Language: Kind of collective noun but not really.

[sataris]

I'm going to try explain this as clearly as I can.

What is the word to describe the male and female of a species.

I don't mean the words themselves, but what describes those

e.g. for a duck the male and female are

1. Drake
2. Hen

But what are these examples of ?

The closest I've come to is collective noun but that just doesn't feel right.

I guess the the word that fits into the following sentence is what i'm trying to figure out.

"Hen and Drake are an example of <BLANK>. That are used to describe/name the male/female of a species".

 

[jegsteam]

Gender-specific nouns?


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[Procrastinator35]

Sex, I would have thought. Or gender....Take your pick.

 

[Silent Alarm]

Hmm. Gender pronoun?

 

[kickazz]

Gendernym?

Replace BLANK in your text with "gendernym pair" i think

 

[MWPP]

Gender Nouns