Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site im4u.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!ut-sally!im4u!jsq From: jsq@im4u.UUCP (John Quarterman) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: names of animal categories Message-ID: <547@im4u.UUCP> Date: Sun, 22-Sep-85 14:07:59 EDT Article-I.D.: im4u.547 Posted: Sun Sep 22 14:07:59 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 25-Sep-85 09:34:12 EDT References: <791@ihlpa.UUCP> <815@kuling.UUCP> Reply-To: jsq@im4u.UUCP (John Quarterman) Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 14 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. -- John Quarterman, UUCP: {ihnp4,seismo,harvard,gatech}!ut-sally!jsq ARPA Internet and CSNET: jsq@sally.UTEXAS.EDU, formerly jsq@ut-sally.ARPA Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com