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Animals
Collective Nouns
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Antelopes | A Herd |
| Apes | A Shrewdness |
| Asses | A Drove |
| Baboons | A Troop |
| Badgers | A Cete |
| Bats | A Colony |
| Bears | A Sloth or Sleuth |
| Beavers | A Colony or Family |
| Bison | A Herd |
| Birds | A FLOCK, FLIGHT or PARCEL of birds. A POD of birds (small flock) A VOLARY of birds (in an aviary) A BRACE a pair of game birds or waterfowl * |
| Bitterns | A SEDGE of bitterns. |
| Boar | A SOUNDER or SINGULAR of wild boar |
| Budgerigars | A CHATTER of budgerigars. |
| Buffalo | A HERD, TROUP, GANG or OBSTINACY of buffalo |
| Bullocks | A DROVE of bullocks. |
| Camels | A CARAVAN, FLOCK or TRAIN of camels. |
| Caterpillars | An ARMY of caterpillars. |
| Cats | A CLOWDER of cats. |
| Cheetahs | A COALITION of cheetahs |
| Chickens | A BROOD, CLUTCH, FLOCK, RUN or PEEP of chickens |
| Chicks | A CLUTCH OR CHATTERING of chicks. |
| Choughs | A CHATTERING of choughs. |
| Clams | A BED of clams |
| Coati | A BAND of coati (coatimundi) |
| Cobras | A QUIVER of cobras |
| Cockroaches | An INTRUSION of cockroaches. |
| Colts | A RAG of colts. |
| Cormorants | A GULP (SOLITUDE) OR FLIGHT of cormorants. |
| Cows | A HERD of cows. |
| Coyotes | A PACK of coyotes |
| Crabs | A BUSHEL of crabs (for eating) A CAST of crabs (for live examples) |
| Cranes | A HERD, SEIGE or SEDGE* of cranes |
| Crocodiles | A BASK of crocodiles |
| Crows | A MURDER of crows |
| Cubs | A LITTER of cubs |
| Curlew | A HERD of curlew |
| Curs | A COWARDICE of curs. |
| Dolphins | A SCHOOL of dolphins or A POD of dolphins. |
| Eagles | CONVOCATION of eagles |
| Eels | An ARRAY of eels or A SEETHING of eels. |
| Elephant | A HERD or PARADE of elephants |
| Elk | A HERD or GANG of elk |
| Emu | A MOB of emus. |
| Finches | A CHARM of finches |
| Ferrets | A BUSYNESS of ferrets |
| Fish | A SHOAL, DRAFT, NEST, SCHOOL* of fish. A RUN of fish in motion. |
| Flamingoes | A STAND or A FLAMBOYANCE of flamingos. |
| Flies | A CLOUD, HATCH, or SWARM of flies. |
Created by:
mikerag
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