calf[17] cow[17] bull[17] herd gazelline
Gecko hatchling dam (herpetoculture) sire (herpetoculture) — —
Gerbil pup doe buck horde gerbilline
Giant panda cub sow boar embarrassment [59]
sleuth[60]		 ailuropodine
Giraffe calf cow bull corps[61]
herd
tower[61][62]		 giraffine
Gnat larva — — cloud[13][16][61]
horde[13][16][61]
rabble[61]
swarm[13][61]		 —
Gnu calf cow bull herd
implausibility[63]		 —
Goat (list) kid doe
doeling
nanny		 billy
buck
buckling
wether (castrated)		 herd
flock[61]
tribe[61]
trip[61]
trippe[61]		 caprine cabrito
chevon
mutton
Goldfinch — — — charm[61] cardueline
Goosander — — — dopping[61] —
Goose gosling goose gander chevron (in flight)[citation needed]
flock (on land)
gaggle (on land)[16][61]
plump (on land)[61]
skein (in flight)[2][16][61]
team (in flight)[2][61]
wedge (in flight)[2][61]		 anatine
anserine		 poultry
Gorilla infant — blackback
silverback		 band[13][16][61]
troop, group[13]
whoop[61]		 simian
Goshawk — — — flight[19][61] —
Grasshopper nymph — — cloud[61]
swarm[61]		 caeliferian
Grouse — — — covey[61]
pack[61]		 tetraonine
Guanaco chulengo[64] — — herd camelid
Guinea fowl keet hen cock flock[65]
rasp[66]		 numidine poultry
Guinea pig pup sow boar herd — cuy
Gull chick hen cock colony
flock		 larine
H
Hamster pup doe buck horde cricetid
Hare leveret doe
jill		 buck
jack		 band
down[67]
drove[67]
flick[67]
husk[67]		 leporine
Hawk eyas hen tiercel aerie[68][e]
boil (soaring in large groups)[16][68]
cast[68][f]
cauldron (soaring in large groups)[68]
flight[68][g]
flock[68]
kettle (soaring in large groups)[13][68]
leash[68][h]
staff[68][i]		 accipitrine
Hedgehog hoglet
piglet
pup		 sow boar array[67] erinaceine
Hermit crab zoea — — — paguroid
Heron chick hen cock flight[67]
sedge[13][16][67]
sege[45][67]
siege[13][16][46][67]		 ardeidine
Herring — — — army[16][67]
glean[67]
shoal[67]		 clupeidean
Hippopotamus calf cow bull bloat[13][16][67]
herd[67]
sea[13][16][67]
thunder[40]		 hippopotamine
Hornet larva
pupa		 queen drone bike[67]
nest[16]
swarm		 vespine
Horse (list) colt (male)
filly (female)
foal
weanling
yearling		 dam
mare		 gelding (castrated male)
ridgling
stallion (not castrated)
stud		 band (wild horses)[13]
field (racehorses)
harras[16]
herd (wild horses)[13]
rag (colts)[16]
stable[13]
string (ponies)[16]
stud[16]
team (work horses)[13][16]		 caballine
equine		 horseflesh
horsemeat
Human baby
boy (male)
child
girl (female)
infant		 lady (colloquial)
woman		 gentleman (colloquial)
man		 band
clan
crowd
family
group
horde
tribe		 human
simian		 “long pig”
the flesh that speaks
Hummingbird chick hen cock — trochilidine
trochiline
Hyena cub — — cackle[13][16]
clan		 hyenine
I
Ibex kid nanny billy herd[69] caprine
Ibis chick — — colony ciconiiforme
Iguana hatchling cow bull — —
Impala calf ewe ram herd —
J
Jaguar cub — — leap[70]
parade[23]
prowl[70]		 —
Jay chick hen cock band[13]
party[16]
scold[16]		 corvine
Jellyfish ephyra[71]
planula
polyp		 — — bloom
brood[13]
fluther[2]
smack[2][16]
smuth[12]		 scyphozoan
Junglefowl
(see chicken)
K
Kangaroo joey doe
flyer
jill
roo		 boomer
buck
jack		 court
herd
mob[72]
troop[16]		 macropodine
Kingbird chick — — court
tyranny
coronation		 —
Kinkajou kit
pup		 sow boar convergence
troop		 potosine
Kite chick — — — accipitrine
Koala joey doe buck — phascolarctine
Komodo dragon calf
chick
hatchling		 cow
hen		 bull
cock		 — varanine
L
Ladybug larva — — loveliness coleopterous
Lapwing chick — — deceit[16][19]
desert[2]		 vanelline
Lark chick hen cock exaltation[2][19] alaudine
Lemur infant — — conspiracy[73] lemurine
Leopard cub leopardess leopard leap[2][13][16]
lepe[2]		 pardine
Lion cub[26] lioness lion pride[74][75][43]
sawt[43][76]		 leonine
Lizard hatchling — — — —
Llama cria dam
hembra		 macho
stud		 flock
herd		 camelid
Lobster — hen[3] cock[3] risk homarine
Locust (list) nymph — — cloud
host
swarm		 caelifera
Loris infant — — colony[77] lorisine[78]
Louse nymph — — colony pediculine
Lyrebird chick hen cock musket[79] menurine
M
Mallard
Also see Duck		 duckling hen greenhead[80] sord[2]
suit[2]		 anatine poultry
Mammoth
(see elephant)		 calf cow bull herd
pack		 mammutine
Manatee calf cow bull herd manatine
sirenian
Mandrill infant — — horde simian
Manta ray fry — — — feline[citation needed]
Mantis nymph — — swarm caelifera
Meerkat meerkitten — — — herpestine
Mink cub
kit		 sow boar — musteline
Mole pup sow boar labor[23] talpine
Mongoose pup — — committee
delegation
troop		 herpestine
Monkey infant — — group, troop[2] simian
Moose calf[17] cow[17] bull[17][57] herd cervine venison
Mosquito nymph
tumbler
wriggler		 — — cloud
scourge
swarm		 aedine
anopheline
Moth caterpillar
chrysalis
larva
pupa		 — — eclipse[23]
swarm[23]		 rhopaloceran
Mouse crawler (as pet feed)[citation needed]
fuzzy (as pet feed)[citation needed]
hopper (as pet feed)[citation needed]
pinky (as pet feed)[citation needed]
pup		 doe buck colony
nest		 murine
N
Narwhal calf[81] cow[81] bull[81] pod[81]
herd[81]
school[81]
gam[81]
grind[81]		 cetacean[82]
cetaceous[82]
Newt eft[83] — — — pleurodeline
Nightingale chick hen cock watch[42][43][44] philomelian
O
Octopus fry [citation needed] hen[84] — consortium[85] octopodine
Okapi calf cow bull herd okapine
Opossum joey jill jack passel[86] didelphine
Ostrich chick
hatchling		 hen cock flock
troop		 ratite
struthious
Otter pup
whelp		 sow boar family[23]
romp		 lutrine
musteline
Ox
See Cattle
Owl fledgling
owlet		 — — parliament[13] strigine
Oyster spat — — bed[13] ostracine
P
Panther cub pantheress panther — pantherine
Parrot chick hen cock flock psittacine
Panda
See Giant panda
Partridge chick chantelle
hen		 cock covey
roost		 perdicine
Peafowl chick
peachick		 peahen peacock ostentation pavonine poultry
Peccary — — — squadron[87] —
Pelican chick
nestling		 — — pod[13]
scoop		 pelecanine
Penguin chick
nestling		 — — colony[88]
huddle[88]
raft (in water)[88]
rookery[88]
tuxedo[12]
waddle (on land)[88][89]		 spheniscine
Pheasant chick hen cock bouquet[13][16]
flock
nest[16]
nide[16]
nye[13][16]		 phasianine
Pig (list)
Also see Boar		 farrow
piglet
shoat/shote (just weaned)		 gilt (not bred)[90]
sow (bred)		 barrow (castrated)[91][92]
boar
hog		 drift[13][16][93]
drove[13][16]
litter (piglets)
sounder (older pigs)[23]
team (older pigs)[23]		 porcine
suilline		 bacon
ham
pork
Pigeon (list) squab
squeaker		 hen cock flight[94]
flock
kit[94]		 pullastrine squab
Platypus — — — paddle[95] —
Polar bear cub sow boar aurora[96]
celebration[96]
pack[96]		 ursine
Pony
See Horse
Porcupine pup, porcupette[97] sow boar prickle[94] hystricine, erethizontine[98]
Porpoise calf cow bull pod
school
shoal		 phocoenine
Prairie dog pup sow boar town cynomurine
Pug pup bitch dog
sire
stud		 grumble[99] —
Q
Quail chick hen cock bevy[74][75][42][43][44] galliformine
R
Rabbit (list) bunny
kit
kitten
nestling		 doe
jill		 buck
jack
yoyo		 litter (young)
nest[75]
warren
wrack (young)		 leporine
Raccoon cub
kit		 sow boar brace
committee
gaze[74]
nursery
smack
troop		 procyonine
Ram
Also see Sheep		 lamb ewe ram flock arietine
ovine		 lamb
mutton
Rat (list) kitten[citation needed]
pup		 doe buck colony
horde
mischief[100][101]		 murine
Raven chick hen cock conspiracy
unkindness[42][43][102]		 corvid
corvine
Red deer calf hind hart
stag		 herd — venison
Red panda cub sow boar pack ailurid
Rhinoceros calf cow bull crash[103]
herd		 ceratorhine
Rook — — — building[2]
parliament[2][104]		 —
S
Salamander larva — — maelstrom caudatan
salamandrine
Salmon parr[105] hen
jen		 cock
jack		 — salmonine
Sand dollar juvenile (young urchin)
larva pluteus (free-swimming stage)		 — — — clypeasteroid
Sandpiper — — — fling[106] scolopacine
Sardine — — — family [106] —
Sea lion pup cow bull — otarine
Seahorse seafoal seamare seastallion shoal hippocampal
Seal pup[7] cow bull herd[106]
pod[106]
rookery[106]		 phoca
Sea otter pup — — raft lutrine
Shark cub[26]
pup[107]		 — bull shiver [59] selachian
squaloid		 flake (AUS)
Sheep (list)
Also see Ram		 cosset
lamb
lambkin		 dam
ewe		 buck
ram
wether (castrated)		 flock[74][75]
fold[108]
herd		 ovine hogget
lamb
mutton
Shrew shrewlet sow boar colony
drove		 soricine
Skink skinklet — — — scincine
Skipper caterpillar — — — hesperiine
Skunk kit sow boar[3] surfeit mephitine
Sloth baby
kitten
pup		 sow boar — xenarthran (broader group)
Snail — — — escargatoire[106][109]
rout[106][110]
walk[106]		 gastropodian escargot
Snake (list) hatchling (newly hatched)
neonate (newborn)
snakelet		 — — ball
nest[75]
slither		 anguine
elapine
ophidian
serpentine
viperine
Spider (list) spiderling — — cluster[106]
clutter[106]		 arachnine
arachnoid
Spoonbill chick — — bowl ciconiiforme
Squid paralarva — — shoal teuthidane
Squirrel kit
kitten
pup		 doe buck scurry[40] sciurine
Starfish bipinnaria
brachiolaria		 — — — asteroid/galaxy[111]
Starling — — — chattering[13][38]
murmuration[2][13][16][19]		 sturnine
Stilt chick — — — recurvirostrid
Stingray pup — — fever[112] squaloid
Swan cygnet
flapper		 pen cob bevy[23]
flock
game[23]
lamentation
wedge (in flight)[23]		 cygnine
T
Tapir calf cow bull herd tapirine
Tarsier — — — — tarsiine
Termite larva — — colony
nest
swarm		 isopteran
Thrush chick — — — turdine
Tiger cub[26]
whelp		 tigress tiger ambush[13]
streak[40]		 tigrine
Toad tadpole
toadlet		 — — knot[13][16] batrachian
ranine
Toucan chick — — durante ramphasto
Turkey (list) poult hen gobbler
jake (immature)
stag
tom		 rafter[113][114] — poultry
Turtle hatchling
turtlet		 — — bale[115] chelonian
V
Viper hatchling — — — viperine
W
Wallaby joey jill jack mob —
Walrus calf cow bull herd[75]
pod[75]		 odobenine
Wasp larva queen
worker		 drone colony
hive
nest
swarm		 vespine
Weasel kit
pup		 bitch
doe
jill		 buck
dog
hub
jack		 gang[18]
sneak[18]		 musteline
Whale calf[35] cow[36] bull gam[23]
pod[74][75]
school		 cetacean
cetaceous		 blubber
Wildebeest calf[35] cow[36] bull confusion —
Wolf cub
pup[7]
puppy
whelp		 bitch
she-wolf		 dog pack[74][75] canine
lupine
Wolverine kit
whelp		 angeline wolverine pack musteline
Wombat joey jill jack wisdom[116] —
Z
Zebra colt (male)
filly (female)
foal		 mare stallion cohort[117]
dazzle[118]
herd[13][117]
zeal[13][117]		 hippotigrine
zebrine

Usage of collective nouns

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Merriam-Webster writes that most terms of venery fell out of use in the 16th century, including a "murder" for crows. It goes on to say that some of the terms in The Book of Saint Albans were "rather fanciful", explaining that the book extended collective nouns to people of specific professions, such as a "poverty" of pipers. It concludes that for lexicographers, many of these do not satisfy criteria for entry by being "used consistently in running prose" without meriting explanation. Some terms that were listed as commonly used were "herd", "flock", "school", and "swarm".[119]

Writing for Audubon, Nicholas Lund says that many such terms are not used in actuality. When he interviewed scientists who specialize in studying specific animals, they had not heard of these terms, such as a "bask" of crocodiles or "wisdom" of wombats, being applied in their fields. Lund noted that the common plural nouns for animals were "flock" for birds and "herd" for cows, conceding that for certain animals in small groups, there was currency in usage such as a "pod" of whales or "gaggle" of geese.[120]

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Notes

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  1. ^ The term flange was originally used to denote a group of baboons in a Not the Nine O'Clock News comedy sketch entitled "Gerald the Intelligent Gorilla" where it was used for comic effect. It has since been used in the scientific literature for a collection of baboons.
  2. ^ A worker bee is a sexually undeveloped female.
  3. ^ Castrated male cattle are steers in the United States or bullocks in the United Kingdom. Oxen are draft animals that are (if male) usually castrated but not necessarily. A young cow that has not given birth is a heifer. See Cattle for more names. Cows is often used informally to refer to cattle in general.
  4. ^ Bovine refers to all species of genus Bos.
  5. ^ The term aerie is a classic 15th-century term of venery that refers to only two "hawks of the tower" but, in modern usage, does not necessarily have the same numerical constraint.[68] Aerie also refers to hawks and other birds of prey nesting high on a mountain top.[68] Confusingly, hawks of the tower are technically falcons and not hawks.
  6. ^ The term cast is a classic 15th-century term of venery that refers to only two "hawks of the tower" but, in modern usage, does not necessarily have the same numerical constraint.[68] Confusingly, hawks of the tower are technically falcons and not hawks.
  7. ^ The term flight is a classic 15th-century term of venery that refers to only "hawks of the wrist" to include goshawks and sparrowhawks.[68] Hawks of the wrist are true hawks in the genus Accipiter.
  8. ^ The term leash is a classic 15th-century term of venery that refers to only three "hawks of the tower" but, in modern usage, does not necessarily have the same numerical constraint.[68] Confusingly, hawks of the tower are technically falcons and not hawks.
  9. ^ The term staff is a classic 15th-century term of venery that refers to only three "hawks of the tower" but, in modern usage, does not necessarily have the same numerical constraint.[68] Confusingly, hawks of the tower are technically falcons and not hawks.

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