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sex & breeds
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| dog | canine |
| dogs | male |
| bitch | female dog |
| puppy | young canine |
| whelp | an un-weaned puppy |
| whelping | giving birth to a puppy |
| pack | group of canines |
| cats | feline |
| tom | male cat |
| queen | female cat |
| kitten | a young feline |
| queening | a cat giving birth |
| horses & donkeys | equine |
| stallion | male horse 4 yrs old and over |
| rig(ridgeling) | cryptorchid |
| mare | female horse 4 yrs old and over |
| brood mare | female horse used for breeding |
| maiden mare | female horse never breed |
| colt | male horse under 4 yrs |
| filly | young female horse under 4 yrs old |
| gelding | castrated male horse |
| foal | young equine of either sex |
| foaling | equine giving birth |
| weanling | weaned youngster equine younger than 1 yr |
| yearling | youngster equine between 1 and 2 yrs |
| pony | an equine that remains under 14.2 hands when mature |
| herd | a group of equines,goats,rabbits,cattle,mules,and pigs |
| ass | donkey |
| burro | donkey with a spanish accent |
| jack | male donkey |
| jack Ass | male donkey |
| jackass | a very rude donkey |
| jenny | female donkey |
| colt | male donkey under under 4 yrs old |
| filly | female donkey usually under 4 yrs old |
| foal | young donkey of either sex |
| mules | hybrid equines |
| mule | offspring of a jack and a mare |
| hinny | offspring of a stalion and a jenny |
| pigs | swine or porcine |
| boar | male pig |
| sow | female pig |
| shoat | un-weaned young pig |
| gilt | young female pig that has not farrowed |
| barrow | male pig that was castrated young |
| stag | male pig castrated after maturity |
| farrowing | pig giving birth |
| sheep | ovine |
| ram | male sheep |
| ewe | female sheep |
| lamb | young sheep |
| wether | castrated male sheep |
| lambing | sheep giving birth |
| flock | group of ovine,ducks,chickens |
| goats | caprine |
| doe | female goat |
| buck | male goat |
| kid | young goat |
| kidding | goat giving birth |
| freshen | when a diary goat gives birth |
| rabbits | lagomorphs |
| buck | male rabbit |
| lapin | castrted male rabbit |
| doe | female rabbit |
| kit | blind,deaf yougn rabbit |
| kindling | rabbit giving birth |
| cattle | bovine |
| bull | male cattle |
| cow | female cattle |
| heifer | young cattle that has not giving birth |
| steer | male castrated cattle after maturity |
| jumper bull | male cattle around maturity, intended for breeding |
| springing heifer | a heifer pregnant with its first calf |
| freemartin | a sexually imperfect ussually sterile female calf twin born with a male |
| calf | young cattle |
| calving | cattle giving birth |
| freshen | when a dairy cattle gives birth |
| chickens | poultry |
| cock | male chicken |
| rooster | male chicken |
| hen | female chicken |
| cockerel | immature male chicken |
| pullet | immature female chicken |
| capon | young, castrated male poultry |
| poult | young poultry |
| chick | very young poultry |
| parrots | psittacine |
| cock | male parrot |
| hen | female parot |
| chick | young parrot |
| mice and rats | murine |
| male | male rat |
| female | female rat |
| pup | young rat |
| geese and ducks | ansserine |
| gander | male geese |
| goose | female geese |
| gosling | young geese |
| gaggle | a group of geese |
| drake | male duck |
| duck | female duck |
| duckling | young duck |
| hob | male ferret |
| jill | female ferret |
| kit | young ferret |
| kindling | ferret giving birth |
| sprite | spayed female ferret |
| gib | neutered male ferret |
| business | a group of ferrets |