| Animal |
Male
Name |
Female
Name |
| Alligator |
bull |
|
| Ant |
|
queen |
| Ass |
jack,
jackass |
jenny |
| Bear |
boar or
he-bear |
sow or
she-bear |
| Bee |
drone |
queen or
queen-bee |
| Camel |
bull |
cow |
| Caribou |
bull, stag
or hart |
cow or doe |
| Cat |
tom,
tomcat, gib |
tabby or
queen |
| Chicken |
rooster,
cock, stag |
hen,
partlet or biddy |
| Cougar |
tom or lion |
lioness,
she-lion or pantheress |
| Coyote |
dog |
bitch |
| Deer |
buck or
stag |
doe |
| Fox |
fox,
dog-fox or stag |
vixen,
bitch or she-fox |
| Giraffe |
bull |
cow |
| Goat |
buck, billy,
billie-goat, he-goat |
she-goat,
nanny, nannie or nannie-goat |
| Goose |
gander or
stag |
goose or
dame |
| Guinea Pig |
boar |
|
| Horse |
stallion,
stag, horse stud, stable horse, sire or rig |
mare or dam |
| Impala |
ram |
ewe |
| Kangaroo |
buck |
doe |
| Leopard |
leopard |
leopardess |
| Lion |
lion or tom |
lioness or
she-lion |
| Lobster |
cock |
hen |
| Manatee |
bull |
cow |
| Mink |
boar |
sow |
| Moose |
bull |
cow |
| Mule |
stallion or
jackass |
she-ass or
more |
| Ostrich |
cock |
hen |
| Otter |
dog |
bitch |
| Owl |
|
jenny or
howlet |
| Ox |
ox, beef,
steer or bullock |
cow or beef |
| Partridge |
cock |
hen |
| Peacock |
peacock |
peahen |
| Pigeon |
cock |
hen |
| Quail |
cock |
hen |
| Rabbit |
buck |
doe |
| Reindeer |
buck |
doe |
| Robin |
cock |
|
| Seal |
bull |
cow |
| Sheep |
buck, ram, male-sheep
or mutton |
ewe or dam |
| Skunk |
boar |
|
| Swan |
cob |
pen |
| Termite |
king |
queen |
| Tiger |
tiger |
tigeress |
| Turkey |
gobbler or tom |
hen |
| Walrus |
bull |
cow |
| Whale |
bull |
cow |
| Woodchuck |
he-chuck |
she-chuck |
| Wren |
|
jenny or jennywren |
| Zebra |
stallion |
mare |
Source : First Floor Reference Desk,
Central Library, Christchurch City Libraries. |