Cob's the name for a male swan, pen for a female. A group of eggs, or baby swans, is ka a clutch. The general term for all baby swans is cygnet. The word comes to English, from the Latin cygnus for swan, by way of the French cygne. The scientific classification of swans is kingdom Animalia; phylum Chordata; class Aves; order Anseriformes; family Anatidae; subfamily Anserinae; genus Cygnus.
Female "pen", male "cob".
The female swan is called a pen and the male swan is called a cob.
A female swan is called a "pen". (A male swan is called a "cob")
A female swan is called a "pen", a male is a "cob".
it iis called a cob for both male and female
A female swan is called a 'pen'; the male is a 'cob' and as you know, the babies are 'cygnets'...
A female swan is called a "pen." The males are called "cobs."
There is no name for a castrated male duck. An intact male duck is called a drake while a female duck is called a duck.
Pen
The opposite gender of a swan is either male (called a cob) or female (called a pen), depending on which gender of swan you are referring to.
A cygnet is a baby swan. A male swan is called a Cob, and a female swan is called a Pen.
A pen is a female Swan. The male is called a Cob.