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1
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Billy goat

A

Male goat

2
Q

Brood

A

Offspring from one hatching of a birds eggs

3
Q

Broody

A

Hen on her eggs

4
Q

Buck

A

Male: deer, goat, rabbit or kangaroo

5
Q

Bullock

A

Castrated bull or steer

6
Q

Capon

A

A neutered rooster

7
Q

Calf

A

Bovine less than 1 yr old or a young seal

8
Q

Cob

A

Male swan

9
Q

Cock

A

Male chicken, over 1 yr old

10
Q

Colt

A

Male horse before maturity

11
Q

Congenital

A

Condition at birth but not hereditary

12
Q

Cur or mutt

A

Mixed breed dog

13
Q

Cygnet

A

A young Swan

14
Q

Dam

A

Female parent

15
Q

Doe

A

Adult female goat or deer

16
Q

Drake

A

A male duck

17
Q

Entire

A

Un neutered

18
Q

Estrus

A

Time of reproductive cycle when the female is receptive to mating

19
Q

Ewe

A

Female sheep of breeding age

20
Q

Filly

A

Female horse under four years old

21
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Gilt

A

Young female pig

22
Q

Gobbler

A

A male turkey

23
Q

Jenny

A

Female donkey

24
Q

Kid

A

Young goat

25
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Gelding

A

A neutered male horse

26
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Stallion

A

Non-neutered male horse

27
Q

Foal

A

Baby horse under one year

28
Q

Mare

A

Adult female horse that is not spayed

29
Q

Heffer

A

Young female cow that has not given birth to young yet

30
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Cow

A

Female that has given birth

31
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Lamb

A

A young sheep

32
Q

Pony

A

Any equine that is below 14.2 hands high

33
Q

weanling

A

Young horse under one-year-old

34
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Steer

A

castrated male bovine

35
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Bull

A

Male Cattle, not castrated

36
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Bullocks

A

Old steers (older castrated male bovine )

37
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Ox

A

Castrated male or female bovine kept for draft purposes

38
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Springer

A

A cow or heifer close to calving

39
Q

Broodmare

A

Mare (female horse) used for breeding purposes