hamster
/ˈhæmstər/A tiny golden pet rodent with fat cheek pouches for storing food.
Example: My sister's hamster sleeps all day and rattles its cage all night.
B114 words · Intermediate
Farm Animals vocabulary — B1
Farm and pet animal vocabulary that names young animals and farmyard terms, from the foal, piglet and chick to a hutch, a herd and a flock.
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14rooster
/ˈrustər/The male farm bird that crows loudly at first light.
Example:
There's a rooster two doors down and nobody gets a lie-in.
foal
/foʊl/A young horse that can stand within hours of being born.
Example:
The foal stayed close to the fence while we walked past.
piglet
/ˈpɪɡlɪt/A young pig, pink and usually one of a big litter.
Example:
Six piglets were shoving each other along the trough.
ox
/ɑks/A heavy male cattle animal kept to pull carts and ploughs.
Example:
Two oxen dragged the plough through the heavy wet clay.
pony
/ˈpoʊˌni/A small horse with short legs, often ridden by children.
Example:
She learned to ride on a stubborn little pony called Bramble.
bull
/bʊl/An adult male of the cattle herd, kept for breeding and famous for its temper.
Example:
A bull got into the top field and nobody would go near it.
chick
/tʃɪk/A newly hatched hen, a ball of yellow fluff under a heat lamp.
Example:
The chicks arrived in a cardboard box and cheeped the whole way home.
duckling
/ˈdʌklɪŋ/The young of a water bird with a flat beak, swimming in a line behind its mother.
Example:
Eleven ducklings went past and we counted them twice to be sure.
mule
/mjul/The tough sterile offspring of a horse and a donkey.
Example:
A mule will carry more than a horse and complain a good deal less.
cattle
/ˈkætəl/Cows and bulls kept together on a farm for milk or meat.
Example:
The farmer moved his cattle to the top field before the rain came.
herd
/hɜrd/A large group of animals such as cows or deer that feed and move together.
Example:
A herd of deer crossed the road just after dawn.
flock
/flɑk/A group of sheep or birds that stay close together.
Example:
A flock of geese landed on the water right in front of us.
hutch
/hʌtʃ/A wooden box with wire across the front where a rabbit is kept.
Example:
We moved the rabbit's hutch into the shed for the winter.
