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From: jsq@im4u.UUCP (John Quarterman)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: names of animal categories
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Date: Sun, 22-Sep-85 14:07:59 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 22 14:07:59 1985
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Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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Foal is used in English for a horse child, though it tends to appear
more often in verb form: "the mare is foaling".
 
I've never heard ox used for steer.  An ox is a completely different animal. 
Yearling is used for a young calf, usually male.  Sometimes ones uses
bull-calf to be really specific.  Heifer is the word for a female calf.
 
Pigs is usually used in the States instead of swine.  
 
A male goat is a billygoat, and a female one is a nannygoat. 
I know of no corresponding gender-specific words for lambs.
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John Quarterman,   UUCP:  {ihnp4,seismo,harvard,gatech}!ut-sally!jsq
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