Talk:List of gendered animal names

Should there really be a table entry for bees on this page? Yes, they are one of the few domesticated insects, but "drone," "worker," and "queen" aren't really references to gender but references to their purposes in the hive (even though those purposes are gender-specific.) Also, "larva" is not just a special name for a young bee, but a word that describes a very well-defined state of development for any insect, like "egg" or "pupa."

--ErWenn 18:49 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Here are some websites that have more animal gender names - maybe someone more technologically adept could add them?? ewok37 04:21, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

http://www.pubquizhelp.34sp.com/animals/gender.html http://www.anapsid.org/beastly.html http://universalfacts.blogspot.com/2006/06/animal-gender-names-of-male-and-female.html

Neutered vs. non-neutered
Perhaps there should be some indication of which words apply to only neutered or only non-neutered animals. For instance, the entry for horses says that a male is called a stallion, but that's only a non-neutered male. A neutered one is a gelding. I'm not sure about cats, but I think tom and queen only apply to non-neutered ones. --Icarus 04:37, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Nobody's ever called a wolf a "brute" or a "fae"
what in the world is a brute and fae?