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Monday, January 1, 2001
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Animals - Baby Names
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Young of Animals Have Special Names.
The young of many mammals, birds, and fish have come to be called by special names. A baby eel, for example is an elver. Many young animals, of course, are often referred to simply as infants, babies, younglets, or younglings.
Bunny: rabbit filly: horse (female) nestling: birds generally
calf: cattle, elephant, antelope fingerling: fish generally owlet: owl
rhino, hippo, whale, others flapper: wild fowl parr, smolt, grilse: salmon
cheeper: grouse, partridge, quail fledgling: birds generally piglet, shoat, farrow, suckling: pig
chick, chicken: fowl foal: horse, zebra, others polliwog, tadpole: frog
cockerel: rooster fry: fish generally poult: turkey
codling, sprag: codfish gosling: goose pullet: hen
cub: lion, bear, shark, fox, others joey: kangaroo, others pup: dog, seal, sea lion, fox
cygne: swan kid: goat puss, pussy: cat
duckling: duck kit: fox, beaver, rabbit, cat spike, blinker, tinker: mackerel
eaglet: eagle kitten, kitty, catling: cats, other squab: pigeon
elver: eel small mammals squeaker: pigeon, others
eyas: hawk, others lamb, lambkin, cosset, hog: sheep whelp: dog, tiger, beasts of prey
fawn: deer leveret: hare yearling: cattle, sheep, horse, others
Source: World Almanac
Also, see: All about baby animals, by Michael Chinery. J 591.39 Chi
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