Animals and Their Young

SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY

 

antelope - calf
bear - cub
beaver - kit
birds - fledgeling, sestling
bull - bullock
cat - kit, kitten, catling, puss
cattle - calf
chicken - chick
codfish - codling, sprag
cow - heifer
deer - fawn
dog - pup, whelp
duck - duckling
eagle - eaglet
eel - elver
elephant - calf
fish - fingerling, fry
fowl (domestic) - chick
fowl ( wild) - flapper
frog - polliwog, tadpole
goat - kid
goose - gosling
grouse - cheeper
hare - leveret
hawk - eyas
hen - pullet
horse - foal,colt, filly
hippopotamus - calf
kangaroo - joey
lion - cub
mackerel - spike, blinker, tinker
muskrat - kit or muskling
otter - kit
owl - owlet
partridge - cheeper
pigeon - squeaker, squab
pig - piglet, farrow, suckling, shoat
quail - cheeper
rabbit - bunny
rhinoceros - calf
rooster - cockerel
salmon - parr, smolt, grilse
seal - calf, pup or whelp
shark - cub
sheep - lamb, lambkin
skunk - kitten
swan - cygnet
tiger - whelp
turkey - poult
whale - calf
younglet, youngling - animals generally
zebra - foa

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