Animals have always been a parallel world on which humans draw for service, food, entertainment, comfort, experimentation and insight. Animals have been a source of dread, humiliation and disgust as well. Humans have always used animals to shed light on their own conditions, e.g., in fables and parables and other allegories. They have used their names, behaviors and qualities to talk about their own species, and to positively or negatively evaluate and label one another. This article is an exploration into (Egyptian) Arabic zoosemies - animal names used for labeling and insulting and, less frequently, praising - with occasional references to and comparisons with English. Based on the exploration, a mini-dictionary of Egyptian Arabic animal epithets explained, illustrated and translated into English is complied.