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Animals - Animal Young

Here you will learn the names of animal young in English such as "kit", "joey", and "calf".

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kid
kid
[noun]

a young goat

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baby
baby
[noun]

a very young mammal at an early stage of development

Ex: The zookeepers took special care of the baby elephant , ensuring its healthy growth .
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kit
kit
[noun]

a young animal, especially a young fox, mink, or rabbit

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hatchling
hatchling
[noun]

an animal that has recently come out of its shell

Ex: She carefully monitored the incubation temperature to ensure successful hatchlings.
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froglet
froglet
[noun]

a young frog, which has recently developed from a tadpole

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joey
joey
[noun]

a young kangaroo

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lamb
lamb
[noun]

a young sheep, especially one that is under one year

Ex: We saw a cute lamb grazing in the meadow .
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calf
calf
[noun]

the young offspring of a cow or bull, typically less than one year old

Ex: They carefully monitored the health and growth of each calf in the barn .
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hind
hind
[noun]

a female red deer, especially one that is over three years old

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filly
filly
[noun]

a horse that is female and young, particularly one that is younger than four

Ex: The young filly followed her mother closely, learning from her every move.
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spat
spat
[noun]

a young oyster or other bivalve that has recently settled and attached itself to a surface in its natural habitat

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tadpole
tadpole
[noun]

an amphibian in the larval stage

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cygnet
cygnet
[noun]

a newly-hatched swan

Ex: As the cygnet grew , its feathers began to change , slowly turning from gray to white .
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fledgling
fledgling
[noun]

a young bird that has recently acquired its flight feathers and is learning to fly

Ex: The forest was alive with the chirps of fledglings testing their wings .
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piglet
piglet
[noun]

a small young pig

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colt
colt
[noun]

a young male horse under the age of four which is not castrated

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peachick
peachick
[noun]

a juvenile bird of the peafowl species

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bantam
bantam
[noun]

a small domestic chicken or duck

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nestling
nestling
[noun]

a bird that is too young to leave the nest built by its parents, especially one that has not yet learned how to fly

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duckling
duckling
[noun]

a newly-hatched duck

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eaglet
eaglet
[noun]

a newly-hatched eagle

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neonate
neonate
[noun]

a recently born organism, especially a newborn baby or an animal

Ex: The neonate’s vital signs were checked regularly to ensure proper development .
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pup
pup
[noun]

a young dog, wolf, seal, etc.

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owlet
owlet
[noun]

a newly-hatched owl

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elver
elver
[noun]

a small and young eel

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gosling
gosling
[noun]

a newly-hatched goose

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puppy
puppy
[noun]

a young dog, especially one that is less than a year old

Ex: The children giggled as the puppy clumsily explored its new surroundings .
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larva
larva
[noun]

a young form of an insect or an animal that has come out of the egg but has not yet developed into an adult

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kitten
kitten
[noun]

a young cat

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cub
cub
[noun]

a young carnivorous mammal, such as a bear, lion, fox, etc.

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squab
squab
[noun]

a young pigeon or dove that is still in the nest and not yet able to fly

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shoat
shoat
[noun]

a young pig, especially one that has been weaned from its mother but is not yet mature

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eft
eft
[noun]

a juvenile newt or a terrestrial stage of a newt's life cycle

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maggot
maggot
[noun]

a soft and legless larva of a dipterous insect, such as a housefly, which could be found in decaying organic matter

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polliwog
polliwog
[noun]

an amphibian in larval stage; a tadpole

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eyas
eyas
[noun]

a young falcon that has not yet fledged and is still in the nest

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yearling
yearling
[noun]

a young animal, usually a horse or a deer, that is between one and two years old

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nymph
nymph
[noun]

the aquatic or terrestrial larval stage of an insect that undergoes incomplete metamorphosis, such as a dragonfly or mayfly

Ex: Students studied the nymph stage in biology class .
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lambkin
lambkin
[noun]

a young lamb, usually less than a year old

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leveret
leveret
[noun]

a young hare or rabbit that is less than a year old and has not yet developed its full growth

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foal
foal
[noun]

a young horse, especially one that is not older than one year

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animalcule

a tiny animal, typically visible only under a microscope

Ex: In his pioneering studies of animalcules, Leeuwenhoek documented countless varieties of protozoa , bacteria and other microscopic creatures .
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chick
chick
[noun]

a newly-hatched bird, especially a domestic bird

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fawn
fawn
[noun]

a young deer, typically in its first year of life

Ex: She photographed a fawn drinking from the stream .
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codling
codling
[noun]

a young or small codfish

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whelp
whelp
[noun]

a young offspring of a dog, wolf, or certain other carnivorous mammals

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fingerling

a small, juvenile fish that is typically between the length of 1 and 4 inches

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brit
brit
[noun]

a juvenile herring, sprat or other small fish typically less than six inches long

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parr
parr
[noun]

a juvenile salmon or trout that has developed a pattern of dark vertical bars on its sides

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dogie
dogie
[noun]

a motherless young cow in a cattle herd

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heifer
heifer
[noun]

a young female cow that has not given birth yet or has only one calf

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