你一定知道 cat 小時候叫 kitten
那你知道小象、小獅子叫什麼嗎？
鴨嘴獸、雪貂、夜鷺的英文又要怎麼講？
快來學學這些動物們與牠們小時候的名字吧！
以下將各種常見與不常見的動物由英文字母 A-Z 排序：
| 英文名 | 中文名 | 小時候的名字 |
| alligator | 鱷魚 | hatchling |
| alpaca ▶點這邊聽發音◀ |
羊駝 (草泥馬) | cria |
| antelope ▶點這邊聽發音◀ |
羚羊 | calf |
| ape | 黑猩猩 | baby |
| armadillo ▶點這邊聽發音◀ |
犰狳 | pup |
| baboon | 狒狒 | infant |
| badger | 獾 | kit, cub |
| bat | 蝙蝠 | pup |
| bear | 熊 | cub |
| beaver | 海貍 | pup, kitten |
| bird | 鳥 | hatchling, chick |
| bison, buffalo | 野牛 | calf |
| boar | 野豬 | piglet, shoat, farrow |
| camel | 駱駝 | calf |
| cat | 貓 | kitten |
| cattle | 牛 | calf, dogie (失去母牛的小牛) |
| cheetah | 獵豹 | cub |
| chicken | 雞 | chick, pullet (小母雞), cockerel (小公雞) |
| clam | 蛤蠣 | larva |
| coyote ▶點這邊聽發音◀ |
土狼 | pup, whelp |
| crane | 鶴 | chick |
| crow | 烏鴉 | chick |
| deer | 鹿 | fawn |
| dinosaur | 恐龍 | hatchling, juvenile ▶點這邊聽發音◀ |
| dog | 狗 | pup, puppy |
| dolphin | 海豚 | pup, calf |
| donkey | 驢子 | colt, foal |
| dove | 鴿子 | squab, chick |
| duck | 鴨子 | duckling |
| eagle | 老鷹 | fledgling, eaglet |
| elephant | 大象 | calf |
| elk | 麋鹿 | calf |
| emu | 鴯鶓 | chick, hatchling |
| falcon | 隼 | chick |
| ferret | 雪貂 | kit |
| fish | 魚 | fry, fingerling |
| finch | 雀科鳴鳥 | chick |
| flamingo | 紅鶴 | chick |
| fox | 狐狸 | kit, cub, pup |
| frog | 青蛙 | tadpole, polliwog, froglet |
| gerbil ▶點這邊聽發音◀ |
沙鼠 | pup |
| giraffe | 長頸鹿 | calf |
| gnu | 牛羚 | calf |
| goat | 山羊 | kid, billy |
| goose | 鵝 | gosling |
| gorilla | 大猩猩 | infant |
| grouse | 松雞 | – |
| guinea pig | 天竺鼠 | pup |
| gull | 海鷗 | chick |
| hamster | 倉鼠 | pup |
| hare | 野兔 | leveret |
| hawk | 老鷹 | eyas |
| hedgehog ▶點這邊聽發音◀ |
刺蝟 | piglet, pup |
| heron | 蒼鷺 | chick |
| hippopotamus ▶點這邊聽發音◀ |
河馬 | calf |
| hog | 豬 | shoat, farrow |
| horse | 馬 | foal, colt (公), filly (母) |
| hound | 獵犬 | pup |
| human | 人 | baby, infant, toddler |
| hummingbird | 蜂鳥 | chick |
| hyena ▶點這邊聽發音◀ |
鬣狗 | cub |
| jay | 松鴉 | chick |
| jellyfish | 水母 | ephyna |
| kangaroo | 袋鼠 | joey |
| koala | 無尾熊 | joey |
| lark | 雲雀 | chick |
| leopard | 美洲豹 | cub |
| lion | 獅子 | cub |
| llama | 美洲駝 | cria |
| magpie | 喜鵲 | chick |
| mallard | 綠頭鴨 | duckling |
| meerkat | 狐獴 | pup |
| mole | 鼴鼠 | pup |
| monkey | 猴子 | infant |
| moose | 麋鹿 | calf |
| mouse | 老鼠 | pup, pinkie, kitten |
| mule | 騾 | foal |
| nightingale | 夜鷺 | chick |
| opossum ▶點這邊聽發音◀ |
負鼠 | joey |
| ostrich | 鴕鳥 | chick |
| otter | 水獺 | whelp, pup |
| owl | 貓頭鷹 | owlet, fledgling |
| ox | 公牛 | stot, calf |
| oyster | 牡蠣 | spat |
| panda | 熊貓 | cub |
| parrot | 鸚鵡 | chick |
| peafowl | 孔雀 | peachick |
| penguin | 企鵝 | chick |
| pheasant | 雉 | chick |
| pig | 豬 | piglet, shoat, farrow |
| pigeon | 鴿子 | squab, squeaker |
| platypus ▶點這邊聽發音◀ |
鴨嘴獸 | puggle |
| porpoise | 鼠海豚 | calf |
| prairie dog | 土撥鼠 | pup |
| pronghorn | 叉角羚 | fawn |
| quail | 鵪鶉 | chick |
| rabbit | 兔子 | kitten, bunny, kit |
| raccoon | 浣熊 | cub |
| rat | 老鼠 | pup, pinkie, kitten |
| raven | 渡鴉 | – |
| reindeer | 馴鹿 | calf |
| rhinoceros ▶點這邊聽發音◀ |
犀牛 | calf |
| seal | 海豹 | pup |
| serval | 藪貓 | kitten |
| shark | 鯊魚 | pup |
| sheep | 綿羊 | lamb, lambkin, cosset |
| skunk | 臭鼬 | kit |
| snake | 蛇 | snakelet, neonate (胎生), hatchling (卵生) |
| snipe | 沙錐 | – |
| sparrow | 麻雀 | – |
| spider | 蜘蛛 | spiderling |
| squid | 烏賊 | hatchling, paralarvae, larva |
| squirrel ▶點這邊聽發音◀ |
松鼠 | pup, kit, kitten |
| swallow | 燕子 | – |
| swan | 天鵝 | cygnet, flapper |
| tiger | 老虎 | cub, whelp |
| toad | 蟾蜍 | tadpole |
| turkey | 火雞 | poult |
| turtle | 烏龜 | hatchling |
| wallaby ▶點這邊聽發音◀ |
沙袋鼠 | joey |
| walrus | 海象 | cub, pup |
| weasel | 黃鼠狼 | kit |
| whale | 鯨魚 | calf |
| wolf | 狼 | pup, whelp |
| wombat | 袋熊 | joey |
| woodpecker | 啄木鳥 | chick |
| wren | 鷦鷯 | chick |
| yak | 犛牛 | calf |
| zebra | 斑馬 | colt, foal |
看完後有沒有發現一些規律呢？在這邊再幫大家整理一次以方便記憶！
- chick：所有鳥類的小時候
- hatchling：剛孵化的卵生動物
- pup：狗、狼、鼠、狸、海洋哺乳類
- cub：熊、豹、狐狸、獅、獾、虎
- calf：牛、羚、鹿、象、駱駝
- colt：馬、驢
- larva：貝類、幼蟲
另外，畢竟那麼多名字不可能記得起來，在平常溝通的時候可以用 little, baby, young 等字眼加在動物名稱的前面就可以囉！
每次在影片看到動物或其他專有名詞都覺得很困難？
在 VoiceTube 看影片就沒這樣的問題囉！超方便的即時字典功能，只要點選不懂的字彙，隨即跑出字義，讓你看得順暢，學習更順暢！
文/ Jack Lu
圖/ tookapic, free license
來源/ enchantedlearning.com, wikipedia
作者簡介/ VoiceTube 看影片學英語
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