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In Britain, we have a lot of wild animals; birds, fish, insects and mammals. We also have domesticated animals, and animals we keep as pets. Boar There are three types of honey bee. The Queen who lays the eggs. The workers are females who gather food, make honey, build the six-sided honeycomb, tend eggs, and guard the hive. And the drones are males who mate with the queen. Billy Bees live in hives, and are farmed for their honey. A bee farm is often called an apiary. Someone who keeps bees is usually called a beekeeper.Animal Vocabulary
Learn about animals in the UK (requires Real Player).
Animals in Britain | Animals on the farm | Animals in the house (pets) | Animal sounds
Wild Animals in Britain
Here are some of the most common ones.
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Generic Name
Male
Female
Young
Group Name
Other Information
Mammals
Badger(s)
Sow Cub or Kit Colony (An old English name for a badger is a brock) They live in a set. Bat(s)
Male Female Pup Colony Bats are a protected species in the UK. Deer (Deer)
Stag Doe Fawn Herd Fox(es)
Dog-fox / Reynard She-fox / Vixen Cub Skulk Foxes live in an earth. Hare(s)
Jack Jill Leveret Down Hares live in forms. Hedgehog(s)
Boar Sow Piglet Prickle Mole(s)
Male Female Pup Labour Moles live in holes. Mouse (Mice)
Buck Doe Pup Nest Otter(s)
Dog Bitch Kitten Family Otters live in dens. Rabbit(s)
Buck Doe Kit / Bunny Colony Rabbits live in warrens. Rat(s)
Buck Doe Kitten / Pup Nest Rats often live in sewers. Squirrel(s)
Buck Doe Pup Dray There are two kinds of squirrel in the UK. The common grey squirrel and the rarer red squirrel. Only the red squirrel is a native. Stoat(s)
Jack Jill Kit Pack Weasel(s)
Jack Jill Kit Sneak Birds
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Cock Hen Nestling / Hatchling/
FledglingFlock(s) Most birds live in nests. Crow(s)
Male Female Young Murder Dove(s)
Cock Hen Squab Cote Duck(s)
Drake Hen Duckling Flock Goose (Geese)
Gander Goose Gosling If a group of geese is flying, it becomes a "skein". If they are on land or water, they're a "gaggle". Hawk(s)
Hen Tiercel Eyas Aerie Heron(s)
Hedge Kingfisher(s)
Owl(s)
Owl Jenny Owlet Parliament Peafowl
Peacock Peahen Peachick Pride Pheasant(s)
Cock Hen Chick Brood Pigeon(s)
Cock Hen Squab Flight Robin(s)
Rook(s)
Building Sparrow(s)
Flock Starling(s)
Flock Swan(s)
Cob Pen Signet Bevy Insects
An invertebrate whose body is comprised of three segments and six legs. Swarm Ant(s)
Ants have a strange matriarchal set up. The Queen spends her life laying eggs, there is only one queen per colony. Worker ants are non-reproducing female worker ants, the daughters of the queen. Soldier ants are sterile females who defend the colony. The male ants are small ants that have wings. They fly from the colony to mate with a queen. Bee(s)
Butterfly (Butterflies)
Male Female Caterpillar / Chrysalis Swarm Dragonfly (Dragonflies)
Male Female Nymphs / Naiads Swarm Fly (Flies)
Male Female Maggot Swarm Moth(s)
Male Female Caterpillar / Chrysalis Swarm Mosquito(es)
Male Female Larva Swarm There are thousands of mosquito species. The female is the one that usually bites. Spider(s)
Male Female Spiderling Cluster Spiders spin and live on a web. Thankfully the UK does not have any poisonous spiders. Fish
Cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills. Shoal / School Pike
- - Fry Shoal / School Salmon
Jack Hen Fry Run Trout
Jack Hen Fry Hover Amphibians
A class of animals that spend part of their time on land and part in the water; they are an intermediate form between fishes and reptiles. Frog(s)
Male Female Tadpole(s) Army The eggs of a frog are called spawn. Tadpoles metamorphose into frogs. Newt(s)
Male Female Larvae Toad(s)
Male Female Tadpole(s) Knot The eggs of a frog are called spawn. Tadpoles metamorphose into toads. Reptiles
Cold-blooded vertebrate that lays eggs and has scales or plates on its skin Snake(s)
Male Female Young Nest There is only one poisonous snake in the UK; the adder. Crustaceans
A class of invertebrates that have a segmented body, a hard external skeleton (exoskeleton), two sets of antennae and one pair of legs per body segment. Crab(s)
Male Female Zoea Lobster(s)
Male Female Zoea Molluscs
Clam(s)
Male Female Spat Bed Cockle(s)
Bed Mussel(s)
Male Female Glochidia Bed Oyster(s)
Male Female Spat Bed Snail(s)
Male Female Baby Rout Snails are not often eaten in the UK. Animals on the Farm
Animals that live on a farm are domesticated animals, they may be called farm animals.
Generic Name
Male
Female
Young
Group Name
Other Information
Mammals
Cattle
Bull Cow Calf Herd / Kine Mostly farmed for milk and meat (called beef). Deer (Deer)
Stag Doe Fawn Herd Deer are farmed for their meat (venison) on special deer farms in the UK. Dog(s)
Dog Bitch Puppy Pack (a group of puppies is called a litter) Mostly used for work, protection and herding on farms. Dog meat is not eaten in the UK. Donkey
Jack Jenny Colt Drove Mostly raised for pleasure. Donkey meat is not eaten in the UK. Goat(s)
Nanny Kid Flock Mostly farmed for milk and cheese. Not many people eat goat meat in the UK. Horse(s)
Stallion Mare Foal Herd Mostly farmed for work, leisure or sport (riding etc). Not many people in the UK would knowingly eat horse meat, although there is a trade for pet meat. Pig(s)
Boar Sow Piglet Litter Mostly farmed for its meat (called pork). Sheep
Ram Sheep Lamb Flock Mostly farmed for wool and meat (called lamb). Birds
Chicken(s)
Cockerel Hen Chick Brood Farmed for its meat and eggs. A farm that only raises birds is a poultry farm. Duck(s)
Drake Hen Duckling Brace A wild fowl and a farmed bird. Mostly farmed for its meat. Goose (Geese)
Gander Goose Gosling Gaggle A wild fowl and a farmed bird. Mostly farmed for its meat. Insects
Bee(s)
Swarm Fish
Salmon
Jack Hen Fry Shoal Yes, salmon is farmed in the UK. Trout
Jack Hen Fry Shoal Yes, there are trout farms in the UK too. Animals in the House
Animals that live in the house as companions are called pets.
Animal Sounds
Animals make distinct sounds, some of these sounds have their own word. Do you need to learn these? Probably not, but you never know, one day you might thank us.
Bees buzz. Cats go miaow. They purr when they're happy. Cockerels go cock-a-doodle-doo. Cows go moo. Dogs bark or go woof woof. They growl when they're angry. Ducks quack. Flies buzz. Frogs croak or go ribbit. Geese honk. Goats bleat. Hens cluck. Horses neigh. Mice squeak. Pigs oink or grunt or squeal. Sheep bleat or go baa. Snakes hiss. Toads croak.
چارپایه،صندلی مستراح فرنگی | stool |
نیمکت | bench |
صندلی راحتی | deckchair |
صندلی گهواره ای،صندلی تاب | rocking chair |
مبل | armchair |
نیمکت مبلی نرم و فنری | sofa |
صندلی چرخ دار | wheelchair |