Animals
Animals
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A list of animals and their homes, collective nouns, adjectives and other associated words.
This is not intended as a definitive list of animals.
Click on any letter above to go straight to animals starting with that letter
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Home(s) |
Male |
Female |
Young |
Collective noun |
Adjective(s) |
Sound(s) |
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| ant |
formicary; hill |
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army; colony; swarm |
formic; formicate |
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ant |
| antelope |
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buck |
doe |
kid |
herd |
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antelope |
| ape |
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shrewdness; troup |
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ape |
| armadillo |
dugout |
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armadillo |
| ass |
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jack; jackass |
jenny; jennyass |
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drove; herd; pace |
asinine |
bray ; hee-haw |
ass |
| badger |
hole; set; sett |
boar |
sow |
cub |
cete |
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badger |
| barracuda |
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battery |
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barracuda |
| bass |
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shoal |
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bass |
| bat |
cave; roost |
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bat |
| bear |
den |
boar |
sow |
cub |
sleuth; sloth |
ursine |
growl |
bear |
| beaver |
lodge |
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kitten |
colony |
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beaver |
| bee |
apiary; hive |
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cluster; grist; hive; nest; swarm; |
apian |
buzz; hum |
bee |
| beetle |
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drone |
beetle |
| bird |
aviary; nest |
cock |
hen |
chick; fledgeling; fledgling; nestling |
congregation; dissimulation; flight; flock; parcel; volary; volery |
avian; ornithic |
call; chirp; sing; tweet;warble |
bird |
| bird of prey |
eyrie |
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bird of prey |
| bittern |
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sedge; siege |
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bittern |
| bloodhound |
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sute |
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bloodhound |
| boar |
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sounder |
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boar |
| bobcat |
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tom |
lioness |
kitten |
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bobcat |
| buck |
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brace; clash; lease |
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buck |
| buffalo |
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bull |
cow |
calf |
gang; herd; obstinacy |
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buffalo |
| butterfly |
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caterpillar; chrysalid; chrysalis |
flight; flutter |
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butterfly |
| camel |
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bull |
cow |
calf |
caravan; train |
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camel |
| capercailzie |
aka: capercaillie |
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tok |
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capercailzie |
| caribou |
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stag |
doe |
fawn |
cluster |
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caribou |
| cat |
cattery; lair; den |
tom |
queen |
kitten |
clowder; clutter; herd; kindle (kittens); litter (kittens) |
feline |
meow; mew (kitten); purr |
cat |
| caterpillar |
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army |
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caterpillar |
| cattle |
barn; byre; pasture; stable |
bull |
cow |
calf |
drift; drove; herd; kine; mob |
bovine; taurine (bull) |
bellow (bull); low (cow); moo (cow) |
cattle |
| chamois |
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herd |
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chamois |
| chicken |
battery; coop; henhouse; run |
cock |
hen |
chick |
brood; chattering; clutch; flock; peep |
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cluck; crow (cock) |
chicken |
| chipmunk |
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sciurine |
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chipmunk |
| chough |
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chattering |
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chough |
| civet |
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viverrine |
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civet |
| clam |
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bed |
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clam |
| cobra |
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quiver |
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cobra |
| cod |
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codling |
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cod |
| colt |
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rag |
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colt |
| coot |
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covert; fleet |
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coot |
| cougar |
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tom |
lioness |
kitten |
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cougar |
| coyote |
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dog |
bitch |
puppy |
band; pack |
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coyote |
| crab |
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cancroid; crustacean or crustaceous |
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crab |
| crane |
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herd; sedge; siege |
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crane |
| crocodile |
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bask; float |
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crocodile |
| crow |
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murder; murmuration |
corvine |
caw |
crow |
| cuckoo |
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cuckoo |
cuckoo |
| cur |
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cowardice |
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cur |
| curlew |
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herd |
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curlew |
| deer |
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hart; stag |
doe; hind |
fawn |
bevy; herd |
cervid; cervine |
bell |
deer |
| dog |
kennel |
dog |
bitch |
pup; puppy |
kennel; pack |
canine |
bark; bay; growl; howl; snarl; whine; yap; yelp |
dog |
| dolphin |
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pod; school |
cetacean; cetaceous |
click |
dolphin |
| donkey |
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jack; jackass |
jenny; jennyass |
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drove; pace |
asinine |
bray |
donkey |
| dove |
dovecote |
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dole; dule; flight |
columbine |
coo |
dove |
| duck |
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drake |
duck |
duckling |
brace; flock; paddling; raft; team |
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quack |
duck |
| dunlin |
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flight |
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dunlin |
| eagle |
aerie; eyrie |
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eaglet |
convocation |
aquiline |
scream; squawk |
eagle |
| eel |
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elver; grig |
bed; swarm |
anguilliform |
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eel |
| eland |
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bull |
cow |
calf |
herd |
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eland |
| elephant |
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bull |
cow |
calf |
herd |
elephantine |
trumpet |
elephant |
| elk |
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calf |
gang |
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elk |
| emu |
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mob |
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emu |
| falcon |
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tercel; tierce; tarcel; tarsal; tarsel; tassel or tassell |
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eyas |
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falconine |
chant |
falcon |
| ferret |
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hob; jack |
gill; jill |
kit |
business |
mustellne |
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ferret |
| finch |
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charm |
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finch |
| fish |
redd |
cock |
hen |
fingerling; fry |
catch; draught; drought; haul; run; school; shoal |
piscine; ichthyoid |
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fish |
| fly |
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business; grist; swarm |
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buzz |
fly |
| fowl |
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cock |
hen |
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gallinaceous |
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fowl |
| fox |
den; earth; hole; lair |
dog; fox |
vixen |
cub; kit |
leash; skulk; troop |
vulpine |
bark; yap; yelp |
fox |
| frog |
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tadpole |
army; colony |
batrachian |
croak |
frog |
| gelding |
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brace |
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gelding |
| giraffe |
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bull |
cow |
calf |
herd |
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bleat; grunt |
giraffe |
| gnat |
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cloud; horde; swarm |
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gnat |
| goat |
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billy; billygoat; buck |
nanny; nannygoat |
kid; yeanling |
flock; herd; tribe; trip |
caprine; hircine |
bleat |
goat |
| goldfinch |
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charm |
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goldfinch |
| goldfish |
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cloud |
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goldfish |
| goose |
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gander |
goose |
gosling |
gaggle; skein |
anserine; anserous |
cackle; hiss; honk |
goose |
| gorilla |
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band |
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gorilla |
| grasshopper |
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cluster |
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chirp; pitter |
grasshopper |
| greyhound |
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leash |
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greyhound |
| grouse |
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brood; covey; pack |
gallinaceous |
drum |
grouse |
| guinea pig |
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squeak |
guinea pig |
| gull |
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colony |
larine |
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gull |
| hare |
form |
buck |
doe |
leveret |
down; husk; huske; mute |
leporine |
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hare |
| hartebeast |
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bull |
cow |
calf |
herd |
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hartebeast |
| hawk |
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tercel; tierce; tarcel; tarsal; tarsel; tassel or tassell |
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chick; eyas |
cast; kettle |
accipitrine |
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hawk |
| hedgehog |
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array |
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hedgehog |
| hen |
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brood |
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hen |
| heron |
heronry |
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sedge; siege |
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heron |
| herring |
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alevin; brit; sparling |
glean; shoal |
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herring |
| hippopotamus |
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bloat |
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bray |
hippopotamus |
| hog |
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drift; parcel; passel |
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hog |
| hornet |
nest |
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hornet |
| horse |
paddock; stable; stall; stud |
stallion |
mare |
colt; filly; foal |
harras; herd; remuda; string |
equine |
neigh; whinny |
horse |
| hound |
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pack, mute, or cry |
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hound |
| hyena |
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laugh |
hyena |
| impala |
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ram |
ewe |
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couple |
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impala |
| insect |
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swarm |
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insect |
| jackrabbit |
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buck |
doe |
kitten |
husk |
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jackrabbit |
| jay |
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band |
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jay |
| jellyfish |
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smack |
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jellyfish |
| kangaroo |
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buck; old man |
doe |
joey |
mob; troop |
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kangaroo |
| kine |
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drove |
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kine |
| lapwing |
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deceit; desert |
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lapwing |
| lark |
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ascension; exaltation |
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lark |
| leopard |
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leopard |
leopardess |
cub |
leap; leep |
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leopard |
| lice |
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flock |
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lice |
| lion |
den |
lion |
lioness |
cub |
pride; troop |
leonine |
roar |
lion |
| lizard |
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saurian |
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lizard |
| lobster |
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cock |
hen |
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crustacean; crustaceous |
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lobster |
| locust |
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plague; swarm |
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locust |
| lynx |
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lyncean |
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lynx |
| magpie |
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tiding; tittering |
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chatter |
magpie |
| mallard |
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sord; sute |
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mallard |
| mare |
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stud |
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mare |
| marten |
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richesse; richness |
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marten |
| mice |
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nest |
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mice |
| mink |
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sow |
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mink |
| minnow |
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shoal; steam; swarm |
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minnow |
| mite |
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acaroid |
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mite |
| mole |
burrow; fortress; hill; tunnel |
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labour |
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mole |
| mongoose |
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viverrine |
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mongoose |
| monkey |
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infant |
troop |
simian |
chatter; gibber |
monkey |
| moose |
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bull |
cow |
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herd |
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moose |
| moth |
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caterpillar |
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moth |
| mouse |
mousehole; mousery; nest |
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nest |
murine |
squeak |
mouse |
| mule |
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barren; span |
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bray |
mule |
| nightingale |
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watch |
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jug-jug; pipe; warble |
nightingale |
| otter |
couch; holt; ledge |
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otter |
| owl |
owlery |
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owlet |
parliament |
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hoot; screech |
owl |
| ox |
crib; corral |
bull; bullock |
cow |
calf; stot |
drove; herd; team; yoke |
bovine |
bellow; low |
ox |
| oyster |
hive |
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bed |
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oyster |
| parrot |
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pandemonium |
psittacine |
squawk |
parrot |
| partridge |
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covey |
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partridge |
| peafowl |
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peacock |
peahen |
peachick |
muster; ostentation; pride |
pavonine |
scream; wail |
peafowl |
| peep |
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litter |
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peep |
| penguin |
penguinery; rookery |
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rookery |
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penguin |
| pheasant |
nide |
cock |
hen |
chick |
bouquet; brood; nye; nide |
gallinaceous |
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pheasant |
| pig |
pen; sty |
boar |
sow |
piglet |
drove; litter; trip |
porcine |
grunt; oink; squeal |
pig |
| pigeon |
loft; pigeoncote |
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squab |
flight; flock; kit |
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coo |
pigeon |
| pilchard |
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shoal |
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pilchard |
| plover |
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congregation; stand; wing |
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plover |
| pochard |
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bunch; flight; knob; rush |
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pochard |
| pony |
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drove; herd; string |
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pony |
| porpoise |
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gam; school |
cetacean; cetaceous |
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porpoise |
| poultry |
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run |
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poultry |
| prairie dog |
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coterie |
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prairie dog |
| puffin |
puffinry |
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alcidine |
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puffin |
| pup |
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litter |
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pup |
| quail |
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bevy; covey |
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quail |
| rabbit |
burrow; hutch; warren |
buck |
doe |
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bury; nest |
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rabbit |
| racehorse |
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colt |
filly |
foal |
field; string |
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racehorse |
| rat |
hole; nest |
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pack; swarm |
murine |
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rat |
| rattlesnake |
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rhumba |
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rattlesnake |
| raven |
ravenry |
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unkindness |
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croak |
raven |
| reindeer |
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buck |
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reindeer |
| rhinoceros |
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bull |
cow |
calf |
crash |
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snort |
rhinoceros |
| roach |
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shoal |
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roach |
| roedeer |
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roebuck |
doedeer |
kid |
bevy |
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roedeer |
| rook |
rookery |
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squab |
building; clamor; parliament |
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rook |
| ruff |
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ruff |
reeve |
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hill |
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ruff |
| salmon |
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alevin -> parr -> smolt -> grilse |
run |
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salmon |
| sardine |
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family |
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sardine |
| sea gulls |
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cry; squawk |
sea gulls |
| sea lion |
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otarid |
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sea lion |
| seal |
rookery; sealery |
bull |
cow |
calf |
herd; pod; trip |
otarid; phocine |
bark |
seal |
| shark |
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shoal |
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shark |
| sheep |
fold; pen |
ram; tup |
ewe |
lamb; yeanling |
flock |
ovine |
baa; bleat |
sheep |
| sheldrake |
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dopping |
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sheldrake |
| shrimp |
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crustacean; crustaceous |
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shrimp |
| skunk |
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kitten |
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musteline |
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skunk |
| snail |
snailery |
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snail |
| snake |
nest |
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bed; den; knot; nest; pit |
anguine; colubrine; ophidian; serpentine |
hiss |
snake |
| snipe |
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walk; wisp |
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snipe |
| sparrow |
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host |
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sparrow |
| spider |
web |
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clutter; cluster |
arachnoid |
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spider |
| sprat |
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brit |
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sprat |
| squirrel |
dray; drey |
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dray |
sciurine |
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squirrel |
| starling |
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murmuration |
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starling |
| stork |
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mustering |
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stork |
| swallow |
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flight; gulp |
hirundine |
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swallow |
| swan |
swannery |
cob |
pen |
cygnet |
bevy; herd; lamentation; wedge |
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hiss |
swan |
| swift |
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flock |
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swift |
| swine |
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drift; dryft; herd; sounder |
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swine |
| teal |
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bunch; knob; spring |
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teal |
| termite |
mound; termitarium |
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brood; colony; nest; swarm |
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termite |
| terrapin |
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chelonian |
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terrapin |
| thrush |
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mutation |
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thrush |
| tick |
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acaroid |
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tick |
| tiger |
lair |
tiger |
tigress |
cub |
ambush |
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growl |
tiger |
| toad |
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tadpole |
knab; knot; nest |
batrachian |
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toad |
| tortoise |
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chelonian |
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tortoise |
| trout |
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hover |
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trout |
| turkey |
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stag |
hen |
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raft; rafter |
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gobble |
turkey |
| turtle |
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bale; dole; turn |
chelonian |
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turtle |
| turtledove |
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dule; pitying |
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turtledove |
| viper |
nest |
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generation; nest |
viperine; viperous |
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viper |
| walrus |
|
bull |
cow |
cub |
pod |
|
|
walrus |
| wasp |
bike; byke; nest; vespiary |
|
|
|
herd; nest; pladge |
vespine |
|
wasp |
| weasel |
|
boar; whittret |
cow |
kit |
pack |
musteline |
|
weasel |
| whale |
|
bull |
cow |
calf |
gam; pod; run; school |
cetacean; cetaceous |
|
whale |
| whelp |
|
|
|
|
litter |
|
|
whelp |
| whiting |
|
|
|
|
pod |
|
|
whiting |
| wigeon |
|
|
|
|
bunch; company; flight; knob |
|
|
wigeon |
| wildfowl |
|
|
|
|
bunch; knob; plump; sord; sute; trip |
|
|
wildfowl |
| wolf |
den; lair |
dog |
bitch |
cub; whelp |
herd; pack; rout; route |
lupine |
bay; howl |
wolf |
| woodcock |
|
|
|
|
fall |
|
|
woodcock |
| woodpecker |
|
|
|
|
descent |
|
|
woodpecker |
| worm |
|
|
|
|
clew |
vermiform |
|
worm |
| wren |
|
|
jenny |
|
herd |
|
|
wren |
| zebra |
|
stallion |
mare |
foal |
herd; zeal |
|
|
zebra |
Created 02 November 2010
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