Questions and Answers of Plants and Animals
How did animals get their names?
Some names of animals have regional significance. For example the word ‘camel’ comes from Arabic ‘jamal’ and ‘giraffe’ from ‘zirafah’ which means long neck.
The names like OX, COW, Bull, and DEER have Anglo-saxon derivations.
The name CAT comes from the latin word ‘gata’… [… More info ..]