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Interesting Vocabulary: Interesting Vocabulary: Animals #2

Dennis Oliver

Special Names:
Male and Female Animals

Did you know that for some animals, there are special names
for 
males and females?

Here are some of the most common ones:

general name

male 

female

bear, pig

boar

sow

cat

tom

tabby, queen

chicken

rooster

hen

cow, moose,
camel, elephant,
walrus, whale

bull

cow

deer

buck, stag

doe

duck

drake

duck

fox

fox, reynard

vixen

goat

billy

nanny

goose

gander

goose 

horse, zebra

stallion

mare

lion

lion

lioness

mule

jack

jenny

peacock

peacock

peahen

 rabbit

buck

doe

sheep

ram

ewe

 swan

cob

pen

tiger

tiger

tigress

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Special Notes:

1. Notice that sometimes there is more than one name
for a male or female animal. For example, a male
deer is often called a 
buck, but it can be called
stag. Also, a female cat is often called a tabby,
but it can be called a 
queen.
2. For many birds (ostrich, partridge, pigeon, quail,
robin), the male is called a 
cock and the female is
called a 
hen.
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