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Strange names for grown-up animals

As well as having special names for their homes and when they are together in groups, here are just a few strange names that we have for grown-up animals:

  • A male badger is a boar
 
  • A female badger is a sow
  • A male cat is a Tom
 
  • A female cat is a queen
  • A male dog is a dog
 
  • But a female dog is a bitch
  • A male duck is a drake
 
  • A female duck is a hen
  • A male ferret is a hob
 
  • A female ferret is a Jill
  • A male fox is a dog
 
  • A female fox is a vixen
  • A male goat is a Billy
 
  • A female goat is a Nanny
  • A male goose is a gander
 
  • But a female goose is a goose
  • A male hare is a jack
 
  • A female hare is a jill
  • A male mule is a jack
 
  • A female mule is a ginny
  • A male pig is a boar
 
  • A female pig is a sow
  • A male rabbit is a buck
 
  • A female rabbit is a doe
  • A male seal is a bull
 
  • A female seal is a cow
  • A male sheep is a ram
 
  • A female sheep is a ewe
  • A male swan is a cob
 
  • A female swan is a pen

 

 

 


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