Animal life cycle

Words related to the life cycle of an animal.

• What words refer to an animal giving birth?
  give birth embryo multiply propagate reproduce calve calving drop kid lambing lay spawn spawning grounds whelp
• What words refer to a young animal?
  young puppy cub foal kid kitten lamb litter chick brood fledgling larva roe
• What words refer to the sexual behavior of animals?
  mate harem breed
• What words refer to the life cycle of insects?
  cocoon chrysalis pupa pupal stage maggot grub larva larval caterpillar nymph
• What words refer to animals such as snakes, birds, and insects shedding their skin?
  shed (skin) molt (feathers)
• What words refer to animals growing fur, feathers, or new skin?
  molt shed down fledge

• Egg