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Collective Nouns: List

One of the craziest oddities of the English language is that there are so many different collective nouns
that all mean "group" but which are specific to what particular thing there is a group of: a herd of
elephants, a crowd of people, a box of crayons (pencils or sticks of coloured chalk or wax), a pad of
paper, etc. There is great diversity of collective nouns associated with animals, from a sleuth of bears to
a murder of crows. The following is a list of the correct terms to describe groups of various types of
animals.
Collective Name
herd
army
colony
swarm
shrewdness
flange
congress
tribe
culture
cete
colony
sleuth
sloth
pack
colony
lodge
flight
grist
hive
swarm
congregation
dissimulation
flight
flock
volery
sedge
siege
herd
singular
sounder
chain
brace
clash
herd
rabble
swarm
wake
flock

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Animal
antelope
ants
ants
ants
apes
baboons
baboons
baboons
bacteria
badgers
badgers
bears
bears
bears (polar bears)
beavers
beavers
bees
bees
bees
bees
birds
birds
birds
birds
birds
bitterns
bitterns
boar
boar
boar
bobolinks
bucks
bucks
buffalo
butterflies
butterflies
buzzards
camels
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Collective Name
cry
mute
pack
charm
clan
band
party
scold
smack
herd
mob
troop
deceit
ascension
exaltation
leap
leep
lepe
pride
sault
sowse
troop
lounge
herd
plague
tidings
sord
stud
richness
horde
mischief
nest
company
labor
movement
cartload
tribe
troop

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Animal
hounds
hounds
hounds
hummingbirds
hyenas
jays
jays
jays
jellyfish
kangaroos
kangaroos
kangaroos
lapwings
larks
larks
leopards
leopards
leopards
lions
lions
lions
lions
lizards
llamas
locusts
magpies
mallards
mares
martens
mice
mice
mice
moles
moles
moles
monkeys
monkeys
monkeys

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clowder
clutter
glaring
pounce
dout
nuisance
kendle
kindle
litter
destruction
drove
herd
kine
team
yoke
herd
brood
flock
peep
brood
chattering
clutch
cartload
herd
bed
quiver
rag
rake
bury
cover
flight
band
sedge
siege
congregation
float
storytelling
murder
herd
leash
parcel
bevy
kennel
pack
litter
pod
drove
herd
pace
trip

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caterpillars
cats
cats
cats
cats
cats (house cats)
cats (house cats)
cats (kittens)
cats (kittens)
cats (kittens)
cats (wild cats)
cattle
cattle
cattle
cattle
cattle (two)
chamois
chickens
chickens
chickens
chicks
chicks
chicks
chimpanzees
chinchillas
clams
cobras
colts
colts
conies
coots
cormorants
coyotes
cranes
cranes
crocodiles
crocodiles
crows
crows
deer
deer
deer
deer (roe deer)
dogs
dogs
dogs (puppies)
dolphins
donkeys
donkeys
donkeys
dotterel

troup
herd
barren
pack
rake
span
watch
bevy
family
raft
romp
parliament
drove
herd
span
team
yoke
bed
company
covey
muster
ostentation
colony
crche
huddle
parcel
rookery
nest
nide
nye
bouquet
flight
flock
drove
herd
litter
farrow
sounder
shoal
congregation
wing
chine
string
pod
school
passel
coterie
bevy
covey
bury
colony
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monkeys
moose
mules
mules
mules
mules
nightingales
otter
otter
otter
otter
owls
oxen
oxen
oxen
oxen
oxen (two)
oysters
parrots
partridges
peacocks
peacocks
penguins
penguins
penguins
penguins
penguins
pheasants
pheasants (on the ground)
pheasants (on the ground)
pheasants (when flushed)
pigeons
pigeons
pigs
pigs
pigs
pigs (piglets)
pigs (wild pigs)
pilchards
plovers
plovers
polecats
ponies
porpoises
porpoises
possum
prairie dogs
quail
quail
rabbits
rabbits

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cote
dole
dule
flight
piteousness
flight
weyr
wing
brace
flock
flush
paddling
raft
team
aerie
convocation
swarm
herd
memory
parade
gang
herd
mob
business
cast
fesnyng
charm
catch
haul
run
school
shoal
swarm
lead
leash
skulk
army
colony
knot
flock
gaggle
skein
wedge
horde
corps
herd
tower
cloud
horde
swarm

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doves
doves
doves
doves
doves
doves
dragons
dragons
dragons
ducks
ducks
ducks
ducks
ducks
ducks
eagles
eagles
eels
elephants
elephants
elephants
elk
elk
emus
ferrets
ferrets
ferrets
finches
fish
fish
fish
fish
fish
flies
foxes
foxes
foxes
frogs
frogs
frogs
geese
geese
geese (in flight)
geese (flying in a 'V')
gerbils
giraffes
giraffes
giraffes
gnats
gnats
gnats
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drove
husk
leash
trace
trip
warren
nest
wrack
gaze
nursery
colony
horde
mischief
pack
plague
swarm
rhumba
storytelling
unkindness
crash
building
clamor
storytelling
run
school
shoal
bob
colony
crash
harem
herd
pod
rookery
spring
team
school
shiver
down
drove
flock
fold
hurtle
trip
bed
den
nest
pit
walk
wisp
host

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rabbits
rabbits
rabbits
rabbits
rabbits
rabbits
rabbits
rabbits (young)
rabbits (young)
raccoons
raccoons
rats
rats
rats
rats
rats
rats
rattlesnakes
ravens
ravens
rhinocerouses
rooks
rooks
rooks
salmon
salmon
salmon
seals
seals
seals
seals
seals
seals
seals
seals
seals
shark
shark
sheep
sheep
sheep
sheep
sheep
sheep
snakes
snakes
snakes
snakes
snipes
snipes
sparrows

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implausibility
drove
herd
tribe
trip
charm
glint
band
skein
leash
covey
pack
colony
group
horde
drove
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husk
leash
trace
trip
warren
aerie
cast
kettle
array
prickle
brood
hedge
sedge
siege
shoal
crash
herd
bloat
drift
parcel
passel
nest
harras
herd
stable
team
troop

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gnus
gnus
goats
goats
goats
goats
goldfinches
goldfish
gorillas
goslings
greyhounds
grouse
grouse
gulls
guinea pigs
hamsters
hares
hares
hares
hares
hares
hares
hares
hawks
hawks
hawks
hedgehogs
hedgehogs
hens
herons
herons
herons
herrings
hippopotami
hippopotami
hippopotami
hogs
hogs
hogs
hornets
horses
horses
horses
horses
horses

dray
scurry
murmuration
muster
mustering
flight
bevy
herd
wedge
flock
drift
sounder
spring
ambush
streak
knot
hover
flock
brood
bale
generation
nest
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mob
herd
pod
pack
sneak
gam
herd
pod
school
plump
herd
pack
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descent
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Hand-Out prepared by:

Abhranil Das
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squirrels
squirrels
starlings
storks
storks
swallows
swans
swans
swans (flying in a 'V')
swifts
swine
swine
teals
tigers
tigers
toads
trout
turkeys
turkeys (immature)
turtles
vipers
vipers
vultures
wallabees
walruses
walruses
weasels
weasels
whales
whales
whales
whales
wildfowl
wolves
wolves
wolves
wolves
wombats
woodcocks
woodpeckers
yaks
zebras
zebras

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