Bridging the gap: zoonyms as part of phraseological units and technical terms (correlations in images)
Table 1 - Zoonyms as part of phraseological units
Groups | Zoonymic component |
Animals (domestic and wild)
| Domestic animals: dog (28), cat (26), horse (18), cow (17), bull (15), sheep (12), pig (11), ram (3), donkey (2), rabbit (2) Wild animals: wolf (15), lion (14), rat (12), hare (10), mouse (8), monkey (6), ape (6), bandicoot (6), fox (6), bear (5), tiger (5), elephant (4), bat (3), beaver (2), deer (2), badger (1), coon (1), gazelle (1), hyena (1), jackdaw (1), kangaroo (1), leopard (1), panther (1), possum (1) |
Birds (domestic and wild)
Sea animals and amphibians
Insects and arthropods Reptiles | Domestic birds: cock (7), duck (7), hen (8), pigeon (6), dove (4), chicken (5), goose (5), turkey (4), canary (2) Wild birds: bird (35), crow (6), hawk (5), lark (5), owl (5), peacock (4), eagle (3), cuckoo (1), nightingale (1), ostrich (1) fish (26), crab (1), herring (5), frog (4), oyster (3), lobster (2), eel (1), flounder (1), grampus (1), gudgeon (1), minnow (1) fly (11), flea (6), bee (5), butterfly (4), cricket (3), beetle (2), bug (2), ant (1), bedbug (1), cockroach (1), gnat (1), leech (1), limpet (1), locust (1) snake (9), lizard (2), adder (1), crocodile (1) |