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 a 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.