English: Animal Babies
I was surprised to learn recently that many languages do not have specific names for animal babies but simply use a diminutive term taken from the adult animal. As such English learners have often not come across the names of common animal babies. So, here are a few for your Notebooks:
1. A baby cat is called a kitten.
2. A baby dog is called a puppy.
3. A baby cow is called a calf.
4. A baby horse is called a foal.
5. A baby goat is called a kid (the same word as an alternative to children!)
6. A baby pig is called a piglet.
7. A baby bird is called a chick.
8. A baby deer is called a fawn.
9. A baby sheep is called a lamb.
10. A baby elephant is called a calf (the same as a baby cow).
11. A baby lion, bear or wolf is called a cub.
I would say these are the top ones to learn. Please add others that you know.
Take care,
Josephine
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The same goes for groups of animals: A herd of cattle, bison, zebra, and most other hoofed, herbivore species. A pack of wolves, feral dogs, hyenas, lions ??? (I think maybe only female lions are truly social, and then maybe only when hunting). A school of fish. A colony of feral cats (again cats are really that social but the word still exists so I guess sometimes they kind of stick together). A swarm of mosquitos or locusts.A colony of bees, ants or termites (this word usually implies these insects within their hive or home that they build as a society). A colony of bacteria (not technically an animal). Most primates are social and live in groups, both apes and monkeys, alhtough I can't at the moment think of what terms are used for them. And then of course there are word used for a group of baby animals that are siblings. A litter of kittens or puppies (domestic cats and dogs). A pride of lions cubs. I have had questions conversations with other native english speakers about which word is correct for some kind of animal. I wonder if any English language student will read this and benefit, seeing as how you're British, although it is possible there are difference in this between British and American english.
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Oh, really? I know so many people who call everything a baby animal or use the diminuitive term although there exist other words for those babies in their languages. But they just don't know them.
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