Chapter 5 - What is in a name?

Clutch

A group of eggs

Heifer

A young female bovine that has not given birth

Maiden Mare

a female that has never been bred

freemartian

a sexually perfect, usually sterile female calf born as a twin with a male calf

Female dog

bitch

Intact male rabbit

buck

Intact female llama

cow

Young llama

cria

hinny

cross between a stallion and a jenny

An intact female is a hen in all the following species except

duck

intact female sheep

ewe

cow is to mare as steer is to

gelding

whelping

giving birth in canines

freshening

giving birth to a dairy animal

Kindling

giving birth to rabbits

farrowing

giving birth to swine

Group of horses

herd

intact male and female ferrets

hob and jills

Tom is to queen as hob is to

jill

Male donkey and a female horse

mule

wether

neutered male sheep or goat

Group of dogs

pack

psittacine

parrots are in a group of birds

a ram is to wether as a bull is to

steer