Animal Terminology

Terms to write on the left hand

side of your paper…
 Male of breeding age: Mature male, can &
does reproduce
 Mature female: Mature female, has a live baby
 Young male: Hasn’t reproduced – teenager
 Young female: Hasn’t reproduced – teenager
 Newborn: baby
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 Unsexed male: Testicles removed

 Unsexed female: Reproductive parts
removed
 Groups: A lot of them together
 Act of breeding: mating or “sex in humans”
 Act of parturition: Giving birth
 Meat: what we eat, section at the store
 Cattle

▪Cow – mature females that can/have reproduced

▪Steer- castrated male cattle that cannot
reproduce
▪Bullock – young male bulls that cannot
reproduce
▪Heifer – young female; has not had offspring
▪Calf – young cattle to young to reproduce
▪Bull – male cattle that can reproduce
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 Calving – Act of giving birth

 Serving – Act of breeding
 Spayed – Unsexed female
 Herd – Group
 Beef – Meat
 Sheep
 Ram – mature male sheep
 Ewe lamb – young female sheep
 Ram lamb – young male sheep
 Lamb – newborn sheep or young sheep,
 Ewe – mature female sheep
 Wether – castrated male sheep
 Tupping- act of breeding
 Lambing- act of giving birth
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 Spayed – Unsexed famle

 Flock – Group
 Lamb – meat eaten from a lamb less than 1
year old (lamb < 1yr)
 Mutton – meat eaten from a lamb older than
1 year old (mutton >1yr)
 Swine - Hogs or Pigs

 Barrow – castrated male pig or hog

 Boar – mature male hog
 Gilt – young female pig (what we show)
 Shoat – young male pig
 Piglet – newborn or very young pig
 Sow – mature female
 Coupling- act of breeding
 Farrowing- act of giving birth
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 Spayed – Unsexed famle

 Drove – Group
 Pork – Meat
 Chickens

 Hen – mature female chicken

 Capon – castrated male chicken
 Chick – newborn chicken
 Cockral – young male
 Cock (Rooster) – mature male chicken
 Pullet – young female chicken
 Mating – act of breeding
 Laying/Hatching – act of giving birth
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 Spayed – Unsexed female – we don’t unsex

 Flock – Group
 Layers = produce Eggs we eat
 Broilers/Fryers = meat we eat
 Poultry is the section in the store

**Discuss how you get baby chicks vs. eggs.

 Turkey

 Tom – mature male turkey

 Hen – mature female turkey
 Jake – young male
 Hen Poult – young female
 Chick- newborn
 Capon – castrated male turkey
 Mating- act of breeding
 Laying/hatching- act of giving birth
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 Spayed – Unsexed female

 we don’t unsex them
 Flock – Group
 Turkey/Poultry – Meat we eat
 Horses

 Gelding – castrated male horse

 Stallion or Stud – mature male horse
 Filly – young female horse
 Foal – newborn horse
 Mare – mature female horse
 Colt – young male horse
 Covering- act of breeding
 Foaling- act of giving birth
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 Spayed – Unsexed female

 Herd – Group
 Horse – Meat – However in the U.S.A we
don’t consume horse meat.
 European area it is a delicacy.
 Goats

 Wether – castrated male goat (what we show)

 Doe kid – young female goat
 Buck kid – young male goat
 Doe – mature female goat
 Billy/ Buck – mature male goat
 Kid – newborn goat
 Serving- act of breeding
 Kidding- act of giving birth
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 Spayed – Unsexed female

 Band – Group of goats
 Goat – Meat we eat
 Rabbit

 Buck- mature male rabbit

 Doe- mature female rabbit
 Virgin- young female rabbit
 Kit- newborn rabbit
 Litter-group of rabbits
 Servicing- act of breeding
 Kindling- act of giving birth
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 We don’t unsex female rabbits

 Litter – Group of bunnies
 Rabbit – Meat we eat
 some people do consume rabbits