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Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Alligator bull cow hatchling congregation, pod (of young)
Alpaca male female cria herd
Antelope buck doe calf herd
Ape male female baby shrewdness
Armadillo male female pup -
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Baboon male female infant troop, congress
Badger boar sow kit, cub cete
Bat male female pup colony
Bear boar sow cub sleuth, sloth
Beaver - - pup, kitten colony
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Bee drone queen, worker larva
hive, swarm (in flight), bike,
drift, grist
Bird cock hen hatchling, chick
dissimulation (small birds
only), fleet, flight, flock,
parcel, pod, volery
Bison, Buffalo bull cow calf gang, herd, obstinacy
Boar boar sow piglet, shoat, farrow singular, sounder
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Butterfly male female
caterpillar, larva, pupa,
chrysalis
swarm, rabble (group of
caterpillars is an army)
Camel bull cow calf flock
Cat tomcat queen kitten
clutter, clowder, litter (young
born to one female), kindle
(kittens)
Cattle bull cow calf, dogie (a motherless calf) drift, drove, herd, mob
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Cheetah male female cub coalition
Chicken rooster hen
chick, pullet (young hen),
cockrell (young rooster)
flock, brood (of hens), clutch
(of chicks), peep (of chicks)
Clam - - larva bed
- Cockroach - - nymph intrusion
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
- Codfish - - codling, hake, sprag, sprat school
Coyote dog bitch pup, whelp pack, rout
Crane - - chick herd, sedge, siege
Crow cock hen chick murder, muster
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Deer buck, stag doe fawn herd, mob
Dinosaur bull cow hatchling, juvenile
herd (of plant-eaters), pack (of
meat-eaters)
Dog dog bitch pup
litter (pups from one mother),
pack (wild), kennel
Dolphin bull cow pup, calf herd, pod, school
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Donkey jack, jackass jennet, jenny colt, foal drove, herd
Dove cock hen squab, chick dole, flight, piteousness
Duck drake duck duckling
badelynge, brace, bunch, flock,
paddling, raft, team
Eagle - - fledgling, eaglet aerie, convocation
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Eel - -
leptocephalus (larva), elver
(juvenile)
swarm
Elephant bull cow calf herd, parade
- Elk bull cow calf herd, gang
Emu
chick, hatchling mob
Falcon tercel, terzel falcon chick cast
Ferret hob jill kit business, fesynes
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Fish - - fry, fingerling draft, run, school, shoal
- Finch cock hen chick charm
Flamingo - - chick
colony, flamboyance, flurry,
stand, regiment
Fly - - maggot cloud, swarm
Fox
reynard, dog,
dog fox, or
tod
vixen kit, cub, pup skulk, leash
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Frog - -
tadpole, polliwog, froglet
army, knot
Gerbil buck doe pup horde
Giraffe bull doe calf herd, corps, tower, group
Gnat male female larva cloud, horde
Gnu bull cow calf herd
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Goat buck, billy doe, nanny kid, billy herd, tribe, trip
Goose gander goose gosling
flock, gaggle, skein (only
while in flight), wedge (flying
in a "V" formation)
Gorilla male female infant band
Grasshopper male female nymph swarm
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
- Grouse
covey
Guinea pig boar sow pup group
Gull cock hen chick colony
Hamster buck doe pup horde
Hare buck doe leveret down, husk, warren
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Hawk tiercel hen eyas aerie, cast, kettle
Hedgehog boar sow piglet, pup array
Heron cock hen chick sedge, siege
Hippopotamus bull cow calf herd, bloat
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Hornet male female larva nest
Hog boar sow shoat, farrow
drove, herd, litter (a group of
young born to one mother)
Horse stallion, stud mare, dam
foal, colt (male), filly
(female)
stable, harras, herd, team
(working horses), string or
field (race horses)
Hound dog bitch pup cry, mute, pack
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Human man woman baby, infant, toddler
clan (related), crowd, family
(closely related), community,
gang, mob, tribe, etc.
Hummingbird cock hen chick charm
Hyena male female cub clan, cackle
Jay cock hen chick band, party
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Jellyfish - - ephyna smackm bloom, swarm
Kangaroo
buck,
boomer, jack
doe, flyer, jill, roo joey troop, herd, mob
Koala male female joey n/a
- Lark cock hen chick exaltation
Leopard leopard leopardess cub
leap, prowl (some say it should
be a spot of leopards)
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Lion lion lioness cub pride
Llama - - cria herd
- Locust - - - host, swarm
Louse (plural
lice)
male female nymph colony, infestation, lice
- Magpie cock hen chick
tiding, tribe, charm, gulp,
flock, murder
Mallard drake duck duckling flush, sord
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
- Marten
richness
Mole male female pup labor
Monkey male female infant troop, cartload
Moose bull cow calf herd
Mosquito male female lnymph, wriggler, tumbler swarm
Mouse buck doe pup, pinkie, kitten horde, mischief
- Mule john molly foal barren, pack, span
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Nightingale cock hen chick watch
Opossum jack jill joey -
Ostrich cock hen chick flock
Otter male female whelp, pup family, raft, romp
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Owl - - owlet, fledgling parliament
Ox steer, bull cow stot, calf drove, herd, yoke
Oyster - - spat bed
Panda boar sow cub -
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Parrot cock hen chick company, flock
Peafowl peacock peahen peachick muster, ostentation
Penguin male female chick rookery
- Pheasant cock hen chick
brood (a family), nye (a large
group)
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Pig boar sow piglet, shoat, farrow
drove, herd, litter (of pups),
sounder
Pigeon cock hen squab, squeaker flock, kit
Platypus - - puggle -
Porpoise bull cow calf herd, pod, school
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Prairie dog boar sow pup coterie, town
Pronghorn buck doe fawn herd
Quail cock hen chick bevy, covey, drift
Rabbit buck doe kitten, bunny, kit
colony, drove, leash, nest,
trace, warren
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Raccoon boar sow cub nursery, gaze
Rat buck doe pup, pinkie, kitten horde, mischief
Raven - - - congress, unkindness
Reindeer bull cow calf herd
Rhinoceros bull cow calf crash
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Sand Dollar male female
larva, pluteus (free-
swimming stage), juvenile
(young urchin)
-
Seal bull cow pup herd, pod, rookery, harem
Seastar male female
larva, pluteus (free-
swimming stage), juvenile
(young urchin)
-
Sea Urchin male female
larva, pluteus (free-
swimming stage), juvenile
(young urchin)
-
Serval male female kitten -
Shark bull female pup school, shiver
Sheep buck, ram ewe, dam lamb, lambkin, cosset
drift, drove, flock,herd, mob,
trip
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Skunk - - kit surfeit
Snake male female
Snakelet, neonate (a newly-
born snake), hatchling (a
newly-hatched snake)
bed, nest, pit
- snipe - -
wisp
- sparrow - -
host
Spider male female spiderling -
Squid male female hatchling, paralarva, larva shoal, squad
Squirrel buck doe pup, kit, kitten dray
- Swallow - - - flight
Swan cob pen cygnet, flapper
bevy, game, herd, team, wedge
(flying in a "V" formation)
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
- Termite male female larva swarm (while flying), colony
Tiger tiger tigress cub, whelp ambush, streak
Toad male female tadpole knot
- Trout
fingerling hoover
Turkey
tom or
gobbler (adult
male),
jake (juvenile
male)
hen poult rafter
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Turtle male female hatchling bale
Wallaby jack jill joey mob
Walrus bull cow cub, pup herd, pod
Wasp drone
queen (reproducing
female), worker (non-
reproducing female)
larva colony
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Weasel
dog, buck,
Jack, hob
bitch, doe, Jill kit gang
Whale bull cow calf gam, grind, herd, pod, school
Wolf dog bitch pup, whelp pack, rout
Wombat jack jill joey mob
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Woodpecker male female chick descent
- Wren cock jenny chick flock, herd
Yak bull cow calf herd
Yellow Jacket drone
queen (egg-laying
female), worker (non-
reproducing female)
larva colony
Zebra stallion mare colt, foal herd, crossing
Animal Male Female Baby Group of Animals