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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.{{citation|author1=Woop Studios|author2=Jay Sacher|title=A Compendium of Collective Nouns: From an Armory of Aardvarks to a Zeal of Zebras|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aHhP_7zOG8wC|year=2013|publisher=Chronicle Books|isbn=978-1-4521-2952-5|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=aHhP_7zOG8wC&pg=PA9 9]|access-date=2015-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915202318/https://books.google.com/books?id=aHhP_7zOG8wC|archive-date=2015-09-15|url-status=live}} Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites.{{cite web|title=What do you call a group of ...?|url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/page/collectivenouns_us|publisher=Oxford Dictionaries|access-date=2011-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123155057/http://oxforddictionaries.com/page/collectivenouns_us|archive-date=2011-11-23|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Dictionary.com Animal Names |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/writing/styleguide/animal.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114065446/http://dictionary.reference.com/writing/styleguide/animal.html |archive-date=2007-11-14 }}{{cite web|title = Merriam Webster Dictionary|url = http://www.merriam-webster.com|access-date = 2013-12-10|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170922151722/https://www.merriam-webster.com/|archive-date = 2017-09-22|url-status = live}}

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Generic terms

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

Scientific term \|\| Trivial name	Young	Female	Male	Collective noun	Collateral adjective
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Aves	bird	chick	hen	cock, rooster	flock	avian
Bovinae	cattle; ox,{{cite web \| url=https://www.britannica.com/animal/ox-mammal-Bos-taurus \| title=Ox \| mammal, Bos taurus \| Britannica \| date=19 June 2023 }} cow	calf	cow (bred); heifer (not bred)	bull (intact); bullock{{cite web \| url=https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/bullock \| title=Bullock Definition & Meaning \| Britannica Dictionary }} or steer (castrated)	herd	bovine
Canidae	dog	puppy, pup,{{cite web\|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pup\|title=the definition of pup\|access-date=2009-11-29\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124233042/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/PUP\|archive-date=2009-11-24\|url-status=live}} 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,{{cite web\|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/08/cougar-puma-mountain-lion-kittens-mothers-video-animals/\|title=A Rare Look Inside the Secret Lives of Cougar Families\|date=29 August 2018\|publisher=National Geographic Society\|access-date=2019-01-14\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114210510/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/08/cougar-puma-mountain-lion-kittens-mothers-video-animals/\|archive-date=2019-01-14\|url-status=dead}} etc.); cub (big cats, Panthera, and also Puma)	queen	tom, king	clowder (small cats); pride (big cats)	feline
Suidae	pig	piglet	rowspan =3\| sow	rowspan = 3 \| boar	drift, drove	porcine
Procyonidae	Raccoon family of Carnivorans	rowspan = 2 \| cub, kit	rowspan=2\| gaze, smack, committee	procyonine, nasuine, others
Viverridae	Civet family of Carnivorans	viverrine
Mustelidae	Ferret family of Carnivorans (large: badgers & wolverines; small: weasels & ferrets)	kit	sow (large); jill (small)	boar (large); hob,{{cite web\|title=About Ferrets\|url=https://www.southcheshireferretrescue.co.uk/about-ferrets.html\|website=South Cheshire Ferret Rescue\|access-date=2020-03-18\|archive-date=2020-03-18\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318193146/https://www.southcheshireferretrescue.co.uk/about-ferrets.html\|url-status=dead}} jack (small)	colony (large); business (small)	musteline
Leporidae	rabbits & hares	nestling	jill	jack	nest or band	leporine
Osteichthyes	bony fish	hatchling, fry, fingerling	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	school, shoal	piscine, ichthyic

Terms by species or taxon

Animal	Young	Female	Male	Collective noun	Collateral adjective	Culinary noun for meat
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Aardvark	cub	sow	boar	{{N/A}}	orycteropodian
Albatross	chick	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	flock{{cite web\|url=http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/albatross/\|title=Albatross\|date=10 May 2011\|publisher=National Geographic Animals\|access-date=2012-03-18\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317232647/http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/albatross\|archive-date=2012-03-17\|url-status=dead}} gam (when searching for mates)Riddell, Te Aorere. Toroa: The Royal Albatross. Huia, 2003. 11. Print. rookeryIvan G. Sparkes, Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms.	diomedeid
Alligator	hatchling	cow	bull	congregation{{cite web\|title=San Diego Zoo\|url=http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/got_questions_groups_list.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127210351/http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/got_questions_groups_list.html\|archive-date=2012-01-27\|access-date=2014-04-22\|work=archived copy of Animal group names\|publisher=Zoological Society of San Diego}}	eusuchian
Alpaca{{cite web\|url=http://www.alpacaculture.com/alpaca-info/glossary-of-alpaca-terms\|title=Glossary of Alpaca Terms\|access-date=2016-12-12\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220100354/http://www.alpacaculture.com/alpaca-info/glossary-of-alpaca-terms\|archive-date=2016-12-20\|url-status=live}}	cria	hembra	macho	herd	camelid
Ant	larva pupa	queen (fertile) soldier worker	drone	army{{cite web\|title=AskOxford: A\|url=http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/collective/a/\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020120745/http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/collective/a/\|archive-date=2008-10-20\|access-date=2011-05-27\|work=Collective Terms for Groups of Animals\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|location=Oxford, United Kingdom}} bike colony{{cite web \|title=Common Questions: What Do You Call a Group of...? \|url=http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/about/faqs/animals/names.htm\|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320071411/http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/about/faqs/animals/names.htm \|archive-date=2015-03-20 \|access-date=2015-04-13 \|work=Animal Congregations, or What Do You Call a Group of...? \|publisher=U.S. Geological Survey Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center}} bivouac (migratory feeders) nest swarm	formic myrmicine
Anteater	pup	sow	boar	{{N/A}}	vermilinguan
Antelope	calfDeer of the world: their evolution, behaviour, and ecology By Valerius Geist, 1998, {{ISBN\|0-8117-0496-3}}	doe	buck	cluster herd[https://books.google.com/books?id=hjt83FfPShsC&pg=PA362 Beat about the Bush: Mammals] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910060447/https://books.google.com/books?id=hjt83FfPShsC&pg=PA362\|date=2015-09-10}}, by Trevor Carnaby, published by Jacana Media, 2008-01-01, page 362. {{ISBN\|978-1-77009-240-2}}. tribe	alcelaphine antilopine bubaline
Ape	baby child infant	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	band family group shrewdness{{Cite book \|title= The Boke of Saint Albans \|last= Berners \|first= Dame Juliana \|author-link= Juliana Berners \|others= Introduction by William Blades \|year= 1881 \|edition= reproduction \|orig-year= First published 1486 \|url= https://archive.org/details/bokeofsaintalban00bernuoft \|access-date= 2011-05-27 \|publisher= Elliot Stock \|location= London \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111228070355/http://www.archive.org/details/bokeofsaintalban00bernuoft \|archive-date= 2011-12-28 \|url-status= live }} troop, group	simian
Armadillo	baby pup	sow	boar	protection	cingulatan
Ass/donkey	foal	jenny	jack	coffle drove herd pace	asinine
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Baboon	infant	babuina{{Cite web\|title=Definition of BABUINA\|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/babuina\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415165353/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/babuina\|archive-date=2019-04-15\|access-date=2020-01-22\|website=Merriam-Webster}}	{{N/A}}	flange{{cite web\|title=AskOxford: B\|url=http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/collective/b/\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020120751/http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/collective/b/\|archive-date=2008-10-20\|access-date=2012-06-15\|work=Collective Terms for Groups of Animals\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|location=Oxford, United Kingdom}}{{efn\|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.}} troop, group	{{N/A}}
Badger	cub kit	sow	boar	cete colony	musteline
Barracuda	hatchling, fry, fingerling	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	school{{cite book\|last=Thomson\|first=Donald A.\|title=Reef fishes of the Sea of Cortez : the rocky-shore fishes of the Gulf of California\|year=2000\|publisher=University of Texas Press\|location=Austin\|isbn=978-0-292-78155-9\|page=288\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6MOaKl7yu3wC&q="school+of+barracuda"&pg=PA288\|edition=Rev. ed., 1st University of Texas Press\|access-date=2020-01-22\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225073223/https://books.google.com/books?id=6MOaKl7yu3wC&pg=PA288&dq=%22school+of+barracuda%22\|archive-date=2018-12-25\|url-status=live}}	percesocine
Bat	pup	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	camp{{cite web\|url=https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/word-lists/list-of-names-for-groups-of-animals.html\|author=Cirelli, Cheryl\|title=YourDictionary.com List of Names for Groups of Animals\|access-date=2020-08-13}} cloud{{cite book\|last=Campbell\|first=Charles A.R.\|title=Bats, mosquitoes and dollars\|year=2002\|publisher=University Press of the Pacific\|location=Honolulu, Hawaii\|isbn=978-0-89875-932-7\|page=128\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JfzpEWauHSgC&q="cloud+of+bats"&pg=PA128}} colony flock{{cite book\|last=Brown\|first=Michael J.\|title=Durio, a bibliographic review\|year=1997\|publisher=International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Office for South Asia\|location=New Delhi, India\|isbn=978-92-9043-318-7\|page=62\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3AcGwT0CdSwC&q="flock+of+bats"&pg=PA62}}	noctillionine pteropine
Bear (list)	cub{{cite web\|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cub\|title=the definition of cub\|access-date=2009-11-29\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203002040/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cub\|archive-date=2009-12-03\|url-status=live}}	she-bear sow	boar	sleuth sloth	ursine
Beaver	kit kitten pup	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	colony family	castoridine
Bee	larva pupa	queen worker{{efn\|A worker bee is a sexually undeveloped female.}}	drone	cast (a second swarm) cluster (of workers around the queen) colony drift erst grist hive nest rabble stand swarm	apian apiarian apic
Beetle	larva grub (wormlike forms) mealworm (darkling beetles) pupa	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	swarm	coleopterous
Binturong	binlet	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	potosine
Bird (list) Also see Aves	chick	hen	cock	flight flock pod	avian
Boar/wild pig Also see Pig	farrow piglet shoat/shote (just weaned)	sow	boar hog	herd{{cite web\|url=http://veneryterms.blogspot.com/2014/04/porcine-precision-sounder-of-swine.html\|author=Hurst, Richard E.\|year=2014\|title=Porcine Precision: A Sounder of Swine\|access-date=2014-05-13\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429030404/http://veneryterms.blogspot.com/2014/04/porcine-precision-sounder-of-swine.html\|archive-date=2014-04-29\|url-status=live}} singular sounder (groups of 12 or more)	{{N/A}}
Bobcat	bobkitten	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	feline
Budgerigar	chick	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	flock	psittacine
Buffalo	calf	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	bubaline
Bull See Cattle	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|
Butterfly	caterpillar chrysalis larva pupa	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	flight flutter{{Cite web\|date=2010-11-11\|title=Monarch butterfly, facts and photos\|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/facts/monarch-butterfly\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303002759/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/facts/monarch-butterfly\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=March 3, 2021\|access-date=2022-02-25\|website=Animals\|language=en}} kaleidoscope{{cite web \|url= https://nhmlac.org/stories/multicolored-kaleidoscope\|title= A Multicolored Kaleidoscope: Watch colorful butterflies flutters in our Butterfly Pavilion. \|last= Hayden \|first= Tyler \|date= \|website= Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County \|publisher= County of Los Angeles, California \|access-date= 2022-08-14 \|quote=}} rabble swarm{{Cite web\|title=Butterflies and Moths of North America {{!}} collecting and sharing data about Lepidoptera\|url=https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/\|access-date=2022-02-25\|website=www.butterfliesandmoths.org}}	rhopaloceran
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Camel	calf	cow	bull	caravan flock herd train	camelid cameline
Cardinal				college conclave deeck radiance Vatican {{cite web\|url=https://www.nps.gov/hafe/learn/nature/cardinals-and-allies.htm#:~:text=A%20group%20of%20cardinals%20can,or%20a%20Vatican%20of%20cardinals. \| title=Cardinals and Allies - Harpers Ferry National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service) }}
Cat (list)	kit kitten	molly queen	gib (castrated male){{cite web\|url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/gib?showCookiePolicy=true\|title=gib - Definition, meaning & more - Collins Dictionary\|access-date=2012-10-13\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406161519/http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/gib?showCookiePolicy=true\|archive-date=2013-04-06\|url-status=live}} king tom	clowder cluster clutter{{cite web \| url = http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/collective/c/ \| title = AskOxford: C \| access-date = 2009-02-16 \| work = Collective Terms for Groups of Animals \| publisher = Oxford University Press \| location = Oxford, United Kingdom \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080919084955/http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/collective/c/ \| archive-date = 2008-09-19 \| url-status = dead }} glaring kindle (kittens){{cite web\|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/kindle\|title=kindle\|via=The Free Dictionary\|access-date=2013-04-15\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423023732/http://www.thefreedictionary.com/kindle\|archive-date=2013-04-23\|url-status=live}} litter (kittens) pillow (kittens) pounce nuisance{{cite book \|last1=Malamud \|first1=Randy \|title=An introduction to animals and visual culture \|date=2012 \|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan \|location=Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire \|isbn=9781137009838 \|page=38}}	feline
Cattle{{efn\|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.}} (list)	calf{{cite web\|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/calf\|title=the definition of calf\|access-date=2009-11-29\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203095123/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/calf\|archive-date=2009-12-03\|url-status=live}}	cow{{cite web\|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cow\|title=the definition of cow\|access-date=2009-11-29\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208062855/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cow\|archive-date=2009-12-08\|url-status=live}} heifer freemartin	bull bullock ox steer	drove gang herd obstinancy team (oxen) troop yoke (oxen)	bovine{{efn\|Bovine refers to all species of genus Bos.}} taurine (male) vaccine (female) vituline (young)	beef veal
Chamois	calf	doe	bull	herd	rupicaprine
Cheetah	cub kitten	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	coalition (male){{cite book\|last=Caro\|first=T.M.\|author-link=Tim Caro\|title=Cheetahs of the Serengeti Plains : group living in an asocial species\|year=1994\|publisher=University of Chicago Press\|location=Chicago\|isbn=978-0-226-09434-2\|page=237\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hcZCubO01bEC&q=coalition+cheetah&pg=PA237\|access-date=2015-07-02\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912191206/https://books.google.com/books?id=hcZCubO01bEC&pg=PA237&dq=coalition+cheetah\|archive-date=2015-09-12\|url-status=live}}	feline
Chicken (list)	chick	hen pullet	capon (castrated male) cock cockerel rooster	brood clutch (eggs) flock peep (chicks)	galline	poultry
Chimpanzee	infant	empress	emperor blackback	troop, group tribe	panine
Chinchilla	kit	sow velvet	boar bull	colony	chinchilline
Chough	chick	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	chattering{{cite web\|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/chattering\|title=chattering\|via=The Free Dictionary\|access-date=2013-01-22\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310071240/http://www.thefreedictionary.com/chattering\|archive-date=2013-03-10\|url-status=live}} clattering{{cite web\|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/clattering\|title=clattering\|via=The Free Dictionary\|access-date=2013-01-22\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507104635/http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Clattering\|archive-date=2013-05-07\|url-status=live}}	corvine
Cobra	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	quiverUniverse in Your Pocket by Joel Levy, published by Barnes & Noble, Inc.	elapid
Cockroach	nymph	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	intrusion	blattid
Cod	codling	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	school	gadine gadoid
Cormorant	chick shaglet	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	flight gulp	{{N/A}}
Cougar	kitten cub	mountain lioness	tom	{{N/A}}	feline
Cow See Cattle	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|
Crab	zoea	hen jenny	cock jimmy	{{N/A}}	cancrine
Crane	chick coltGray, [https://books.google.com/books?id=0JE1AAAAMAAJ&q=%22young+crane%22 p. 594] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915194823/https://books.google.com/books?lr=&id=0JE1AAAAMAAJ&dq=%22young+crane%22+%22colt%22&q=%22young+crane%22 \|date=2015-09-15 }}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	herd{{Cite book\|last=Berners\|first=Dame Juliana\|url=https://archive.org/details/bokeofsaintalban00bernuoft\|title=The Boke of Saint Albans\|publisher=Elliot Stock\|others=Introduction by William Blades\|year=1881\|location=London\|author-link=Juliana Berners\|access-date=2011-05-27\|orig-year=1486}}{{cite web\|url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/explore/what-do-you-call-a-group-of\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023054123/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/explore/what-do-you-call-a-group-of\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=October 23, 2016\|title=What do you call a group of ...?\|publisher=Oxford Dictionaries\|access-date=2016-10-22}}{{cite book\|last=Strutt\|first=Joseph\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y81cAAAAcAAJ&q=%22exaltation+of+larks%22\|title=The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England\|publisher=J. White\|year=1801\|location=London\|page=28}} sedge sege{{cite web\|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Sege\|title=Sege\|via=The Free Dictionary\|access-date=2014-02-13\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202095045/http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Sege\|archive-date=2014-02-02\|url-status=live}} siege{{cite web\|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Siege\|title=Siege\|via=The Free Dictionary\|access-date=2014-02-13\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203234218/http://www.thefreedictionary.com/siege\|archive-date=2014-02-03\|url-status=live}}	alectorine
Crocodile	hatchling	cow	bull	bask congregation float menace	crocodilian
Crow	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	murder	corvine
Curlew	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	herd	{{N/A}}
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Deer	calf fawn	doe hind cow	buck bull hart (red deer) stag	bunch{{cite web\|title=AskOxford: D\|url=http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/collective/d/\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080710043711/http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/collective/d/\|archive-date=2008-07-10\|access-date=2011-05-27\|work=Collective Terms for Groups of Animals\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|location=Oxford, United Kingdom}} herd mob rangale	cervine elaphine	humble (organ meat) venison
Dinosaur (list)	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	dinosaurian
Dog (list)	pup puppy whelp{{cite web \|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whelp \|title=Whelp \| Definition of whelp by Merriam-Webster \|publisher=Merriam-webster.com \|access-date=2015-12-03 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105031130/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whelp \|archive-date=2016-01-05 \|url-status=live }}	bitch	dog sire stud	comedy (boxers){{cite web \|author=American Kennel Club \|url=http://www.akc.org/breeds/boxer/index.cfm \|title=Boxer Dog Breed Information - American Kennel Club \|publisher=Akc.org \|date=2014-10-30 \|access-date=2015-12-03 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208115805/http://www.akc.org/breeds/boxer/index.cfm \|archive-date=2015-02-08 \|url-status=live }}{{cite web \|url=http://www.the-puppy-dog-place.com/boxer.html \|title=The Boxer Dog - Energetic Comedian \|publisher=The-puppy-dog-place.com \|access-date=2015-12-03 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109200443/http://www.the-puppy-dog-place.com/boxer.html \|archive-date=2013-11-09 \|url-status=live }} cowardice (curs){{cite web \|url=http://www.metaphordogs.org/Dogs/entries/coward.html \|title=cowardice of curs \|publisher=Metaphordogs.org \|date=2010-01-09 \|access-date=2015-12-03 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222214807/http://metaphordogs.org/Dogs/entries/coward.html \|archive-date=2015-12-22 \|url-status=live }} cry (hounds){{cite web \|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cry \|title=Cry - definition of cry by The Free Dictionary \|publisher=Thefreedictionary.com \|access-date=2015-12-03 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210084103/http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cry \|archive-date=2015-12-10 \|url-status=live }} kennel litter (young){{cite web \|author=American Kennel Club \|url=http://www.akc.org/enewsletter/akc_breeder/2009/fall/handbook.cfm \|title=Learn - American Kennel Club \|publisher=Akc.org \|access-date=2015-12-03 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150901054251/http://www.akc.org/enewsletter/akc_breeder/2009/fall/handbook.cfm \|archive-date=2015-09-01 \|url-status=live }} mute pack (wild)	canine
Dogfish Also see Shark	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	troop	selachian squaloid	capeshark (US) flake (UK, Australia) huss (UK) kahada (Canada){{cite web\| title = Shark utilization, marketing and trade\| work = fao.org\| publisher = Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations\| url = http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/X3690E/x3690e0o.htm\| access-date = 2010-02-12\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100305185734/http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/X3690E/x3690e0o.htm\| archive-date = 2010-03-05\| url-status = live}} rigg (UK) rock salmon (UK) spiny dogfish
Dolphin	calf	cow	bull	herd pod{{cite news\|date=2007-01-17\|title=Battle to save NY pod of dolphins\|work=BBC News\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6272733.stm\|access-date=2010-05-08}}{{Cite web\|url=http://www.nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/NVA2~13~13~23280~123821:A-Pod-of-Dolphins\|title=A Pod of Dolphins – NASA Mars Collection\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727150754/http://www.nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/NVA2~13~13~23280~123821:A-Pod-of-Dolphins\|archive-date=2011-07-27\|access-date=2011-08-29}} school team	delphine
Donkey (list) See Ass	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|
Dove	chick	hen	cock	arc cote dole dule flight piteousness pitying	columbine
Dragonfly	nymph	queen	drake king	cluster flight	anisopteran
Duck (list) Also see Mallard	duckling	duck hen	cock drake	badling (on land) brace (on land) bunch (on water) flock (on land) herd (on land) paddling (on water) raft (on water) safe (on land) skein (in flight) sord (on land) sore (on land) string (in flight) team (in flight) waddling (on land)	anatine fuliguline	poultry
Dugong	calf	cow	bull	herd	dugongine
Dunlin	chick	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	fling	{{N/A}}
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Eagle	eaglet fledgling	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	convocation	aquiline
Echidna	puggle (in common use, but not scientifically endorsed)	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	tachyglossine
Eel	leptocephalus (larva) elver (juvenile)	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	bed swarm	anguilline
Elephant	calf	cow	bull{{cite web\|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bull\|title=the definition of bull\|access-date=2009-11-29\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091202234547/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bull\|archive-date=2009-12-02\|url-status=live}}	herd memory parade	elephantine proboscidean proboscine
Elephant seal	pup	cow	bull	{{N/A}}	miroungan
Elk/wapiti	calf	cow	bull	gang herd	cervine	venison
Emu	chick hatchling	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	mob	{{N/A}}
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Falcon	eyass/eyas	falcon	tercel terzel tiercel	cast	acciptrine
Ferret	kit	jill	hob	business busyness	musteline
Finch	chick	hen	cock	charm	fringilline
Fish (list)	fingerling fry	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	school	piscine
Flamingo	chick	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	flamboyance{{Cite web\|title=A Flamboyance of Flamingos and Other Brilliant Bird Group Names\|url=https://www.dictionary.com/e/s/flamboyance-flamingos-brilliant-bird-groups/\|access-date=2022-02-25\|website=Dictionary.com\|date=3 October 2017 \|language=en-US}} stand	phoenicopterine
Fly	maggot	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	business cloud swarm	dipterous
Fox	cub kit pup	vixen	dog reynard tod	leash skulk earth	vulpine
Frog	froglet polliwog tadpole	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	army	ranine
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Gazelle	calf	cow	bull	herd	gazelline
Gecko	hatchling	dam (herpetoculture)	sire (herpetoculture)	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}
Gerbil	pup	doe	buck	horde	gerbilline
Giant panda	cub	sow	boar	embarrassment {{Cite news\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/talk-to-the-animals-the-art-and-humour-of-the-collective-noun-2142716.html\|title=Talk to the animals: The art and humour of the collective noun\|date=2010-11-27\|work=The Independent\|access-date=2018-04-23\|language=en-GB\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424135335/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/talk-to-the-animals-the-art-and-humour-of-the-collective-noun-2142716.html\|archive-date=2018-04-24\|url-status=live}} sleuth{{cite web\|url=http://canadaonline.about.com/od/sciencetechnology/a/giant-pandas-conservation.htm\|author=Munroe, Susan\|year=2013\|title=Giant Pandas at the Toronto Zoo\|publisher=Canada Onlibe\|access-date=2013-10-15\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406061212/http://canadaonline.about.com/od/sciencetechnology/a/giant-pandas-conservation.htm\|archive-date=2013-04-06\|url-status=dead}}	ailuropodine
Giraffe	calf	cow	bull	corps{{cite web\|title=AskOxford: G\|url=http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/collective/g/\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919022354/http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/collective/g/\|archive-date=2008-09-19\|access-date=2015-10-11\|work=Collective Terms for Groups of Animals\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|location=Oxford, United Kingdom}} herd tower{{cite book\|last=Handley\|first=Julia\|title=Little things.\|year=2010\|publisher=Authorhouse\|location=[S.l.]\|isbn=978-1-4520-6170-2\|page=52\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yTd2KH-tegYC&q="tower+of+giraffes"&pg=PA52}}	giraffine
Gnat	larva	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	cloud horde rabble swarm	{{N/A}}
Gnu	calf	cow	bull	herd implausibility{{cite web\|url=http://veneryterms.blogspot.com/2014/04/whence-wildebeest-implausibility-of-gnus.html\|author=Hurst, Richard E.\|year=2014\|title=Whence the Wildebeest: An Implausibility of Gnus\|access-date=2014-04-27\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428194806/http://veneryterms.blogspot.com/2014/04/whence-wildebeest-implausibility-of-gnus.html\|archive-date=2014-04-28\|url-status=live}}	{{N/A}}
Goat (list)	kid	doe doeling nanny	billy buck buckling wether (castrated)	herd flock tribe trip trippe	caprine	cabrito chevon mutton
Goldfinch	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	charm	cardueline
Goosander	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	dopping	{{N/A}}
Goose	gosling	goose	gander	chevron (in flight){{citation needed\|date=November 2017}} flock (on land) gaggle (on land) plump (on land) skein (in flight) team (in flight) wedge (in flight)	anatine anserine	poultry
Gorilla	infant	{{N/A}}	blackback silverback	band troop, group whoop	simian
Goshawk	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	flight	{{N/A}}
Grasshopper	nymph	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	cloud swarm	caeliferian
Grouse	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	covey pack	tetraonine
Guanaco	chulengo{{cite web\|title=Species Profile: Guanaco\|url=http://www.conservacionpatagonica.org/blog/2011/12/22/species-profile-guanacos/\|publisher=Concervación Patagonia\|access-date=2015-10-11\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210229/http://www.conservacionpatagonica.org/blog/2011/12/22/species-profile-guanacos/\|archive-date=2015-09-23\|url-status=dead}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	herd	camelid
Guinea fowl	keet	hen	cock	flock{{cite book\|last=Mobley\|first=Jason A.\|title=Birds of the world\|year=2009\|publisher=Marshall Cavendish\|location=New York\|isbn=978-0-7614-7775-4\|page=291\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gccfdvSUTg4C&q="guinea+fowl"+flock&pg=PA291}} rasp{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KOM1AAAAMAAJ \|title=Shot-gun and Sunlight - The Game Birds of East Africa \|publisher=Batchworth Press \|location=London \|first=Lieut.-Colonel B. G. \|last=Lynn-Allen \|year=1951 \|access-date=2015-07-02 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910053900/https://books.google.com/books?id=KOM1AAAAMAAJ \|archive-date=2015-09-10 \|url-status=live }}	numidine	poultry
Guinea pig	pup	sow	boar	herd	{{N/A}}	cuy
Gull	chick	hen	cock	colony flock	larine
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Hamster	pup	doe	buck	horde	cricetid
Hare	leveret	doe jill	buck jack	band down{{cite web\|title=AskOxford: H\|url=http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/collective/h/?view=uk\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060616031658/http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/collective/h/?view=uk\|archive-date=2006-06-16\|access-date=2012-12-18\|work=Collective Terms for Groups of Animals\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|location=Oxford, United Kingdom}} drove flick husk	leporine
Hawk	eyas	hen	tiercel	aerie{{cite web\|url=http://veneryterms.blogspot.com/2014/05/cast-and-let-fly-kettle-of-hawks.html\|author=Hurst, Richard E.\|year=2014\|title=Cast and Let Fly: A Kettle of Hawks\|access-date=2014-05-06\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140507004555/http://veneryterms.blogspot.com/2014/05/cast-and-let-fly-kettle-of-hawks.html\|archive-date=2014-05-07\|url-status=live}}{{efn\|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. Aerie also refers to hawks and other birds of prey nesting high on a mountain top. Confusingly, hawks of the tower are technically falcons and not hawks.}} boil (soaring in large groups) cast{{efn\|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. Confusingly, hawks of the tower are technically falcons and not hawks.}} cauldron (soaring in large groups) flight{{efn\|The term flight is a classic 15th-century term of venery that refers to only "hawks of the wrist" to include goshawks and sparrowhawks. Hawks of the wrist are true hawks in the genus Accipiter.}} flock kettle (soaring in large groups) leash{{efn\|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. Confusingly, hawks of the tower are technically falcons and not hawks.}} staff{{efn\|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. Confusingly, hawks of the tower are technically falcons and not hawks.}}	accipitrine
{{anchor\|hoglet}}Hedgehog	hoglet piglet pup	sow	boar	array	erinaceine
Hermit crab	zoea	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	paguroid
Heron	chick	hen	cock	flight sedge sege siege	ardeidine
Herring	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	army glean shoal	clupeidean
Hippopotamus	calf	cow	bull	bloat herd sea thunder	hippopotamine
Hornet	larva pupa	queen	drone	bike nest swarm	vespine
Horse (list)	colt (male) filly (female) foal weanling yearling	dam mare	gelding (castrated male) ridgling stallion (not castrated) stud	band (wild horses) field (racehorses) harras herd (wild horses) rag (colts) stable string (ponies) stud team (work horses)	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	{{N/A}}	trochilidine trochiline
Hyena	cub	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	cackle clan	hyenine
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Ibex	kid	nanny	billy	herd{{Cite web\|author1=Alina Bradford\|date=2014-07-23\|title=Facts About Ibex\|url=https://www.livescience.com/28102-ibex.html\|access-date=2022-02-25\|website=livescience.com\|language=en}}	caprine
Ibis	chick	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	colony	ciconiiforme
Iguana	hatchling	cow	bull	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}
Impala	calf	ewe	ram	herd	{{N/A}}
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Jaguar	cub	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	leap parade prowl{{Cite web\|title=What is a group of jaguars called?\|url=http://www.ask.com/question/what-is-a-group-of-jaguars-called\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102055016/http://www.ask.com/question/what-is-a-group-of-jaguars-called\|archive-date=2014-01-02\|website=Ask.com}}	{{N/A}}
Jay	chick	hen	cock	band party scold	corvine
Jellyfish	ephyraInternational Wildlife Encyclopedia By Robert Burton, 2002, vol. 8, {{ISBN\|0-7614-7266-5}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=2wwBy1pEw5wC&dq=%22young+jellyfish%22&pg=PA1322 p. 1322] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915174851/https://books.google.com/books?id=2wwBy1pEw5wC&pg=PA1322&dq=%22young+jellyfish%22&lr=#v=onepage&q=%22young%20jellyfish%22&f=false \|date=2015-09-15 }} planula polyp	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	bloom brood fluther smack smuth	scyphozoan
Junglefowl {{small\|(see chicken)}}	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|
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Kangaroo	joey	doe flyer jill roo	boomer buck jack	court herd mob{{cite web \|title=Kangaroo Facts \|url=https://aussieanimals.com/mammals/marsupials/kangaroo-facts/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502043227/https://aussieanimals.com/mammals/marsupials/kangaroo-facts/ \|archive-date=2024-05-02 \|access-date=2024-05-02 \|website=Aussie Animals \|ref=Kangaroo Facts}} troop	macropodine
Kingbird	chick	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	court tyranny coronation	{{N/A}}
Kinkajou	kit pup	sow	boar	convergence troop	potosine
Kite	chick	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	accipitrine
Koala	joey	doe	buck	{{N/A}}	phascolarctine
Komodo dragon	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	varanine
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Ladybug	larva	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	loveliness	coleopterous
Lapwing	chick	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	deceit desert	vanelline
Lark	chick	hen	cock	exaltation	alaudine
Lemur	infant	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	conspiracy{{cite web\|title=Strange collective animal names\|url=http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/99-strange-collective-animal-names\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905214530/http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/99-strange-collective-animal-names\|archive-date=2015-09-05\|access-date=2015-09-16\|website=mnn.com}}	lemurine
Leopard	cub	leopardess	{{N/A}}	leap lepe	pardine
Lion	cub	lioness	{{N/A}}	pride{{cite web\|title=San Diego Zoo\|url=http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/got_questions_groups_list.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704184914/http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/got_questions_groups_list.html\|archive-date=2013-07-04\|access-date=2014-04-22\|publisher=Zoological Society of San Diego}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/about/faqs/animals/names.htm\|title=Common Questions: What Do You Call a Group of...?\|work=archived copy of Animal Congregations, or What Do You Call a Group of.....?\|publisher=U.S. Geological Survey Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320071411/http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/about/faqs/animals/names.htm\|archive-date=March 20, 2015\|access-date=2015-04-13}} sawt{{Citation\|title=Sawt\|url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Sawt\|work=The Free Dictionary\|access-date=2019-05-25}}	leonine
Lizard	hatchling	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}
Llama	cria	dam hembra	macho stud	flock herd	camelid
Lobster	{{N/A}}	hen	cock	risk	homarine
Locust (list)	nymph	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	cloud host swarm	caelifera
Loris	infant	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	colony{{cite book\|title=Priceless : the vanishing beauty of a fragile planet\|year=2003\|publisher=Andrews McMeel Pub.\|location=Kansas City, Mo.\|isbn=978-0-7407-2695-8\|page=131\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eWaAtqdtfbIC&q=loris+colony&pg=PA131\|author=Bradley Trevor Greive, Mitsuaki Iwago\|access-date=2015-07-02\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910112956/https://books.google.com/books?id=eWaAtqdtfbIC&pg=PA131&dq=loris+colony\|archive-date=2015-09-10\|url-status=live}}	lorisine{{cite book\|last=McArdle\|first=John E.\|title=Functional morphology of the hip and thigh of the lorisiformes.\|journal=Contributions to Primatology\|url=https://archive.org/details/functionalmorpho0000mcar\|url-access=registration\|year=1981\|volume=17\|pages=1–132\|publisher=Karger\|location=Basel, München [usw.]\|isbn=978-3-8055-1767-6\|pmid=7226807}}
Louse	nymph	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	colony	pediculine
Lyrebird	chick	hen	cock	musket{{cite news \|title=Tim The Yowie Man: Call of the wild \|url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6030459/tim-the-yowie-man-call-of-the-wild/ \|access-date=29 April 2020 \|publisher=The Canberra Times}}	menurine
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Mallard Also see Duck	duckling	hen	greenheadThe American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. 2000. Houghton Mifflin Company, [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Greenhead] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515100509/http://www.thefreedictionary.com/greenhead\|date=2013-05-15}}	sord suit	anatine	poultry
Mammoth {{small\|(see elephant)}}	calf	cow	bull	herd pack	mammutine
Manatee	calf	cow	bull	herd	manatine sirenian
Mandrill	infant	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	horde	simian
Margay	kitten	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	feline
Meerkat	meerkitten	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	herpestine
Mink	cub kit	sow	boar	{{N/A}}	musteline
Mole	pup	sow	boar	labor	talpine
Mongoose	pup	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	committee delegation troop	herpestine
Monkey	infant	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	group, troop	simian
Moose	calf	cow	bull	herd	cervine	venison
Mosquito	nymph tumbler wriggler	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	cloud scourge swarm	aedine anopheline
Moth	caterpillar chrysalis larva pupa	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	eclipse swarm	rhopaloceran
Mouse	crawler (as pet feed){{CN\|date=January 2023}} fuzzy (as pet feed){{CN\|date=January 2023}} hopper (as pet feed){{CN\|date=January 2023}} pinky (as pet feed){{CN\|date=January 2023}} pup	doe	buck	colony nest	murine
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Narwhal	calf{{Cite web\|date=2017-01-13\|title=Narwhal\|url=https://www.naturalhistoryonthenet.com/Mammals/Narwhal.htm\|access-date=2022-02-24\|website=Natural History on the Net\|language=en-US}}	cow	bull	pod herd school gam grind	cetacean{{Cite web\|title=Narwhal\|url=https://www.acsonline.org/narwhal\|access-date=2022-02-25\|website=www.acsonline.org}} cetaceous
Newt	eft{{cite journal \| last1 = Brockes \| first1 = J. \| last2 = Kumar \| first2 = A. \| year = 2005 \| title = Newts \| journal = Current Biology \| volume = 15 \| issue = 2\| pages = R42-4 \| doi = 10.1016/j.cub.2004.12.049 \| pmid = 15668151 \| doi-access = free \| bibcode = 2005CBio...15..R42B \| issn=0960-9822 }}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	pleurodeline
Nightingale	chick	hen	cock	watch	philomelian
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Okapi	calf	cow	bull	herd	okapine
Opossum	joey	jill	jack	passel{{Cite web\|date=2010-11-11\|title=Opossums {{!}} National Geographic\|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/opossums\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223222058/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/opossums\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=February 23, 2021\|access-date=2022-02-24\|website=Animals\|language=en}}	didelphine
Ostrich	chick hatchling	hen	cock	flock troop	ratite struthious
Otter	pup whelp	sow	boar	family romp	lutrine musteline
Ox See Cattle	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|
Owl	fledgling owlet	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	parliament	strigine
Oyster	spat	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	bed	ostracine
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Panther	cub	pantheress	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	pantherine
Parrot	chick	hen	cock	flock	psittacine
Panda See Giant panda	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|
Partridge	chick	chantelle hen	cock	covey roost	perdicine
Peafowl	chick peachick	peahen	peacock	ostentation	pavonine	poultry
Peccary	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	squadron{{cite web \|author= \|title=Javelina \|website=Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona \|url=https://www.nps.gov/orpi/learn/nature/javelina.htm \|access-date=2024-04-07 }}	{{N/A}}
Pelican	chick nestling	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	pod scoop	pelecanine
Penguin	chick nestling	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	colony huddle raft (in water) rookery tuxedo waddle (on land){{cite web\|url=http://veneryterms.blogspot.com/2014/04/international-bureaucrats-agree-waddle.html\|author=Hurst, Richard E.\|year=2014\|title=International Bureaucrats Agree: A Waddle of Penguins\|access-date=2014-04-30\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429030242/http://veneryterms.blogspot.com/2014/04/international-bureaucrats-agree-waddle.html\|archive-date=2014-04-29\|url-status=live}}{{Cite web\|title=Penguin.net.nz - Frequently asked questions\|url=http://www.penguin.net.nz/faq/faq2.html\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721011834/http://www.penguin.net.nz/faq/faq2.html\|archive-date=2011-07-21\|access-date=2020-01-22\|website=www.penguin.net.nz}}	spheniscine
Pheasant	chick	hen	cock	bouquet flock nest nide nye	phasianine
Pig (list) Also see Boar	farrow piglet shoat/shote (just weaned)	gilt (not bred){{cite web\|title=gilt - Definition, meaning & more - Collins Dictionary\|url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/gilt?showCookiePolicy=true\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406171235/http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/gilt?showCookiePolicy=true\|archive-date=2013-04-06\|access-date=2012-10-13}} sow (bred)	barrow (castrated){{cite web\|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hog\|title=HOG - meaning in the Cambridge Dictionary\|access-date=2020-04-03\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406150745/http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hog\|archive-date=2013-04-06\|url-status=live}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/barrow?showCookiePolicy=true\|title=barrow - Definition, meaning & more - Collins Dictionary\|access-date=2012-10-13\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406150745/http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/barrow?showCookiePolicy=true\|archive-date=2013-04-06\|url-status=live}} boar hog	drift{{cite news\|author=Strom\|first=Stephanie\|date=2014-01-20\|title=Demand Grows for Hogs That Are Raised Humanely Outdoors\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/business/demand-grows-for-hogs-that-are-raised-humanely.html\|url-status=live\|access-date=2017-02-27\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709115106/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/business/demand-grows-for-hogs-that-are-raised-humanely.html\|archive-date=2017-07-09}} drove litter (piglets) sounder (older pigs) team (older pigs)	porcine suilline	bacon ham pork
Pigeon (list)	squab squeaker	hen	cock	flight{{cite web\|title = Animal Groups\|url = http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Pointless/AnimalGroups.html\|website = thealmightyguru.com\|access-date = 2015-10-19\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151019082618/http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Pointless/AnimalGroups.html\|archive-date = 2015-10-19\|url-status = live}} flock kit	pullastrine	squab
Platypus	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	paddle{{cite web \|first=Amanda \|last=Laugesen \|title=On the hunt for collective nouns for our Australian animals \|website=ANU Reporter \|date=2022-11-01 \|url=https://reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/on-the-hunt-for-collective-nouns-for-our-australian-animals \|access-date=2024-03-28 }}	{{N/A}}
Polar bear	cub	sow	boar	aurora{{cite web\|url=http://veneryterms.blogspot.com/2014/04/goddess-of-dawn-aurora-of-polar-bears.html\|author=Hurst, Richard E.\|year=2014\|title=Goddess of the Dawn: An Aurora of Polar Bears\|access-date=2014-05-06\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429030156/http://veneryterms.blogspot.com/2014/04/goddess-of-dawn-aurora-of-polar-bears.html\|archive-date=2014-04-29\|url-status=live}} celebration pack	ursine
Pony See Horse	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|	style="background: silver" \|
Porcupine	pup, porcupette{{cite web \|title=Meet our "Cute" prehensile-tailed porcupette, Fofo! \|website=Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute \|date=2022-03-04 \|url=https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/news/meet-our-cute-prehensile-tailed-porcupette-fofo \|access-date=2024-07-11}}	sow	boar	prickle	hystricine, erethizontine{{cite journal \|last1=Vitek \|first1=N. S. \|last2=Hoeflich \|first2=J. C. \|display-authors=1 \|journal=Current Biology \|title=An extinct north American porcupine with a South American tail \|volume=34 \|pages=2712–2718 \|date=2024 \|issue=12 \|doi=10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.069 \|pmid=38806055 \|bibcode=2024CBio...34.2712V }}
Porpoise	calf	cow	bull	pod school shoal	phocoenine
Prairie dog	pup	sow	boar	town	cynomurine
Pug	pup	bitch	dog sire stud	grumble{{citation\|author1=Woop Studios\|author2=Jay Sacher\|title=A Compendium of Collective Nouns: From an Armory of Aardvarks to a Zeal of Zebras\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aHhP_7zOG8wC\|year=2013\|publisher=Chronicle Books\|isbn=978-1-4521-2952-5\|page=160\|access-date=2015-07-02\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915202318/https://books.google.com/books?id=aHhP_7zOG8wC\|archive-date=2015-09-15\|url-status=live}}	{{N/A}}
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Quail	chick	hen	cock	bevy	galliformine
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Rabbit (list)	bunny kit kitten nestling	doe jill	buck jack yoyo	litter (young) nest warren wrack (young)	leporine
Raccoon	cub kit	sow	boar	brace committee gaze nursery smack troop	procyonine
Ram Also see Sheep	lamb	ewe	ram	flock	arietine ovine	lamb mutton
Rat (list)	kitten{{citation needed\|date=December 2018}} pup	doe	buck	colony horde mischief{{cite web\|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mischief\|title=mischief - Wiktionary\|website=en.wiktionary.org\|language=en\|access-date=2017-06-11\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705005223/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mischief\|archive-date=2017-07-05\|url-status=live}}{{cite web\|title=ABC Creature Features—Rats\|url=http://www.abc.net.au/creaturefeatures/facts/rats.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707222026/https://www.abc.net.au/creaturefeatures/facts/rats.htm\|archive-date=2017-07-07\|publisher=ABC}}	murine
Raven	chick	hen	cock	conspiracy unkindness{{Cite web\|last=Lester\|first=Paula\|date=2017-09-13\|title=Collective nouns for birds: Why we call it a murder of crows, murmuration of starlings and a conspiracy of ravens\|url=https://www.countrylife.co.uk/nature/collective-nouns-for-birds-68344\|website=Country Life}}	corvid corvine
Red deer	calf	hind	hart stag	herd	{{N/A}}	venison
Red panda	cub	sow	boar	pack	ailurid
Rhinoceros	calf	cow	bull	crash{{cite web\|title = Rhinoceroses - info and games\|url = http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/animals/mammals/rhino.htm\|website = sheppardsoftware.com\|access-date = 2015-10-19\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150916070209/http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/animals/mammals/rhino.htm\|archive-date = 2015-09-16\|url-status = live}} herd	ceratorhine
Rook	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	building parliamentLilford, F.L.S. 1894-5. Notes on the Ornithology of Northamptonshire and Neighborhood for 1893. Journal of the Northamptonshire Natural History Society. Vol 8 p54.	{{N/A}}
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Salamander	larva	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	maelstrom	caudatan salamandrine
Salmon	parr{{cite web\|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/parr\|title=parr\|via=The Free Dictionary\|access-date=2014-02-13\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222161034/http://www.thefreedictionary.com/parr\|archive-date=2014-02-22\|url-status=live}}	hen jen	cock jack	{{N/A}}	salmonine
Sand dollar	juvenile (young urchin) larva pluteus (free-swimming stage)	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	clypeasteroid
Sandpiper	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	fling{{cite web\|url=http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/collective/s/ \|title=AskOxford: S \|access-date=2015-10-11 \|work=archived copy of Collective Terms for Groups of Animals \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|location=Oxford, United Kingdom \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616102639/http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/collective/s/ \|archive-date=June 16, 2007 }}	scolopacine
Sardine	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	family	{{N/A}}
Sea lion	pup	cow	bull	{{N/A}}	otarine
Seahorse	seafoal	seamare	seastallion	shoal	hippocampal
Seal	pup	cow	bull	herd pod rookery	phoca
Sea otter	pup	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	raft	lutrine
Shark	cub pup{{cite web\|last=Florida Museum of Natural History\|title=Shark Biology\|url=http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/education/questions/biology.html\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118141902/http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/education/questions/biology.html\|archive-date=2014-01-18\|access-date=2014-01-25}}	{{N/A}}	bull	shiver	selachian squaloid	flake (AUS)
Sheep (list) Also see Ram	cosset lamb lambkin	dam ewe	buck ram wether (castrated)	flock fold{{Cite web\|title=Definition of FOLD\|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fold\|access-date=2022-02-24\|website=www.merriam-webster.com\|language=en}} herd	ovine	hogget lamb mutton
Shrew	shrewlet	sow	boar	colony drove	soricine
Skink	skinklet	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	scincine
Skipper	caterpillar	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	hesperiine
Skunk	kit	sow	boar	surfeit	mephitine
Sloth	baby kitten pup	sow	boar	{{N/A}}	xenarthran (broader group)
Snail	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	escargatoire{{cite web\|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Escargatoire\|title=Escargatoire\|via=The Free Dictionary\|access-date=2015-10-11\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151028172337/http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Escargatoire\|archive-date=2015-10-28\|url-status=live}} rout{{cite book\|last=Simpson\|first=J. A.\|title=The Compact Oxford English Dictionary\|year=1996\|publisher=Clarendon Press\|location=Oxford UK\|isbn=0-19-861258-3\|page=1620}} walk	gastropodian	escargot
Snake (list)	hatchling (newly hatched) neonate (newborn) snakelet	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	ball nest slither	anguine elapine ophidian serpentine viperine
Spider (list)	spiderling	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	cluster clutter	arachnine arachnoid
Spoonbill	chick	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	bowl	ciconiiforme
Squid	paralarva	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	shoal	teuthidane
id="squirrel"\| Squirrel	kit kitten pup	doe	buck	scurry	sciurine
Starfish	bipinnaria brachiolaria	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	asteroid/galaxy{{Cite web \|title=What is a group of sea stars called? \|url=https://homework.study.com/explanation/what-is-a-group-of-sea-stars-called.html \|access-date=2023-06-10}}
Starling	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	chattering murmuration	sturnine
Stilt	chick	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	recurvirostrid
Stingray	pup	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	fever{{Cite web\|url=https://sciencing.com/do-stingrays-care-young-8791629.html\|title=How Do Stingrays Take Care of Their Young?\|website=Sciencing\|date=29 July 2019 }}	squaloid
Swan	cygnet flapper	pen	cob	bevy flock lamentation wedge (in flight)	cygnine
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Tapir	calf	cow	bull	herd	tapirine
Tarsier	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	tarsiine
Termite	larva	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	colony nest swarm	isopteran
Thrush	chick	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	turdine
Tiger	cub whelp	tigress	{{N/A}}	ambush streak	tigrine
Toad	tadpole toadlet	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	knot	batrachian ranine
Toucan	chick	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	durante	ramphasto
Turkey (list)	poult	hen	gobbler jake (immature) stag tom	rafter{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D8yVAC8CtO4C\|title=Bartlett's Roget's Thesaurus\|date=2003-09-02\|publisher=Little, Brown\|isbn=978-0-316-73587-2\|language=en}}{{Cite book\|last=Robertson\|first=John G.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RFqlPtTSB2kC\|title=Robertson's Words for a Modern Age: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Combining Elements\|date=1991\|publisher=Senior Scribe Publications\|isbn=978-0-9630919-0-1\|language=en}}	{{N/A}}	poultry
Turtle	hatchling turtlet	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	bale{{cite web \|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bale \|title=Bale - definition of bale by The Free Dictionary \|publisher=Thefreedictionary.com \|access-date=2015-12-03 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208133335/http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bale \|archive-date=2015-12-08 \|url-status=live }}	chelonian
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Viper	hatchling	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	viperine
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Wallaby	joey	jill	jack	mob	{{N/A}}
Walrus	calf	cow	bull	herd pod	odobenine
Wasp	larva	queen worker	drone	colony hive nest swarm	vespine
Weasel	kit pup	bitch doe jill	buck dog hub jack	gang sneak	musteline
Whale	calf	cow	bull	gam pod school	cetacean cetaceous	blubber
Wildebeest	calf	cow	bull	confusion	{{N/A}}
Wolf	cub pup puppy whelp	bitch she-wolf	dog	pack	canine lupine
Wolverine	kit whelp	angeline	wolverine	pack	musteline
Wombat	joey	jill	jack	wisdom{{citation\|author1=Woop Studios\|author2=Jay Sacher\|title=A Compendium of Collective Nouns: From an Armory of Aardvarks to a Zeal of Zebras\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aHhP_7zOG8wC\|year=2013\|publisher=Chronicle Books\|isbn=978-1-4521-2952-5\|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=aHhP_7zOG8wC&pg=PA213 213]\|access-date=2015-07-02\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915202318/https://books.google.com/books?id=aHhP_7zOG8wC\|archive-date=2015-09-15\|url-status=live}}	{{N/A}}
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Zebra	colt (male) filly (female) foal	mare	stallion	cohort dazzle{{Citation\|title=dazzle\|date=2022-02-16\|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=dazzle&oldid=65842287\|work=Wiktionary\|language=en\|access-date=2022-02-24}} herd{{cite web \| url = http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/collective/z/?view=uk \| title = AskOxford: Z \| access-date = 2010-06-22 }}{{dead link\|date=September 2022\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}} zeal	hippotigrine zebrine

Usage of collective nouns

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".{{cite web|title=A Drudge of Lexicographers Presents: Collective Nouns|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/a-drudge-of-lexicographers-presents-collective-nouns/a-murder-of-crows|access-date=2020-05-01|website=Merriam-Webster}}

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.{{cite web|last1=Lund|first1=Nicholas|title=No, It's Not Actually a Murder of Crows|url=https://www.audubon.org/news/no-its-not-actually-murder-crows|access-date=2020-05-01|website=Audubon|date=December 2015}}

List of animal names#L

Generic terms

Terms by species or taxon

Usage of collective nouns

See also

Notes

References

Further reading