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Pup is a name for a young animal, such as a puppy. Pup or Pups may also refer to: Places * Pup Cove, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica * Pup Creek, Kentucky * Pup Rock, Graham Land, Antarctica People * Michael Clarke (cricketer), Australian cricketer nicknamed "Pup" * Pup Phillips (1895-1953), American football player and coach Aircraft * Beagle Pup, a 1960s British light aircraft * Dart Pup, a one-off British monoplane first flown in 1936 * Keystone NK or Pup, a US Navy two-seat biplane trainer introduced in 1930 * Preceptor N3 Pup, a family of ultralight homebuilt aircraft * Pup, a variant of the Aviat Husky light utility aircraft * Sopwith Pup, an aircraft used by the British in World War I Art, entertainment, and media * PUP (band), Canadian punk band based out of Toronto * ''Pups'' (film), a 1999 film starring Burt Reynolds Science * Prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein * Puppis, abbreviated "Pup", a constellation * Sirius B, a white dwarf star affectionately known as "t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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In the English language, animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is ''The Book of Saint Albans'', an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners. Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites. Generic terms The terms in this table apply to many or all taxons in a particular biological family, class, or clade. Terms by species or taxon Usage of collective nouns ''Merriam-Webster'' writes that most terms of venery fell out of use in the 16th century, including a "murder" for crows. It goes on to say that some of the terms in ''The Book of Saint Albans'' were "rather fanciful", explaining that the book extended collective nouns to people of specific professions, such as a "poverty" of pipers. It concludes that for lexicographers, many of these don't sati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
