Basic English Grammar II

chicken rooster hen

cattle bull cow

deer buck doe

donkey jack jenny

duck drake duck

fox fox vixen

goose gander goose

horse stallion mare

lion lion lioness

sheep ram ewe

tiger tiger tigress

Here are some masculine and feminine nouns for male

and female animals.

Animal Male Female

Nouns that end in -ess and -ress often belong

to the feminine gender. For example:

actress stewardess

lioness tigress

princess waitress

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