Search: baby animal names
Why: I learned in White Oleander that a baby rabbit is called a kit.
Answer: Here are some you might not know!
- Alpaca - cria
- Ape - baby
- Badger - kit, cub
- Beaver, Ferret, Fox, Serval, Skunk, Weasel, Woodchuck - kit
- Boar - farrow, shoat, or piglet
- Chicken - chick, pullet (young hen), cockrell (young rooster)
Cicada, Cockroach, Grasshopper - nymph
- Cod - codling, hake, sprag, sprat
- Echidna, Platypus - puggle
- Grouse - cheeper, chick, poult, or squealer
- Hawk - eyas
- Jellyfish - ephyra
- Mosquito - nymph, tumbler, or wriggler
- Peacock - peachick
- Pigeon - squab, squeaker
- Porcupine - porcupette
- Rat - kitten, pinkie, pup
Sand Dollar, Sea Urchin - juvenile, larva, pluteus
Sheep - cosset, lamb, lambkin
Snake - snakelet, neonate
Squirrel - pup, kit, kitten
Swan - cygnet, flapper
Tiger - cub, whelp
Trout - fingerling, fry
Turkey - poult
The More You Know: I am listening to White Oleander on audiobook, and it is read by Oprah. If you are ever interested in hearing Oprah yell out, "You f-ing c-word!" (but with the real words), it's on Disc 1, track 9, and so hilarious.
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