| Term | Definition |
|---|
| canine | dogs |
| dog/stud | intact male dog |
| bitch | intact female dog |
| whelp or pup | young dog |
| whelping | giving birth to dogs |
| pack | group of dogs |
| litter | multiple offspring born during same labor |
| tom | intact male cat or turkey |
| queen | intact female cat |
| kitten | young cat |
| queening | giving birth to kittens |
| feline | cats |
| lagomorphs | rabbits |
| buck | intact male rabbit or goat |
| doe | intact female rabbit or goat |
| lapin | neutered male rabbit |
| kit | young (blind, deaf) rabbit, or ferret |
| kindling | giving birth to rabbits, or ferrets |
| herd | group of rabbits, pigs, goats, equine or cattle |
| hob | intact male ferret |
| jill | intact female ferret |
| gib | neutered male ferret |
| sprite | spayed female ferret |
| porcine | pigs |
| boar | intact male pig, bovine, llama or guinea pig |
| sow | intact female pig or guinea pig |
| barrow | male pig castrated when young |
| stag | male pig or bovine castrated after maturity |
| gilt | young female pig that has not farrowed |
| pig or piglet | young pig |
| farrowing | giving birth to pigs |
| equine | horses, ponies, donkeys, and mules |
| stallion | intact male equine > 4 years old |
| colt | intact male equine < 4 years old |
| mare | intact female equine > 4 years old |
| filly | intact female equine < 4 years old |
| gelding | castrated male equine or llama |
| ridgeling or rig | cryptorchid equine (one or both testicles not descended from abdomen) |
| foal | young equine of either sex |
| weanling | young equine < 1 year old |
| yearling | young equine between 1 and 2 years old |
| foaling | giving birth to equine |
| band | group of horses consisting of one mature stallion, his breeeding mares, and the immature male and female offspring of his mares |
| brood mare | breeding female equine |
| maiden mare | female equine never bred |
| barren mare | intact female horse that was not bred or did not conceive the previous season = open mare |
| wet mare | intact female horse that has foaled during the current breeding season |
| agalactic mare | intact female horse not producing milk |
| pony | equine between 8.2 and 14.2 hands when mature (not a young horse) |
| jack or jack ass | intact male donkey |
| jenny | intact female donkey |
| ovine | sheep |
| ram | intact male sheep |
| ewe | intact female sheep |
| wether | castrated male sheep or goat |
| lamb | young sheep |
| lambing | giving birth to sheep |
| flock | group of sheep, chickens, turkeys or ducks |
| caprine | goats |
| kid | young goat |
| kidding | giving birth to goats |
| freshening | giving birth to dairy animals |
| camelid | llamas |
| cria | young llama |
| cavy | guinea pigs |
| bovine | cattle |
| bull | intact male bovine |
| jumper bull | intact male bovine that has just reached maturity and is used for breeding |
| cow | intact female bovine that has given birth |
| steer | male bovine castrated when young |
| heifer | young female bovine that has not given birth |
| calf | young bovine |
| calving | giving birth to cattle |
| springing heifer | young female pregnant with her first calf = first calf heifer |
| freemartin | sexually imperfect, usually sterile female calf born as a twin with a male calf |
| gomer bull | bull used to detect female bovines in heat; also called teaser bull |
| psittacine | parrots (and other birds with bills for cracking seeds) |
| cock | intact male parrot or chicken |
| hen | intact female chicken or parrot |
| chick | very young chicken or young parrot |
| poult | young chicken or turkey |
| clutch | group of eggs |
| rooster | sexually mature male chicken; also called cock |
| capon | young, castrated male chicken or domestic fowl |
| cockerel | immature male chicken |
| pullet | immature female chicken |
| anserine | geese or ducks |
| gander | intact male goose |
| goose | intact female goose |
| gosling | young goose |
| gaggle | group of geese |
| drake | intact male duck |
| duck | intact female duck |
| duckling | young duck |
| murine | mice and rats |
| sire | intact male mouse or rat |
| dam | intact female mouse or rat |
| pup | young mouse or rat |
| avian | birds |
Combine with other sets
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