# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 436
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8704 "2022-03-06T01:05:12Z")
**Names for the female and male of various animals** 1. Horse - Mare, Stallion 2. Seal - Cow, Bull 3. Donkey - Jenny, Jack 4. Blue crabs – sally (immature female) / sook (mature female), jimmy 5. Cat - Queen, Tom 6. Pig - Sow, Boar ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8705 "2022-03-06T01:06:11Z")
**Names for the female and male of various animals** 1. Horse - Mare, Stallion 2. Seal - Cow, Bull 3. Donkey - Jenny, Jack 4. Blue crabs – sally (immature female) / sook (mature female), jimmy 5. Cat - Queen, Tom 6. Pig - Sow, Boar 7. Sheep - Ewe, Ram ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8706 "2022-03-06T03:00:08Z")
[quote=“Skunkdog, post:8705, topic:846938, full:true”] **Names for the female and male of various animals** 1. Horse - Mare, Stallion 2. Seal - Cow, Bull 3. Donkey - Jenny, Jack 4. Blue crabs – sally (immature female) / sook (mature female), jimmy 5. Cat - Queen, Tom 6. Pig - Sow, Boar 7. Sheep - Ewe, Ram 8. Kangaroo - Jill, Jack A female kangaroo is also called a doe or a flyer. A male kangaroo is also called a buck or a boomer. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8707 "2022-03-06T05:08:52Z")
**Names for the female and male of various animals** 1. Horse - Mare, Stallion 2. Seal - Cow, Bull 3. Donkey - Jenny, Jack 4. Blue crabs – sally (immature female) / sook (mature female), jimmy 5. Cat - Queen, Tom 6. Pig - Sow, Boar 7. Sheep - Ewe, Ram 8. Kangaroo - Jill, Jack 9. Swan - Pen, Cob ---
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**Names for the female and male of various animals** 1. Horse - Mare, Stallion 2. Seal - Cow, Bull 3. Donkey - Jenny, Jack 4. Blue crabs – sally (immature female) / sook (mature female), jimmy 5. Cat - Queen, Tom 6. Pig - Sow, Boar 7. Sheep - Ewe, Ram 8. Kangaroo - Jill, Jack 9. Swan - Pen, Cob 10. Peafowl - Peahen, Peacock ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8709 "2022-03-06T11:32:10Z")
**Names for the female and male of various animals** 1. Horse - Mare, Stallion 2. Seal - Cow, Bull 3. Donkey - Jenny, Jack 4. Blue crabs – sally (immature female) / sook (mature female), jimmy 5. Cat - Queen, Tom 6. Pig - Sow, Boar 7. Sheep - Ewe, Ram 8. Kangaroo - Jill, Jack 9. Swan - Pen, Cob 10. Peafowl - Peahen, Peacock 11. Fox - Vixen, Dog ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8710 "2022-03-06T16:00:52Z")
**Names for the female and male of various animals** 1. Horse - Mare, Stallion 2. Seal - Cow, Bull 3. Donkey - Jenny, Jack 4. Blue crabs – sally (immature female) / sook (mature female), jimmy 5. Cat - Queen, Tom 6. Pig - Sow, Boar 7. Sheep - Ewe, Ram 8. Kangaroo - Jill, Jack 9. Swan - Pen, Cob 10. Peafowl - Peahen, Peacock 11. Fox - Vixen, Dog 12. Hedgehog - Sow, Boar ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8711 "2022-03-06T18:46:20Z")
**Names for the female and male of various animals** 1. Horse - Mare, Stallion 2. Seal - Cow, Bull 3. Donkey - Jenny, Jack 4. Blue crabs – sally (immature female) / sook (mature female), jimmy 5. Cat - Queen, Tom 6. Pig - Sow, Boar 7. Sheep - Ewe, Ram 8. Kangaroo - Jill, Jack 9. Swan - Pen, Cob 10. Peafowl - Peahen, Peacock 11. Fox - Vixen, Dog 12. Hedgehog - Sow, Boar 13. Chimpanzee - Empress, Blackback **Musical instruments with reeds:** 1. Oboe ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8712 "2022-03-06T18:59:39Z")
**Musical instruments with reeds:** 1. Oboe 2. Clarinet ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8713 "2022-03-06T19:51:26Z")
**Musical instruments with reeds:** 1. Oboe 2. Clarinet 3. Saxophone ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8714 "2022-03-06T21:21:42Z")
**Musical instruments with reeds:** 1. Oboe 2. Clarinet 3. Saxophone 4. Bassoon ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8715 "2022-03-06T22:46:17Z")
**Musical instruments with reeds:** 1. Oboe 2. Clarinet 3. Saxophone 4. Bassoon 5. Accordion It"s described as using a “free reed” made of metal ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8716 "2022-03-07T01:12:02Z")
**Musical instruments with reeds:** 1. Oboe 2. Clarinet 3. Saxophone 4. Bassoon 5. Accordion 6. Harmonica Ditto the “free reed” business _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8717 "2022-03-07T01:27:32Z")
**Musical instruments with reeds:** 1. Oboe 2. Clarinet 3. Saxophone 4. Bassoon 5. Accordion 6. Harmonica 7. Shehnai ---
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**Musical instruments with reeds:** 1. Oboe 2. Clarinet 3. Saxophone 4. Bassoon 5. Accordion 6. Harmonica 7. Shehnai 8. Xaphoon > **[Xaphoon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xaphoon)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > The xaphoon (/zæˈfuːn/ zaf-OON) is a chromatic keyless single-reed woodwind instrument. It has a closed cylindrical bore and a very slightly flared bell. The xaphoon has a full chromatic range of two octaves, and overblows at the twelfth like the clarinet. > The first xaphoon, made out of bamboo in 1972, was a spontaneous effort by Brian Wittman, a Hawaiian saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist, to create an instrument for a young child who liked t... ---
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**Musical instruments with reeds:** 1. Oboe 2. Clarinet 3. Saxophone 4. Bassoon 5. Accordion 6. Harmonica 7. Shehnai 8. Xaphoon 9. English horn Which is more or less Polish, not to be confused with the French horn, which is more or less German. ---
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**Musical instruments with reeds:** 1. Oboe 2. Clarinet 3. Saxophone 4. Bassoon 5. Accordion 6. Harmonica 7. Shehnai 8. Xaphoon 9. English horn 10. Bagpipes ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8721 "2022-03-07T03:57:25Z")
**Musical instruments with reeds:** 1. Oboe 2. Clarinet 3. Saxophone 4. Bassoon 5. Accordion 6. Harmonica 7. Shehnai 8. Xaphoon 9. English horn 10. Bagpipes 11. Flute ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8722 "2022-03-07T04:22:52Z")
What kind of flute has a reed? ---
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My mistake. I thought all of the woodwind instruments had reeds. **Musical instruments with reeds:** 1. Oboe 2. Clarinet 3. Saxophone 4. Bassoon 5. Accordion 6. Harmonica 7. Shehnai 8. Xaphoon 9. English horn 10. Bagpipes [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=435) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=437)