Animals

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Animal Male Female Baby Grouping
Alligator bull cow hatchling congregation, pod (of young)
Antelope buck doe calf herd
Ape male female baby shrewdness
Armadillo male female pup -
Badger boar sow kit, cub cete
Bat male female pup colony
Bear boar sow cub sleuth, sloth
Beaver - - pup, kitten colony
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
Boar boar sow piglet, shoat, farrow singular, sounder
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 drift, drove, herd, mob
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 -
Codfish - - codling, hake, sprag, sprat school
Coyote dog bitch pup, whelp pack, rout
Crane - - chick herd, sedge, siege
Crow cock hen chick murder, muster
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
Donkey jack, jackass jennet, jenny colt, foal drove, herd
Dove cock hen squab, chick dole, flight, piteousness
Duck drake hen, duck duckling badelynge, brace, bunch, flock, paddling, raft, team
Eagle - - fledgling, eaglet aerie, convocation
Echidna - - puggle -
Eel - - leptocephalus (larva), elver (juvenile) swarm
Elephant bull cow calf herd, parade
Elk bull cow calf herd, gang
Falcon tercel, terzel falcon chick .
Ferret hob jill kit business, fesynes
Fish - - fry, fingerling draft, run, school, shoal
Finch cock hen chick charm
Fly - - maggot cloud, swarm
Fox reynard vixen kit, cub, pup skulk, leash
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
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
Guinea pig boar sow pup group
Gull cock hen chick colony
Hamster buck doe pup horde
Hare buck doe leveret down, husk, warren
Hawk tiercel hen eyas aerie, cast
Hedgehog boar sow piglet, pup array
Heron cock hen chick sedge, siege
Hippopotamus bull cow calf herd, bloat
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
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
Jay cock hen chick band, party
Jellyfish - - ephyna smack
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)
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
Mole male female pup labour
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 jack hinney foal barren, pack, span,
Nightingale cock hen chick watch
Opossum jack jill joey -
Ostrich cock hen chick flock
Otter male female whelp, pup family, raft
Owl - - owlet parliament
Ox steer, bull cow stot, calf drove, herd, yoke
Oyster - - spat bed
Panda boar sow cub -
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)
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
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
Raccoon boar sow cub nursery
Rat buck doe pup, pinkie, kitten horde, mischief
Raven - - - congress, unkindness
Rhinoceros bull cow calf crash
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
Skunk - - kit surfeit
Snake male female Snakelet, neonate (a newly-born snake), hatchling (a newly-hatched snake) bed, nest, pit
Spider male female spiderling -
Squirrel buck doe pup, kit, kitten dray
Swallow - - - flight
Swan cob pen cygnet, flapper bevy, game, herd, team, wedge (flying in a "V" formation)
Termite male female larva swarm (while flying), colony
Tiger tiger tigress cub, whelp ambush, streak
Toad male female tadpole knot
Turkey tom hen poult rafter
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
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
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