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Collective Nouns: (Animals)

This document lists collective nouns used to describe groups of different types of animals. It includes terms like a flock of birds, a herd of cattle, a pride of lions, and a school of fish. The collective nouns are organized by the type of animal and can describe the animals' behavior such as flying, swimming, or grazing.

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Collective Nouns: (Animals)

This document lists collective nouns used to describe groups of different types of animals. It includes terms like a flock of birds, a herd of cattle, a pride of lions, and a school of fish. The collective nouns are organized by the type of animal and can describe the animals' behavior such as flying, swimming, or grazing.

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business/cloud/scraw/swarm of flies

COLLECTIVE earth/lead/skulk of foxes


gaggle of geese (on land)

NOUNS skein/team/wedge of geese (in flight)


corps/herd/troop/kalaedescope of giraffes
(ANIMALS) cloud of gnats
shrewdness of apes flock/herd/trip of goats
army/column/state/swarm of ants charm/chattering/chirp/drum of goldfinch
herd/pace of asses troubling of goldfish
troop of baboons band of gorillas
cete/colony of badgers cloud of grasshoppers
sloth of bears brace/leash/pack of greyhounds
cluster/swarm/drift/hive/erst of bees brood/pack/covey of grouse
flock/flight/pod of birds down/drove/husk/lie/trip/mute/husk of hares
chatter of budgerigars cast of hawks
herd/gang/obstinancy of buffalo array of hedgehogs
bellowing of bullfinches scattering/sedge/siege of herons
drove of bullocks army/gleam/shoal of herring
caravan/flock of camels bloat/pod of hippos
army of caterpillars drove/string/stud/team of horses
chowder/clowder/cluster/glaring of cats pack/cry/kennel of hounds
herd/drove of cattle crowd of ibis
brood/clutch/peep of chickens flight/swarm of insects
chattering of choughs brood/fluther/smuck of jellyfish
rag/rake of colts herd/mob/troop of kangaroos
covert of coots kindle/litter of kittens
herd of cranes deceit/desert of lapwings
bask of crocodiles bevy/exaltation of larks
clan/hover/murder of crows leap/lepe of leopards
litter of cubs flock/pride/sawt/souse/troop of lions
herd of curlew tiding/tittering of magpies
herd/mob of deer sord/suit of mallard
cowardice/pack/kennel of dogs stud of mares
pod/school of dolphins richesse of martens
trip of dotterel nest of mice
flight/dole/piteousness/prettying of doves company/labour/movement/mumble of moles
paddling of ducks (on water) troop of monkeys
safe of ducks (on land) cartload/pack/span/barren of mules
fling of dunlins match/puddling/watch of nightingales
convocation of eagles flock of ostrich
swarm of eels bevy/family of otters
herd/parade of elephants parliament/stare of owls
herd/gang of elk yoke of oxen
cast of falcons pandemonium of parrots
busyness/cast/fesynes of ferrets covey of partridges
charm of finches muster of peacocks
shoal/run of fish muster/parcel/rookery of penguins
flurry/regiment/skein of flamingoes
brook/bevy/head/ostentation/pride/nye of bunch/trip/plump/knob of wildfowl
pheasants pack/rout of wolves
kit of pigeons (in flight) covey/fall/flight/plump of woodcock
farrow of piglets descent of woodpeckers
litter/herd of pigs herd of wrens
congregation/flight/stand/wing of plovers zeal of zebras
rush/flight of pochards
pod/school/herd/turmoil of porpoises
covey of ptarmigan
litter of pups
bevy/covey/drift of quail
bury/colony/nest/warren of rabbits
nursery of raccoons
string of racehorses
colony of rats
unkindness of ravens
crash of rhinoceros
bevy of roe deer
parliament/building/clamour/rookery of rooks
hill of ruffs
family of sardines
pod/harem/herd/rookery of seals
flock/herd/trip/mob of sheep
dopping of sheldrake
den/pit/nest of snakes
walk/wisp/whisper/wish of snipe
host/surration/quarrel of sparrows
cluster/clutter of spiders
drey of squirrels
chattering/crowd/murmation of starlings
flight of swallows
bank/bevy/game/herd/squadron,
teeme/wedge/whiteness of swans (on land)
drift/herd/sounder of swine
spring of teal
mutation of thrush
ambush of tigers
knab/knot of toads
hover of trout
dule/raffle/rafter of turkeys
bale/turn of turtles
herd/nest/pledge of wasps
bunch/knob of waterfowl
colony/school/herd/pod/gam of whales
company/trip of wigeon
sounder of wild boar
dout/destruction of wild cats
team of wild ducks (in flight)

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