Animal Young: English Vocabulary List

an animal that has recently come out of its shell

"New hatchling emerged."

"The new hatchling emerged from the egg and opened its eyes for the first time."

a young kangaroo

"The joey stays inside its mother's pouch for six months."

"The newborn kangaroo called a joey is only the size of a jellybean when it crawls into the pouch."

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

"That filly will grow into a fine mare someday."

"A young female horse under four years old is called a filly before she becomes a mare."

an amphibian in the larval stage

"The tadpole swims in shallow water until it grows legs."

"The tadpole breathes through gills and swims with a tail until it metamorphoses into a frog."

a newly-hatched swan

"A cygnet has gray feathers unlike its white parents."

"A tiny cygnet followed its mother across the calm lake, learning how to find food."

a small young pig

"The piglet rolled in the mud."

"The piglet nursed from its mother with littermates all pushing for the best teat with milk."

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

"The colt runs beside its mother across the open field."

"The frisky colt ran around the pasture kicking up its heels and testing its newfound speed."

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

"Young nestling fed."

"The mother bird feeds her young nestling with worms and insects every day in the nest."

a young dog, wolf, seal, etc.

"The seal pup rests on the beach while its mother hunts."

"The seal pup cried for its mother from the rocky shore until she returned from fishing."

a newly-hatched goose

"Goslings stay close to their parents for protection."

"The gosling's fluffy yellow down will eventually be replaced by gray brown feathers as it matures."

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

"The larva will become a butterfly."

"A larva is the immature form of an insect that hatches from an egg before becoming an adult."

a young cat

"The kitten pounces on a ball of yarn and rolls away."

"The kitten pounced on a rolling ball of yarn as if it were a real mouse."

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

"Lion cub played happily."

"The cute lion cub played happily with its mother in the zoo enclosure yesterday afternoon under the sun."

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

"Maggots appear on rotting food within a few days."

"The maggot hatched from an egg laid by a fly and began feeding immediately on the decaying meat."

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

"The leveret hides in the grass while its mother searches for food."

"The leveret was born fully furred with eyes open and could flee from predators within hours of birth."

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

"The foal takes its first wobbly steps this morning."

"The foal wobbled on its long spindly legs trying to stand for the first time after birth."

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

"The wolf whelp howls for the first time last night."

"The wolf whelp played with its littermates learning dominance and submission through mock fights."