Question

What do you call a female shepherd, female fox and female duke?

Answer 1

Answer:

Duchess refers to a female ruler of a duchy or one who holds the rank of a duke in her own right, It also refers to the wife a duke and hence, option c, Duchess is the correct feminine form of the noun Duke.

Male foxes are known as dogs, tods or reynards, females as vixens, and young as cubs, pups, or kits, though the latter name is not to be confused with a distinct species called kit foxes.