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VMT Chapter 5

Intact, not sexually altered male dog Stud
Intact female dog Bitch
Young dog Whelp or Pup
Giving birth to whelps Whelping
Group of dogs Pack
Multiple offspring born during the same labor Litter
Intact male cat Tom
Intact female cat Queen
Young cat Kitten
Giving birth to kittens Queening
Intact male rabbit Buck
Intact female rabbit Doe
Neutered male rabbit Lapin
Young, blind, deaf rabbit Kit
Giving birth to rabbits Kindling
Group of rabbits Herd
Intact male ferret Hob
Intact female ferret Jill
Neutered male ferret Gib
Spayed female ferret Sprite
Young ferret Kit
Giving birth to ferrets Kindling
Intact male guinea pig Boar
Intact female guinea pig Sow
Young guinea pig Pup
Intact male mouse or rat Sire
Intact female mouse or rat Dam
Young mouse or rat Pup
Group of mice Gang
Intact male parrot Cock
Intact female parrot Hen
Young parrot Chick
Group of parrots Flock or Company
Intact male turkey Tom
Intact female turkey Hen
Young turkey Poult
Group of turkeys Flock
Group of eggs Clutch
Sexually mature male chicken Rooster or Cock
Intact female chicken Hen
Young castrated male chicken or domestic fowl Capon
Immature male chicken Cockerel
Immature female chicken Pullet
Young chicken Poult
Very young chicken Chick
Group of chickens Flock
What is a female parent called? Dam
What is a male parent called? Sire
Intact male goose Gander
Intact female goose Goose
Young goose Gosling
Group of geese Gaggle
Intact male duck Drake
Intact female duck Duck
Young duck Duckling
Group of ducks Flock
Ratite Large, flightless birds such as emu, ostrich, and rhea
Intact male ratite Rooster
Intact female ratite Hen
Ostrich up to 2 days old Hatchling
Young ratite usually less than 6 months of age Chick
Ostrich from 6 to 12 months of age, rhea from 6 to 18 months of age Yearling
Group of ratites Flock
Intact male pig Boar
Intact female pig Sow
Male pig castrated when young Barrow
male pig castrated after maturity Stag
Young female pig that has not farrowed Gilt
Young pig; old term is shoat Pig or Piglet
Giving birth to pigs Farrowing
Group of pigs Herd
Flock, flight, pod, or volery of ____ Birds
Pandemonium of ____ Parrots
Murder of ____ Crows
Dole or flight of ____ Doves
Brace, bunch, flock, or team of ____ Ducks
Aerie or convocation of ____ Eagles
Gaggle of ____ Geese
Colony of ____ Gulls
Cast of ___ Hawks
Charm of _________ Hummingbirds
Band of _____ _____ Blue jays
Watch of _________ Nightingales
Ostentation of ______ Peacocks
Bevy or covey of _____ Quails
Intact male equine greater than 4 years of age Stallion
Intact male equine less than 4 years of age Colt
Intact female equine greater than 4 years of age Mare
Intact female equine less than 4 years of age Filly
Castrated male equine Gelding
Cryptorchid equine One or both testicles have not descended from the abdomen Ridgeling or Rig
Young equine of either sex Foal
Young equine less than 1 years old that has been weaned from its mother Weanling
A still-nursing foal Suckling
Young equine between 1-2 years old Yearling
Yearling closer to 1 years old Short yearling
Yearling closer to 2 years old Long yearling
Giving birth to equine Foaling
Group of equine Herd
Group of horses consisting of one mature stallion, his breeding mares, and the immature male and female offspring of his mares Band
Breeding female equine Brood mare
Female equine never bred Maiden mare
male donkey Jack
Female donkey Jenny
Offspring of a jack and a mare Mule
Offspring of a stallion and a jenny Hinny
Both ____ and ___ are sterile equines Mules and Hinnies
Intact female horse that was not bred or did not conceive the previous season Barren mare or open mare
Intact female horse that has foaled during the current breeding season Wet mare
Intact female horse not producing milk Agalactic mare
Equine between 8.2 and 14.2 hands when mature Pony
Ass or Burro Donkey
Intact male donkey Jack or Jack ass
Intact female donkey Jenny
Ovine Sheep
Intact male sheep Ram
Intact female sheep Ewe
Castrated male sheep Wether
Young sheep Lamb
Young sheep less than 3 months of age Hothouse lamb
Young sheep 3-7 months of age Spring lamb
Sheep 1-2 years of age and used when marketing sheep Yearling
Giving birth to sheep Lambing
Group of sheep Flock
Practice of putting a bell on the lead wether of a flock or herd Bellwether
Caprine Goat
Intact male goat Buck
Intact female goat Doe
Castrated male goat Wether
Young goat Kid
Giving birth to goats Kidding
Giving birth to dairy animals Freshening or freshen
Group of goats Herd
Camelid llama, alpaca, guanaco, vicuna
Intact male llama Bull or Stallion
Intact female llama Cow
Castrated male llama Gelding
Young llama Cria
Intact male bovine Bull
Intact male bovine that has just reached maturity and is used for breeding Jumper bull
Intact female bovine that has given birth Cow
Male bovine castrated when young Steer
male bovine castrated after maturity Stag
Young female bovine that has not given birth Heifer
Young bovine Calf
Giving birth to cattle Calving
Group of cattle Herd
Young female pregnant with her first calf Springing heifer or first calf heifer
Sexually imperfect, usually sterile female calf born as a twin with a male calf Freemartin
Bull used to detect female bovines in heat, may have penis surgically deviated to the side or be vasectomized as to not impregnate female Gomer bull or teaser bull
Cervidae Deer, elk, moose, caribou
Intact male deer Buck
Intact male elk, moose, caribou Bull
Intact female deer Doe
Intact female elk, moose, caribou Cow
Young deer Fawn
Young female elk, moose, caribou Heifer
Group of cervidae Herd
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