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Wiktionary Appendix:Animals
Taxonomy of the animal kingdom
Male and female animals, their young, homes, groups, sounds and related adjectives
Each row of the table below gives specific terms for the male, female, young, home, group, sound and related adjective for certain animals, where special terms exist.
Male: Terms for the male of the animal. Where specific terms exist for the castrated and uncastrated male, these are given, followed by c and u respectively.
Female: Terms for the female of the animal.
Young: Terms for the young of the animal. Where specific terms exist for the male and female young, these are given, followed by m and f respectively.
Home: Terms for the home of the animal. Those made by the animal itself are followed by a and those made by humans to keep the animal are followed by h.
Group: Terms for a group of animals of this type. Italicised terms are invented collective nouns rarely found outside lists of such terms and are not used by zoologists.
Sound: Terms for the cry of the animal or sounds that the animal makes.
Adjective: Adjectives describing the animal of this type. These include both technical Latinate terms (such as equine) and common English terms (such as horsy).
Related terms: Alternative names for the animal, including slang terms, terms for animals of various ages, animals who are parents and terms otherwise too specific to feature in other columns.
| Animal |
Male |
Female |
Young |
Home |
Group |
Sound |
Adjective |
Related terms |
general
|
|
|
baby,
baby + name of animal
|
burrow a,
den a,
hold a,
hole a,
lair a, menagerie h,
zoo or zoological gardens h
|
colony
|
|
name of animal + (-)like (eg cat-like)
|
hibernaculum,
litter
|
agouti
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
dasyproctine
|
|
alligator
|
bull
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
amphibian
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
amphibian
|
|
ant
|
|
|
|
ant-hive h,
ants' nest a,
formicarium a,
formicary a,
nest a
|
|
|
formicid
|
nurse,
worker
|
ant-eater
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
myrmecophagous
|
|
antelope
|
|
|
kid
|
|
|
|
antilopine
|
bok
|
| ape |
|
|
|
|
troop,
shrewdness |
|
apish,
simian |
|
| ass |
jackass,
jack |
jenny-ass,
jenny,
she-ass |
|
|
|
bray,
hee-haw
|
asinine |
donkey |
badger
|
|
|
kit, kitten
|
hole a,
set or
sett a
|
|
|
meline
|
|
bat
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
cheiropterous
|
|
| bear |
|
she-bear |
bear cub,
cub |
|
sloth
|
growl
|
bearish,
ursine |
|
beaver
|
|
|
|
beavery a/h,
lodge a
|
|
|
|
|
bee
|
drone
|
queen
|
|
apiary h,
beehive h,
hive h
|
swarm
|
buzz,
hum
|
apian
|
nurse,
worker
|
beetle
|
|
|
grub
|
|
|
|
coleopterous
|
|
| bird |
cock,
cockbird |
hen |
chick,
squab
|
aviary h,
bird-cage h,
hive-nest a,
nest a,
nest-box h,
nesting-box h,
nesting-place a
|
flock |
bird-song,
call,
cheep,
chirp,
chirrup,
peep,
pipe,
song,
trill,
tweet,
twitter,
warble
|
avian,
avine,
ornithic,
volucrine |
birdie,
brood,
clutch,
fledgling,
hatch
|
bird of prey
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
raptorial
|
raptor
|
bittern
|
|
|
|
|
|
boom
|
|
|
bug
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
hemipteral,
hemipteran,
hemipterous
|
|
bulldog
|
|
|
bull-pup
|
|
|
|
|
|
butterfly
|
|
caterpillar
|
|
|
|
|
lepidopterous,
papilionaceous
|
|
camel
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
cameline
|
|
capuchin monkey
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
cebine
|
|
carnivore
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
carnivorous
|
|
carp
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
cyprine
|
|
| cat |
tom,
tomcat |
queen |
kitten,
kit,
kitty |
|
clowder (obsolete),
kindle (of kittens; obsolete)
|
caterwaul,
meow,
mew,
miaow,
miaul,
purr,
waul
|
catty,
feline |
moggy,
puss,
pussy,
pussy-cat |
chaffinch
|
|
|
|
|
|
pink
|
|
|
| chicken |
cock,
rooster |
hen |
chick
|
battery h,
chicken run h,
coop h,
pen h,
run h |
flock |
cackle,
chuck,
cluck,
cock-a-doodle-doo,
crow,
pule
|
gallinaceous,
galline |
clutch,
cockerel
|
civet
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
viverrine
|
|
cod
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
gadoid,
gadine
|
|
crane
|
|
|
|
|
|
clang
|
|
|
crane-fly
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
tipulid
|
|
cricket
|
|
|
|
|
|
chirp,
churr
|
crickety
|
|
crocodile
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
crocodilian
|
|
| crow |
|
|
|
|
murder |
caw
|
corvine |
|
crustacean
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
crustacean
|
|
deer
|
buck
|
doe
|
fawn,
calf
|
|
herd
|
bell,
troat
|
cervine
|
hart,
hind,
knobber,
royal,
spitter,
stag
|
dinosaur
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
dinosaurian
|
|
| dog |
dog |
bitch |
pup,
puppy,
whelp |
|
pack |
bark,
bay,
bow-wow,
growl,
howl,
snarl,
whimper,
whine,
woof,
yap,
yelp,
yip,
yowl
|
canine,
doggish
|
bow-wow,
brach,
cur,
doggie or doggy,
hound,
mutt,
pooch,
team
|
dove
|
|
|
|
dovecot or
dovecote h
|
flight
|
coo
|
columbine
|
|
duck
|
drake
|
duck
|
duckling
|
|
|
quack
|
anatine
|
|
eagle
|
|
eagle hen
|
eaglet
|
eyrie or
eyry or
aerie or
aery a
|
|
squawk
|
aquiline
|
|
earthworm
(see also worm below)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
lumbricine
|
|
eel
|
|
|
elver
|
|
|
|
|
eelfare
|
| elephant |
bull |
cow |
calf |
|
herd |
trumpet
|
elephantine |
|
| ferret |
buck,
hob,
hob-ferret |
gill, jill |
kit |
|
|
|
|
|
finch
|
|
|
|
|
charm,
chirm (obsolete)
|
|
|
|
fish
|
|
|
fry,
spawn
|
aquarium h,
fish-pond h
|
school,
shoal
|
|
fishy,
piscine
|
|
flea
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
pulicine
|
|
fly
|
|
maggot
|
|
|
swarm
|
|
dipteran,
dipterous,
muscid
|
|
flycatcher
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
muscicapine
|
|
| fowl (domestic) |
cock |
hen |
chick |
coop h,
cote h,
pen h,
run h |
flock |
|
gallinaceous,
galline |
|
| fox |
dog,
dog-fox |
vixen,
fox bitch
|
cub,
fox cub,
kit |
burrow a,
earth a,
fox burrow a,
fox-earth a,
hole a,
kennel a
|
skulk
|
bark,
yap,
yelp
|
foxy,
vulpine |
|
frog
|
|
|
tadpole
|
froggery a,
ranarium h
|
froggery
|
croak
|
froggy,
ranid
|
|
gadfly
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
tabanid
|
|
game
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
brace
|
giraffe
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
giraffine
|
|
| goat |
billy-goat,
buck,
buck-goat,
he-goat |
nanny-goat,
nanny,
she-goat |
kid |
|
|
maa
|
caprine,
goatish,
goaty,
hircine |
geep
|
gnat
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
trumpet
|
|
| goose |
gander |
goose |
gosling |
|
flock,
gaggle (on water),
skein (in flight) |
cackle,
clang,
hiss,
honk
|
anserine,
goosy
|
|
grasshopper
|
|
|
|
|
|
pitter
|
acridian
|
|
gull
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
laridine
|
|
hare
|
buck
|
doe
|
leveret
|
|
huske (obsolete),
down (obsolete)
|
|
leporine
|
|
hedgehog
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
erinaceous
|
|
herbivore
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
herbivorous
|
|
heron
|
|
|
|
heronry h
|
|
|
|
|
hippopotamus
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
hippopotamian,
hippopotamic,
hippopotamine
|
hippo
|
hornet
|
|
|
|
nest a
|
|
|
|
|
| horse |
entire u,
stallion u,
gelding c |
mare |
colt,
foal,
hogget,
filly f |
stable h,
stall h
|
|
neigh,
whinny
|
equine,
horsy
|
dam,
gee-gee,
sire
|
house fly
|
|
|
larva
|
|
swarm
|
|
muscid
|
|
human
|
man
|
woman
|
child,
boy m,
girl f
|
|
|
|
hominid
|
|
iguana
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ignuanian,
iguanid
|
|
insect
|
|
|
grub,
larva
|
insectarium h
|
|
|
insectan
|
bug, ,
creepy-crawly,
imago,
pseudiamgo,
subimago
|
kangaroo
|
|
|
joey
|
|
|
|
macropine
|
boomer
|
kite
|
|
|
|
|
|
pule
|
milvine
|
|
lapwing
|
|
|
|
|
desert
|
|
|
|
lark
|
|
|
|
|
bevy, exaltation
|
|
|
|
lemur
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
lemurian
|
|
leopard
|
|
|
|
|
leap or lepe (both obsolete)
|
|
|
|
limpet
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
patelline
|
|
lion
|
|
lioness
|
cub,
lion cub,
lionet
|
|
pride
|
growl,
roar
|
leonine,
lionish
|
liger |
lizard
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
lacertian,
lacertine,
saurian
|
|
locust
|
|
|
|
|
|
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acridian,
locustal
|
|
louse
|
|
|
nit
|
|
|
|
pedicular,
pediculine
|
|
mackerel
|
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|
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|
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scombroid
|
|
mammal
|
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mammalian
|
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marsupial
|
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marsupial
|
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marten
|
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musteline
|
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mink
|
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kit
|
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mite
|
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acarian,
acarine
|
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moa
|
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|
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|
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dinornithine
|
|
mole
|
|
|
|
|
labour (obsolete)
|
|
moley,
talpine
|
|
mollusc
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
molluscan,
molluscous
|
|
monitor lizard
|
|
|
|
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|
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varanian
|
|
mosquito
|
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|
|
|
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trumpet
|
|
|
moth
|
|
caterpillar
|
|
|
|
|
lepidopterous
|
|
moth (clothes moth)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
tineid
|
|
| mouse |
|
|
|
mouse-hole a,
mousery a,
nest a
|
|
peep,
squeak
|
mousy,
murine
|
|
mule
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
hinny
|
mullet
|
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|
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mugiloid
|
|
muskrat
|
|
|
kit
|
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mussel
|
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mytiloid
|
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nightingale
|
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|
watch
|
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octopus
|
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octopean,
octopian,
octopic,
octopine
|
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osprey
|
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|
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pandionine
|
|
ostrich
|
|
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struthious
|
|
otter
|
|
|
|
couch a,
holt a,
lodge a
|
|
|
|
|
owl
|
|
|
owlet
|
owlery
|
|
hoot,
screech,
tu-whit tu-whoo
|
owlish,
owly,
strigine
|
|
| ox |
bull u,
ox c,
bullock c |
cow |
calf,
stirk,
bull-calf m,
cow-calf f,
heifer f |
barn (US) h,
byre h,
corral h,
cowhouse h,
cowshed h,
cow-stable h,
cow-stall h,
crib h,
cub h,
kraal h,
pen h,
stall h
|
herd,
drove |
bellow (bull),
low,
moo,
roar (bull)
|
bovine,
taurine m |
cattabu,
cattalo or catalo,
cattle,
dam,
team
|
oyster
|
|
|
brood,
spat
|
hive h
|
|
|
ostraceous,
ostracean
|
|
pachyderm
|
|
|
|
|
|
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pachydermatous
|
|
parrot
|
|
|
|
|
|
squawk
|
parroty,
psittacine
|
|
partridge
|
|
|
|
|
covey
|
|
perdicine
|
|
peafowl
|
peacock
|
peahen
|
|
|
muster
|
|
pavonine
|
|
penguin
|
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|
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penguinery a
|
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perch
|
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percine
|
|
percher
|
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passerine
|
|
pheasant
|
|
|
|
eye (obsolete) a,
nide a,
nye (dialect) a,
pheasantry h
|
|
|
phasianine
|
brace
|
| pig |
boar u,
hog c |
sow |
hogget,
piglet,
shoat |
cote h,
pen h,
pigpen h,
pigsty h,
sty h
|
|
grunt,
squeal
|
piggy,
porcine,
suidian,
suilline |
piggy,
porker,
swine |
pigeon
|
|
|
piper,
squab
|
|
|
coo
|
|
|
plover
|
|
|
|
|
congregation (obsolete)
|
|
|
|
polecat
|
|
|
kit
|
|
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|
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fitchet or fitchew,
foumart
|
porcupine
|
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|
|
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hystricine
|
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porpoise
|
|
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|
|
school
|
|
|
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Portuguese man-of-war
|
|
|
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|
physalian
|
|
primate
|
|
|
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|
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primatal
|
|
quail
|
|
|
|
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bevy
|
|
|
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rabbit
|
buck
|
doe
|
|
burrow a,
hutch h,
rabbit-hole a,
rabbitry h,
rabbit-warren a,
warren a
|
|
|
rabbitish,
rabbity
|
|
rail
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ralline
|
|
rat
|
|
|
puppy
|
nest a, rattery h
|
|
|
rattish,
ratty
|
|
| raven |
|
|
|
ravenry a/h
|
|
croak
|
corvine |
|
reindeer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
rangiferine
|
|
rhinoceros
|
|
|
|
|
|
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rhinocerotic
|
|
robin
|
cock,
cock-robin
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
redbreast
|
rodent
|
|
|
|
nest a
|
|
|
rodential,
rodentian,
glirine
|
|
roe deer
|
|
|
|
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bevy
|
|
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rook
|
|
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squab
|
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|
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| ruff |
|
ree,
reeve |
|
|
|
|
|
|
salmon
|
|
|
grilse,
peal,
smolt
|
|
|
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salmonoid
|
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scorpion
|
|
|
|
|
|
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scorpionid
|
|
seal
|
bull
|
cow
|
calf,
puppy
|
rookery a,
seal rookery a
|
pod
|
|
phocine
|
|
sea-urchin
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
echinal
|
|
| sheep |
buck u (US),
ram u,
tup u,
wether c
|
ewe |
lamb |
cot or cote h,
fold h,
pen h,
sheepfold h,
sheepcote h,sheep-pen h |
flock,
drove |
baa,
bleat
|
ovine,
sheepy
|
|
shrew
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
soricine
|
|
slug
|
|
|
|
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|
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limacine
|
|
snail
|
|
|
|
snailery h
|
|
|
snaily
|
|
snake
|
|
|
|
snake-house h,
snakery h
|
|
hiss
|
anguine,
ophidian
|
|
snipe
|
|
|
|
|
wisp
|
|
|
|
songbird
|
|
|
|
|
|
song
|
oniscine,
oscine
|
|
sparrow
|
cock,
cock-sparrow
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
spider
|
|
|
|
cobweb a,
spider's web a,
web a
|
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arachnidan, araneidan
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squirrel
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dray or drey a
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sciurine,
squirrelly
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starling
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murmuration
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sturnine
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swallow
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flight
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hirundine
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swan
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cob
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pen
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cygnet
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swannery h
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cycnean,
cygnean,
swanny
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tapeworm
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taenioid
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tarsier
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tarsioid
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teal
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spring (archaic)
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termite
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termitarium a,
termitary a
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termitic,
termitine
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thrush
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thrushling
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turdine
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tiger
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tigress
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cub,
tiger cub
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growl
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tigerish,
tigerly,
tigery,
tigrine
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tigon |
torpedo
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torpedinoid
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tortoise
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chelonian,
testudinian
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turkey
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turkey-cock
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turkey-hen
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turkey-chick,
chick
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gobble
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turtle
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chelonian
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viper
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viperine,
viperish
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adder
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vulture
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vulturine
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wasp
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nest a,
vespiary a
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vespine,
waspish
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weasel
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musteline
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whale
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bull
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cow
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calf
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whalery h
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pod,
school
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cetacean,
whalish
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dog
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bitch, she-wolf
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cub, wolf cub,
wolfling |
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pack |
bark,
bay,
howl |
lupine,
wolfish,
wolfy |
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woodcock
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fall (obsolete)
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woodlouse
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oniscoid
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woodpecker
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picine
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worm
(see also earthworm above)
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wormery h
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vermian,
wormy
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zebra
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zebrine
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zebrinny,
zebrule
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zho
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zobo
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zhomo
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