Norwegian/Vocabulary/Animals

Dyr (animals) Fisker (fishes) abbor: perch gjedde: pike hai: shark lake: burbot laks: salmon makrell: mackerel sei: pollock sild: herring torsk: cod tunfisk: tuna ørret: trout ål: eel Fugler (birds) and: duck kråke: crow due: dove, pigeon erle: wagtail falk: falcon gås: goose hauk: hawk jerpe: hazel grouse lunde: puffin papegøye: parrot pingvin: penguin ravn: raven rype: ptarmigan skjære: magpie stork: stork struts: ostrich svale: swallow trane: crane trost: thrush undulat: parakeet, budgie ørn: eagle Gnagere (rodents) bever: beaver flodsvin: capybara hare: hare lemen: lemming mus: mouse rotte: rat Husdyr (farm animals) esel: donkey geit: goat bukk: male goat killing: kid gris, svin: pig grisunge: piglet purke: female pig råne: male pig hane: rooster hest: horse høne: hen kveg, storfe: cattle kalv: calf ku: cow okse: bull kylling: chicken sau: sheep lam: lamb Insekter (insects) bie: bee flue: fly humle: bumblebee maur: ant mygg: mosquito skolopender: centipede sommerfugl: butterfly tusenbein: millipede øyenstikker: dragonfly Kjæledyr (pets) gullfisk: goldfish hund: dog valp: puppy kanin: rabbit katt: cat marsvin: guinea pig Klovdyr (ungulates) elg: moose flodhest: hippo hjort: red deer moskus: muskox neshorn: rhinoceros rein, reinsdyr: reindeer rådyr: roe deer sjiraff: giraffe villsvin: boar Reptiler (reptiles) firfisle: lizard hoggorm: adder orm, slange: snake Rovdyr (carnivores) bjørn: bear bamse: male bear binne: female bear brunbjørn: brown bear isbjørn: polar bear gaupe: lynx gepard: cheetah grevling: badger jaguar: jaguar jerv: wolverine krokodille: crocodile leopard: leopard løve: lion mår: pine marten rev: fox fjellrev: arctic fox korsrev: cross fox rødrev: red fox tiger: tiger ulv: wolf vaskebjørn: raccoon Sjøpattedyr (marine mammals) delfin: dolphin hval: whale blåhval: blue whale knølhval: humpback whale hvalross: walrus nise: porpoise sel: seal spekkhogger: orca, killer whale tumler: common bottlenose dolphin