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Farm Animal Terms
Term | Definition |
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Livestock | Animals kept by people for use or pleasure. |
Bovine | Term relating to cattle |
Caprine | Term relating to goats |
Equine | Term relating to horses, mules, zebras, and asses. |
Ovine | Term relating to sheep. |
Herd | Grouping of a single species of livestock. |
Porcine | Term relating to swine. |
Cattle | Domesticated mammals of genus Bos. |
Bull | Male bovine. |
Cow | Female bovine that has had a calf. |
Heifer | Female bovine that has not had a calf. |
Calf | Young bovine – up to 6-10 months of age. |
Bull calf | Male calf |
Heifer calf | Female calf |
Steer | Sterile male bovine under 4 years of age. |
Ox | Sterile bull that have been trained to work and is at least 4 years of age. |
Oxen | Plural of Ox |
Goat | Domesticated form of Capra hircus |
Buck | Male goat over 1 year of age. |
Doe | Female goat over 1 year of age. |
Kid | Baby goat of either sex. |
Buckling | Young male goat under 1 year of age. |
Doeling | A young female goat under than 1 year of age. |
Flock | A group of goats. |
Horse | Domesticated large single hoofed mammal (Equus caballus) |
Stallion | Male horse. |
Mare | Female horse over 4 years of age. |
Colt | Male horse under 3 years of age |
Male horse under 3 years of age | Female horse under 3 years of age. |
Foal | Young horse under 1 year of age. |
Rabbit | Mammal of family Leporidae |
Buck | Male rabbit |
Doe | Female rabbit |
Kit | A baby rabbit |
Sheep | Domesticated species Ovis aries. |
Ewe | Female sheep that is over 1 year of age. |
Ram | A male sheep that is over one year of age. |
Ewe lamb | Female sheep that is under 1 year of age. |
Flock | A group of sheep |
Lamb | A young sheep. |
Lambling | A newly born lamb. |
Ram Lamb | A male sheep that is under 1 year of age. |
Wether | A sterile male sheep. |
Swine | Even toed ungulates of the family Suidae |
Barrow | Sterile male swine |
Boar | Adult male swine |
Gilt | A female swine that has not given birth. |
Drove | A group of swine. |
Hog | Mature swine with above 150 lbs. |
Pig | A young swine or an adult swine under 150 pounds. |
Piglet | A young pig of 2 to 3 weeks of age. |
Sow | Adult female swine |
Poultry | Domesticated birds kept for meat or eggs, including chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese. |
Flock | A group of one species of poultry |
Trio | A group of one male and two female poultry. |
Chicken | A common domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus) |
Rooster | Male chicken over one year of age. |
Hen | A female chicken at least 1 year of age. |
Chick | Newly hatched or very young chicken |
Cockerel | Male chicken less than one year of age. |
Pullet | A female chicken less than one year of age. |
Duck | Wild or domesticated swimming birds of family Anatidae |
Drake | Adult male duck |
Duck | Adult female duck. |
Ducklings | Baby ducks |
Young Drake | Male duck under 1 year of age. |
Young Duck | Female duck under 1 year of age. |
Geese | Wild or domesticated water birds of genera Answer and Branta |
Gander | Male goose over 1 year of age. |
Goose | Singular or geese or a female goose over 1 year of age. |
Gosling | A young goose |
Young gander | A male goose under 1 year of age. |
Young goose | A female goose under 1 year of age. |
Turkey | A large North American bird (Meleagris gallopavo) |
Hen | A female turkey. |
Tom | A male turkey. |
Young hen | A female turkey under 1 year of age. |
Young tom | A male turkey under 1 year of age. |