Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class III. Words Relating to MatterSection III. Organic Matter
1. Vitality
2. Special Vitality
366. Animal.
ANIMAL, creature, created being; creeping thing, living thing; dumb animal, dumb friend, dumb creature; brute, beast.
mammal, quadruped, bird, reptile, fish, crustacean, shellfish, mollusk, worm, insect, zoöphyte; plankton, nekton, benthos; animalcule [See Littleness].
beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the day; flocks and herds, live stock, domestic animals; wild animals, ferœ naturœ [L.], game.
[DOMESTIC ANIMALS] horse (beast of burden) [See Carrier]; cattle, kine, ox; bull, bullock; cow, milch cow, Alderney, Jersey, calf, heifer, shorthorn, yearling, steer, stot [prov. Eng.]; sheep; lamb, lambkin, ewe lamb, pet lamb; ewe, ram, tup, wether, tag [prov. Eng.], teg [prov. Eng.]; pig, swine, boar, hog, sow; yak, zebu, Indian buffalo.
DOG, hound, canine; pup, puppy; whelp, cur [contemptuous].
house -, watch -, sheep -, shepherd’s -, sporting -, hunting -, fancy -, lap -, toydog; collie; mastiff; bulldog, English bulldog, Boston bull, bull terrier, French bull; police dog, bloodhound, greyhound, staghound, deerhound, foxhound, coach dog, bandog, lurcher, Russian or Siberian wolfhound, boarhound, St. Bernard, husky or Eskimo dog; otter-hound; harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever, Newfoundland; water -dog, – spaniel; pug, poodle; turnspit; terrier; fox -, Airedale -, Yorkshire-, Irish -, Skye -, toy- terrier; Dandie Dinmont; dachshund, badger dog; brindle; Pomeranian, cocker spaniel, King Charles spaniel, toy spaniel, spitz dog; chow or chow-dog, Japanese poodle.
pariah dog, pye-dog or pie-dog [India]; mongrel, mut or mutt [slang].
FEMALE, bitch, slut, brach, brachet, lady [euphemistic].
CAT, feline, puss, pussy, grimalkin, tomcat or tom, gib [rare], Angora, Persian, Maltese, tortoiseshell, mouser; tabby; kitten, kit, catling, kitling [dial.].
[WILD ANIMALS] DEER, buck, doe, fawn, stag, hart, hind, roe, roebuck, caribou, elk, moose, reindeer, sambar, wapiti or American elk, mule deer, black-tailed deer or Virginia deer, fallow deer, red deer.
ANTELOPE, gazelle, nilghau, eland, gnu, hartebeest, springbok or spring-buck, oryx, steinbok, ibex; American antelope or pronghorn, chamois, koodoo or kudu.
armadillo, peba, poyou, tatouay; wild ass’ kiang, dziggetai, onager; bear, polar bear’ grizzly bear, brown bear; beaver; bison, buffalo; musk ox, giraffe, okapi, tapir; wild boar; babiroussa or babirussa; ape, monkey, gorilla, marmoset, chimpanzee, lemur, baboon, orang-utan or orang-outang; kangaroo, opossum; wild horse, zebra; elephant, hathi [Hind.]; fox, reynard, Reynard, vixen [fem.], varmin or varmint [dial.], prairie fox, gray fox, red fox, arctic fox; dingo, coyote; wildcat, lynx, bobcat; skunk; hippopotamus, rhinoceros, lion, tiger (wild beast) [See Evildoer]; squirrel, chipmunk, gopher, prairie dog, ferret, stoat, weasel, mongoose, raccoon or coon, bandicoot, rat, mouse; bat, flying mouse, flying phalanger, flying squirrel; flying fox, flying lemur, colugo.
LIZARD, saurian, iguana; eft, newt, chameleon, gecko, Gila monster, dragon, horned toad, horned lizard.
CROCODILIAN, crocodile, mugger or magar [India], gavial [India], alligator, cayman, American crocodile.
whale, sperm whale, baleen whale; shark, porpoise, walrus, seal, octopus, devilfish; swordfish; pike; salmon (food) [See Food].
[BIRDS] feathered tribes, feathered songster, singing bird, warbler, dicky-bird [colloq.].
canary, vireo, linnet, finch, goldfinch, brown thrasher, siskin, crossbill, aberdevine, chewink, peewee, lapwing [Scot.], titmouse or chickadee, nightingale, lark; magpie, cuckoo, mocking bird, catbird, laughing jackass, starling, myna or mina; bobolink, reedbird, ricebird, cardinal bird, cowbird, crow, rook, jackdaw, raven; pigeon, dove, cushat, ringdove, wood pigeon; swan, cygnet, goose, gander, duck, drake, wild duck, mallard; flamingo, heron, crane, stork, kingfisher, sandpiper, lyre bird, robin, thrush, hermit thrush, veery, mavis, missel thrush, ouzel or ousel, blackbird, red-winged blackbird; kingbird, fly-catcher; woodpecker, flicker; sparrow, song sparrow, chipping sparrow, vesper sparrow; swallow, swift, martin, sand martin, oriole, bluebird, meadow lark; bird of paradise, parrot, parrakeet or parakeet; penguin, pelican; gull, sea gull, albatross, petrel, stormy petrel or Mother Carey’s chicken, fulmar or Mother Carey’s goose; ostrich, emu; owl, bird of night; hawk, vulture, buzzard, turkey buzzard; eagle, bird of freedom, bird of Jove.
GAME, black game, black grouse, ruffed grouse, grouse, blackcock, duck, plover, rail, snipe; pheasant [See Food].
POULTRY, fowl, cock, rooster, chanticleer, dunghill fowl, barndoor fowl, barnyard fowl, hen, Partlet, chicken, chick, chickabiddy; guinea fowl, guinea hen; peafowl, peacock, bird of Minerva, peahen.
[INSECTS] bee, honeybee, queen bee, drone; ant, white ant, termite; wasp, sawfly, locust, grasshopper, cicada, cicala, cricket; dragon fly, June fly, caddis fly; beetle; butterfly, moth; fly, May fly, thrips, aphid, bug; ant lion, hellgramite or hellgamite, earwig; springtail, podura, lepisma; buffalo bug, buffalo carpet beetle (injurious insects) [See Evildoer].
VERMIN, lice, cooties [slang], flies, fleas, cockroaches or roaches, water bugs or Croton bugs, bugs, bedbugs, Norfolk Howards [slang], mosquitoes; rats, mice, weasels.
SNAKE, serpent, viper; asp, adder, coral snake or harlequin snake, krait [India], cobra, cobra de capello, king cobra, rattlesnake or rattler, copper-head, constrictor, boa constrictor, boa, python, Kaa [Kipling], ophidian.
[MYTHOLOGICAL] dipsas (pl. dipsades), basilisk, cockatrice, amphiobæna, Python, Hydra.
salamander; griffin or griffon or gryfon; chimæra; Cerberus.
equine; bovine, vaccine; canine; feline; fishy, piscatory, piscatorial; molluscous, vermicular; gallinaceous, rasorial, solidungulate, soliped; planktonic, nekteric, benthonic.
OPHIDIAN, ophiologic, ophiomorphous, reptilian, anguine, ophic [rare], snakelike, serpentiform [rare], viperine, colubrine.