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Name an animal whose name is exactly four letters long

424 recorded answers · appeared in 1 dive · first 2026-10-17 · last updated 2026-10-17

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One in a Krillion

One in a Krillion · +1001 answers
  • Patagonian rodent on deer-like legs that pairs for life.

Deep Cut

Deep Cut · +85341 answers

A · 22

  • An Indonesian cattle breed from the island of Sumatra.

  • A horse breed from Niger.

  • Ethiopian livestock breeds, including both sheep and cattle.

  • An Ethiopian sheep breed.

  • A Moroccan dog bred to guard livestock in the Atlas Mountains.

  • White Fulani cattle from West Africa.

  • A sheep breed from the mountains of Kyrgyzstan.

  • A Finnish landrace chicken preserved by traditional poultry keepers.

  • A cattle breed from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.

  • A Bactrian camel breed from Inner Mongolia.

  • A small wild buffalo native to Indonesia’s island of Sulawesi.

  • A three-banded armadillo that can curl into a ball.

  • A South Kazakh Merino sheep.

  • An Arabi sheep from the Middle East.

  • A wild water buffalo from Asia.

  • An Ethiopian cattle breed named for its home region.

  • An aoudad, a wild sheep from North Africa.

  • Gaolao cattle from India.

  • A traditional Swedish sheep breed.

  • An Indian gamefowl breed.

  • A donkey breed recorded in Niger.

  • A chital, a deer with a spotted coat.

B · 24

  • A cattle breed descended from the wild banteng.

  • A M’Bayar horse from Senegal.

  • A small freshwater fish familiar to aquarium keepers.

  • A small Barbari goat from South Asia.

  • A Southeast Asian catfish commonly sold as fish fillets.

  • A South Asian freshwater carp, Labeo bata.

  • A weaverbird known for elaborate hanging nests.

  • A crested bird of prey in the hawk family.

  • A Brazilian goat breed descended from Indian goats.

  • A Chinese chicken breed raised for meat and eggs.

  • A small Sumbawa pony from Indonesia.

  • A miller’s thumb, a small freshwater fish.

  • A mullet found in rivers along Central America’s Pacific coast.

  • A South African goat breed widely raised for meat.

  • A slender Caribbean reef fish in the grunt family.

  • An Australian sheep breed developed for wool and meat.

  • An Antarctic bald notothen fish.

  • An Amazon river dolphin, often pink as an adult.

  • A yellow boxfish with a rigid, box-shaped body.

  • A freshwater sunfish, such as a bluegill.

  • A dog cross between a Brussels griffon and a pug.

  • An African giraffe catfish.

  • A Hungarian domestic pigeon breed.

  • A small traditional cattle breed from the Balkans.

C · 20

  • A hybrid of a camel and a llama.

  • A spotted mackerel from the western Atlantic.

  • A salmon relative that favors cold water.

  • Small songbirds belonging to several different groups.

  • A small Japanese companion dog with a silky coat.

  • A freshwater fish in the carp family.

  • A local goat breed from northeastern Brazil.

  • A dog with Chihuahua and pug parentage.

  • A species of Pacific salmon.

  • A Slovenian cattle breed with a red-and-white coat.

  • A biting horsefly.

  • A Clun Forest sheep, a British breed.

  • A Pacific salmon with silvery sides.

  • An African mousebird with a long tail.

  • Invasive carp sold as food in the United States.

  • A Corydoras catfish, often kept in freshwater aquariums.

  • A cuckoo relative found only in Madagascar.

  • A baby llama or alpaca.

  • A South American cavy closely related to guinea pigs.

  • A North Atlantic fish related to cod.

D · 17

  • A small freshwater fish.

  • A large chicken breed from northeastern China.

  • A grunt fish found along Africa’s Atlantic coast.

  • A silvery pompano fish found in Australian waters.

  • A dog cross between a dachshund and a pug.

  • A small, social rodent native to Chile.

  • A spiny-tailed desert lizard.

  • A North African jackal.

  • A large, white Argentine dog breed.

  • An orphaned or motherless calf.

  • A weather loach, a long, whiskered freshwater aquarium fish.

  • A dhole, Asia’s social wild dog.

  • A colorful leaf-eating monkey from Southeast Asia.

  • A Moroccan goat breed from the Draa Valley.

  • A fish named for the drumming sounds it makes.

  • A goat breed from China’s Guangxi region.

  • A Syrian brown bear.

E · 4

  • A sea eagle, especially the white-tailed eagle.

  • A common wallaroo, an Australian marsupial related to kangaroos.

  • A young hawk or falcon still in its nest.

  • A jaguarundi with reddish fur.

F · 6

  • A feist, a small hunting dog.

  • A small canary breed.

  • A large Brazilian guardian dog.

  • A small weaverbird from Madagascar and nearby islands.

  • Madagascar’s fossa, a catlike predator.

  • A dog cross between a French bulldog and a pug.

G · 17

  • A huge wild cattle species native to Asia.

  • A sheep–goat hybrid or chimera.

  • A water buffalo population from Syria’s Ghab region.

  • A French domestic pigeon breed.

  • A Gila monster, a venomous desert lizard.

  • A young female pig that has not yet had piglets.

  • A traditional German cattle breed.

  • A red kite, a raptor with a forked tail.

  • An Australian malleefowl that builds a mound for its eggs.

  • A small fish often found resting on the seabed.

  • A large, mostly tree-dwelling bird from tropical America.

  • A horse breed from Azerbaijan.

  • A claimed hybrid between a goose and a duck.

  • A young gannet, known especially from the Hebrides.

  • A harnessed bushbuck, an African antelope.

  • A horned sheep breed from Sweden’s island of Gotland.

  • A gayal, a domesticated relative of the gaur.

H · 15

  • A venomous pit viper from Japan’s Ryukyu Islands.

  • A riding-horse type, especially in British showing.

  • A slender marine fish related to cod.

  • A Finnish landrace chicken named for its home region.

  • Korea’s native Hanwoo cattle.

  • A goat breed from Albania and Kosovo.

  • A cattle breed developed in an attempt to recreate aurochs.

  • A horse breed from the Tibetan Plateau.

  • New Zealand’s stitchbird, a small native forest songbird.

  • A female deer, especially a red deer.

  • A young sheep before its first shearing.

  • A long-tailed marine fish.

  • A Chinese goat breed.

  • A large New Zealand beetle whose larvae live in wood.

  • A dogfish, one of several kinds of small shark.

I · 3

  • A small Philippine songbird.

  • A hummingbird from the Andes, often with a contrasting chest patch.

  • A small Asian songbird, usually dressed in yellow and green.

J · 11

  • A sturdy Kazakh horse type.

  • A young male turkey, before it becomes a tom.

  • A horse breed recorded in India.

  • An old American chicken breed, despite its Indonesian name.

  • A native Korean horse breed; the island also has Jeju dogs.

  • A small songbird native to Madagascar.

  • A snubnose emperor fish.

  • A gerbil relative adapted to dry habitats.

  • A horse breed from Yemen.

  • A female hybrid of a yak and domestic cattle.

  • A large Asian orb-weaving spider with a vividly patterned body.

K · 24

  • A horse breed from southwestern Ethiopia.

  • A nearly flightless forest bird found only in New Caledonia.

  • A forest parrot native to New Zealand.

  • New Zealand’s black stilt, a rare wading bird.

  • A bluespine unicornfish, a tropical reef fish.

  • A Turkish livestock guardian dog named for its home region.

  • An Indonesian chicken breed named for its region in Java.

  • A baby guinea fowl.

  • A pig breed from China’s Guizhou province.

  • A salmon or sea trout after it has spawned.

  • A Kenguri sheep from India.

  • An Indian wild ass from western India’s salt deserts.

  • A meat-goat breed developed in New Zealand.

  • A New Zealand sea urchin with a spiny shell.

  • A small native Japanese horse breed.

  • A deepwater whitefish native to North America’s Great Lakes.

  • A migratory sandpiper; red knots turn rusty during breeding season.

  • A cuckoo known for its loud, repeated calls.

  • An Asian koel, a cuckoo found in Sri Lanka.

  • A mountain camel breed from Pakistan.

  • A Hawaiian tang with a distinctive ring around its eye.

  • A whitesaddle goatfish.

  • A cattle breed from the Lake Chad region.

  • An alewife, a type of river herring.

L · 11

  • A sand lance: a slender fish that buries itself in sand.

  • A rusty jobfish, a deepwater snapper.

  • A Croatian sheep breed from the Lika region.

  • A long-bodied marine fish in the cod family.

  • A sheep breed from Pakistan’s Punjab region.

  • An edible dormouse.

  • A hardy hill sheep from Lancashire and neighboring English uplands.

  • A colorful parrot with a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar.

  • A lumpfish whose pelvic fins form a suction disc.

  • A burbot, a freshwater relative of cod.

  • A small Australian reef fish with yellow and dark stripes.

M · 19

  • Australia’s rufous hare-wallaby, a small nocturnal marsupial.

  • A Hawaiian sergeant fish with five dark vertical bars.

  • Australia’s western barred bandicoot.

  • A native Albanian sheep breed.

  • A small Logone pony from Chad.

  • A tiny companion dog breed.

  • Père David’s deer, once saved from extinction by captive herds.

  • A traditional chicken breed from northeastern India.

  • A local chicken breed from China’s Sichuan province.

  • Brazil’s rock cavy, a rodent that clambers among rocky outcrops.

  • A colorful Nicaragua cichlid kept in aquariums.

  • A New Zealand fish with thick lips.

  • A Laysan albatross.

  • A West African monkey with white patches beside its tail.

  • A silver moony, a tropical aquarium fish.

  • A deepwater relative of cod.

  • A Hungarian herding dog with a wavy or curly coat.

  • A yak breed from China’s Sichuan province.

  • A honeyeater native to Sulawesi’s mountain forests.

N · 9

  • An Indian sheep breed known for carpet wool.

  • A European freshwater fish with a scraping lower lip.

  • A Hawaiian anchovy that forms shimmering schools.

  • A Hawaiian goose found nowhere else in the wild.

  • A South Asian water buffalo breed associated with Pakistan’s Punjab.

  • A chicken breed from the highlands of Yunnan, China.

  • A black noddy, a tropical seabird.

  • A dassie rat from southern Africa.

  • A small Japanese pony breed from Shikoku.

O · 15

  • A small, shaggy companion dog breed developed in Ukraine.

  • A Greenland cod.

  • A koi variety with a single, metallic body color.

  • A Korean chicken breed with black feathers, skin and bones.

  • A brown Hawaiian thrush native to the island of Hawaii.

  • A whitefish best known from Siberia’s Lake Baikal.

  • Native Hawaiian gobies and related stream fishes.

  • A round ocean fish that keeps its body warmer than seawater.

  • An opilio snow crab.

  • A deepwater fish from the oreo family.

  • An ide, often kept as a golden pond fish.

  • A small, algae-eating Otocinclus catfish.

  • A West African sheep breed.

  • A Tibetan sheep breed raised on China’s high plateau.

  • An African linsang, a small spotted carnivore with a long tail.

P · 28

  • A large South American rodent with rows of pale spots.

  • A South American fish related to piranhas, with surprisingly humanlike teeth.

  • A Tibetan yak breed associated with the Phari region.

  • A young salmon with dark vertical markings along its sides.

  • A Paso Fino, a horse with an exceptionally smooth gait.

  • A long-whiskered South American catfish.

  • A New Zealand abalone with a vividly iridescent shell.

  • A sea trout.

  • A sheep breed from South Africa.

  • A small sandpiper.

  • A Brazilian donkey breed often used to produce mules.

  • A honey buzzard, a bird of prey.

  • A Chinese chicken breed known for lacking a tail.

  • An Italian roach, a European freshwater fish.

  • A tropical American bird famous for its piercing calls.

  • A flat-bodied aquatic toad from South America.

  • A small edible clam from Australia or New Zealand.

  • A suckermouth armored catfish often kept in aquariums.

  • A menhaden, an oily schooling fish.

  • A pompano, a silvery marine fish.

  • A ruffe, a spiny freshwater fish.

  • Bottom-dwelling fish, including pouting and eelpouts.

  • A tiny South American deer with short, pointed antlers.

  • Hawaii’s native short-eared owl.

  • A golden-brown African antelope that favors wet grasslands.

  • A Hungarian herding dog whose coat forms long cords.

  • A Hungarian herding dog with curly fur and jaunty ears.

  • A heifer: a young female cow.

R · 15

  • A cat breed from the Indonesian island of Raas.

  • A marsh bird, often glimpsed slipping through dense reeds.

  • A small South Asian carp.

  • A pale desert gazelle with long, slender horns.

  • A German sheep breed with a black head and white fleece.

  • A large South Asian freshwater catfish.

  • A large African antelope with a striking black-and-white face.

  • A South Asian carp widely raised in freshwater ponds.

  • A black crow relative with bare, pale skin around its beak.

  • A rare kiwi found around Okarito, New Zealand.

  • A traditional sheep breed from the Balkans.

  • A European freshwater fish with bright reddish fins.

  • A sandpiper whose breeding males grow elaborate neck feathers.

  • A morepork owl, named for its distinctive call.

  • A deer native to Indonesia.

S · 30

  • A German domestic pigeon breed.

  • A traditional hair sheep from Zimbabwe.

  • A South American monkey with a thick, bushy tail.

  • A transparent, barrel-shaped ocean animal that filters plankton.

  • A schooling marine fish in the jack family.

  • A spotted tropical fish often kept in brackish aquariums.

  • A tiny shrimp-like crustacean familiar to freshwater anglers.

  • A porgy from the western Atlantic.

  • Large mackerel found in South Asian waters.

  • A silvery fish in the herring family.

  • A Tibetan red deer.

  • A native Tibetan yak breed.

  • An Asian deer that often keeps its spots into adulthood.

  • A livestock guardian dog from Calabria in southern Italy.

  • Young herring, often canned and sold like sardines.

  • A cattle breed from Bhutan and nearby Himalayan regions.

  • A seabird known for stealing food from other birds.

  • A long-bodied Scottish terrier breed.

  • A small diving duck; males wear striking black-and-white plumage.

  • A primitive sheep breed from Scotland’s St Kilda islands.

  • A mature female blue crab, in Chesapeake Bay terminology.

  • A small North American rail that hides among marsh plants.

  • A small Atlantic croaker fish with a dark shoulder spot.

  • A young bullock.

  • A tiny African antelope that shelters in dense vegetation.

  • An alpaca type with long, silky locks of fleece.

  • A Ganges river dolphin.

  • A Southeast Asian catfish often sold as mild white fillets.

  • A small southern African waxbill with a red rump.

  • A Synodontis catfish kept in freshwater aquariums.

T · 22

  • A shaggy, goatlike mountain animal with curved horns.

  • A white-fronted tern, a coastal seabird.

  • A Central Asian sighthound traditionally used for hunting.

  • A small duck; its plumage gave the color teal its name.

  • A large South American lizard with powerful jaws.

  • A suckermouth armored catfish found in Trinidad’s fresh waters.

  • A cat breed preserving the traditional, rounder Siamese appearance.

  • A small South American monkey known for strong pair bonds.

  • A small, sharp-nosed pufferfish.

  • A water buffalo breed from India’s Nilgiri Hills.

  • A tiny Caribbean bird with green plumage and a red throat.

  • A sheep breed from China.

  • A Tonkinese cat.

  • A slender school shark.

  • An African antelope with dark patches on its face and legs.

  • An Estonian horse breed developed for farm work.

  • A large Japanese mastiff breed.

  • Australia’s brush-tailed phascogale, a small tree-climbing marsupial.

  • A Russian goose breed traditionally bred for fighting.

  • A cattle breed developed in Zimbabwe.

  • A murre, a diving seabird.

  • A hardy horse breed from southern Siberia.

U · 3

  • A South American cichlid kept in aquariums.

  • Large trevallies found in Hawaiian waters, including giant trevally.

  • A Russian domestic goose breed.

V · 2

  • A dark-feathered parrot from Madagascar and nearby islands.

  • Kiener’s silverside, a freshwater fish from Madagascar.

W · 12

  • A brown-and-orange butterfly often seen basking on walls.

  • A Somali gerbil from the Horn of Africa.

  • An escolar, an oily deepwater fish.

  • Long-spined sea urchins found in Hawaiian waters.

  • A curious, flightless New Zealand rail with a sturdy beak.

  • A goatfish with whiskerlike barbels on its chin.

  • A huge European freshwater catfish with long whiskers.

  • A large cricket relative native to New Zealand.

  • New Zealand’s blue duck, adapted to fast-flowing rivers.

  • A West Indian top shell, a Caribbean sea snail.

  • An Australian python with a narrow head and banded body.

  • An urutu, a South American pit viper.

X · 3

  • A Sabine’s gull, a small Arctic-breeding seabird.

  • An ancient Mexican dog breed, often hairless.

  • A domestic goose breed from China.

Y · 3

  • A Japanese dog landrace from the island of Yakushima.

  • A horse breed from China’s Xinjiang region.

  • A native horse breed from Bhutan.

Z · 5

  • An Ethiopian biting fly.

  • A hybrid of a yak and domestic cattle, especially zebu.

  • A hybrid of a zebra and a pony.

  • A blue bream, a European freshwater fish.

# · 1

  • A scarlet Hawaiian honeycreeper with a long, curved bill.

Rare

Rare · +6044 answers

B · 1

C · 6

D · 1

F · 3

G · 3

H · 1

I · 2

K · 3

L · 3

M · 9

N · 1

O · 1

P · 2

R · 1

S · 2

T · 2

V · 1

W · 1

Z · 1

Schooler

Schooler · +3028 answers

Plankton

Plankton · +1010 answers

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