Appendix:Animals

Taxonomy of the animal kingdom

• See the Wikipedia article on animals

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 a type of animal, 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 common English terms (such as wormy), and technical or Latinate terms (such as vermian). Many of the technical terms are collateral adjectives.

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.

Terms used for animals in general

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U, V

W

X, Y, Z

Terms to be checked

The terms below have not yet been verified. They will be researched at some point and added to the table if they are confirmed to be correct.

Not found in the Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989) nor in onelook as of November 2006:

• mongoose: herpestine
• skunk: mephitine

See also

• List of collective terms for animals compiled by the Oxford English Dictionary
• List of adjectives for animals
• Animal Group Names
• w:List of animal names, list on Wikipedia
• w:List of animal sounds, list on Wikipedia