Animal terminology Flashcards
(82 cards)
1
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dog/stud
A
intact male dog
2
Q
bitch
A
intact female dog
3
Q
whelp/pup
A
young dog
4
Q
whelping
A
giving birth to whelps/pups
5
Q
Pack
A
group of canines
6
Q
tom
A
intact male cat
7
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queen
A
intact female cat
8
Q
kitten
A
young cat
9
Q
queening
A
giving birth to kittens
10
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queening
A
giving birth to kittens
11
Q
Buck
A
intact male rabbit or goat
12
Q
lapin
A
neutered male rabbit
13
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doe
A
intact female rabbit or goat
14
Q
kit
A
- young (blind and deaf) rabbit
- young ferret
15
Q
kindling
A
giving birth to rabbits or ferrets
16
Q
herd
A
- a group of rabbits, swine, goats, cattle, equines (5)
17
Q
mustela
A
ferret
18
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hob
A
intact male ferret
19
Q
gib
A
neutered male ferret
20
Q
jill
A
intact female ferret
21
Q
sprite
A
spayed female ferret
22
Q
pisttacine
A
parrots
23
Q
cock
A
intact male parrot
24
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hen
A
intact female parrot, chicken
25
chick
young parrot
very young chicken
26
murine
mouse/rat
27
sire/male
intact male mouse/rat
28
dam/female
intact female mouse/rat
29
pup
Young mouse/rat
30
rooster/cock
sexually mature male chicken
31
cockerel
immature male chicken
32
capon
young, castrated male chicken
33
pullet
immature, intact female chicken
34
poult
young chicken
35
flock
group of chickens, sheep
36
boar
intact male swine
37
barrow
male swine castrated when young
38
stag
male swine castrated after maturity
39
sow
intact female swine
40
gilt
young female swine that has not farrowed
41
pig
young pig
42
farrowing
giving birth to pigs
43
ovine
sheep
44
ram
intact male sheep
45
wether
castrated male sheep
46
ewe
intact female sheep
47
lamb
young seep
48
lambing
giving birth to sheep
49
caprine
goat
50
whether
castrated male goat
51
kid
young goat
52
kidding
giving birth to goats
53
freshening
giving birth to start lactating
is done in dairy animals (goats, cows)
54
bull
intact male cow
55
bovine
cow
56
jumper bull
intact male bovine that has reached maturity and is used for breeding
57
gomer/teaser bull
male bovine used to detect females in heat but cannot impregnate her (sx deviation of the penis to one side, steroids, vasectomy)
58
steer
male bovine castrated before maturity
59
stag
male bovine castrated after maturity
60
cow
intact female bovine that has given birth
61
heifer
young female bovine that has not given birth
62
springer heifer/ first calf heifer
Young female bovine pregnant with her first calf
63
second calf heifer
female cow pregnant with a second calf (is a cow)
64
calf
young bovine
65
calving
giving birth to cattle
66
stallion
intact male horse over 3 years old
67
colt
intact male equine under 3y
68
gelding
castrated male horses
69
ridgeling
cryptorchid horse
70
mare
intact female horse over 3y
71
filly
intact female horse under 3y that has not foaled
72
brood mare
breeding female horse
73
maiden mare
An intact female that has never bred
74
barren mare/open mare
intact female horse that was not bred or did not conceive the previous season
75
wet mare
intact female that has foaled during the current breeding season
76
agalactic mare
intact female horse not producing milk
77
foal
young horse, from birth to weaning
78
weanling
young foal, from weaning to 1y
79
yearling
Young horse between 1-2y
80
pony
horse between 8.2 and 14.2 hands when mature
(1 hand = 4 inches)
81
foaling
giving birth to a horse
82
litter
multiple offspring born during the same labor
