Collective Nouns
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Animal Collective Nouns
| Animal | Source | Group Name |
|---|---|---|
| Albatross | Rookery | |
| Alligators | Congregation | |
| Apes | Shrewdness, Troop | |
| Antelope | Herd | |
| Ants | Colony, Army, Swarm, Nest | |
| Asses | Pace, Herd, Drove | |
| Auks | Colony, Flock, Raft | |
| Baboons | Troop, Flange | |
| Bacteria | Culture | |
| Badgers | Cete, Colony, Set, Company | |
| Barracudas | Battery | |
| Bats | Colony, Cloud | |
| Bass | Shoal | |
| Bears (General) | Sloth, Sleuth | |
| Bears (Cubs) | Litter | |
| Beavers | Colony, Family | |
| Bees | Grist, Hive, Swarm, Nest | |
| Birds (Chicks) | Brood, Clutch | |
| Birds (Flight) | Flight | |
| Birds (Game) | Volary, Brace, Plump, Knob | |
| Birds (Ground) | Flock, Dissimulation | |
| Birds (Sea) | Wreck | |
| Bison | Herd | |
| Bitterns | Sedge, Seige | |
| Bloodhounds | Sute | |
| Bobolinks | Chain | |
| Buffalo | Herd, Troop, Gang, Obstinancy | |
| Bullfinches | Bellowing | |
| Bullocks | Drove | |
| Butterflies | Flight, Flutter, (Many more) | |
| Buzzards | Wake | |
| Camels | Caravan, Train, Flock | |
| Capons | Mews | |
| Caribou | Herd | |
| Caterpillars | Army | |
| Cats (General) | Clowder, Clutter, Pounce, Dout, Nuisance, Glorying, Glare | |
| Cats (Kittens) | Kindle, Litter, Intrigue | |
| Cats (Wild) | Destruction | |
| Cattle | Drove, Herd, Team | |
| Cheetahs | Coalition | |
| Chickens (General) | Brood, Peep | |
| Chickens (Chicks) | Clutch, Chattering | |
| Chinchilla | Colony | |
| Choughs | Clattering | |
| Clams | Bed | |
| Cobras | Quiver | |
| Cockroaches | Intrusion | |
| Cod | Lap | |
| Coots | Cover, Raft | |
| Cormorants | Gulp | |
| Cows | Kine | |
| Coyotes | Band | |
| Crabs | Cast | |
| Cranes | Sedge, Seige | |
| Crocodiles | Bask, Float | |
| Crows | Murder, Horde, Parcel, Storytelling | |
| Curlews | Herd | |
| Deer (General) | Herd, Leash, Gang | |
| Deer (Buck) | Brace, Clash | |
| Deer (Roe) | Bevy | |
| Dogs (General) | Kennel | |
| Dogs (Curs) | Cowardice | |
| Dogs (Hounds) | Cry, Mute, Pack | |
| Dogs (Puppies) | Litter | |
| Dogs (Wild) | Pack | |
| Dolphins | Pod | |
| Donkeys | Drove, Pace, Herd | |
| Dotterel | Trip | |
| Doves (General) | Dule, Bevy, Cote, Dole, Paddling | |
| Doves (Turtle) | Pitying, Piteousness | |
| Dragons | Flight, Weyr, Wing | |
| Ducks (Flight) | Flock | |
| Ducks (Ground) | Brace, badling | |
| Ducks (Water) | Raft, Team, Paddling | |
| Dunlins | Fling | |
| Eagles | Convocation, Aerie | |
| Eels | Swarm, Bed, Fry | |
| Elephants | Herd, Memory | |
| Elk | Gang, Herd | |
| Emus | Mob | |
| Falcons | Cast | |
| Ferrets | Latin: furittus: “Little Thief” | Business, Cast, Fesnying |
| Finches | Charm | |
| Fish (General) | Draft, Nest, Shoal, School (“school” is possibly a corruption of shoal) | |
| Fish (Caught) | Catch, Drought, Haul | |
| Flamingoes | Stand, Flamboyance | |
| Flies | Business, Swarm, Cloud | |
| Frogs | Army, Colony, Knot | |
| Fox | Leash, Skulk, Earth, Lead, Troop | |
| Geese (General) | Flock | |
| Geese (Flight) | Skein | |
| Geese (Ground) | Gaggle, Herd, Corps | |
| Giraffes | Tower | |
| Gnats | Cloud, Horde, Swarm | |
| Gnus | Implausibility | |
| Goats | Tribe, Trip, Drove, Herd, Flock | |
| Goldfinches | Charm | |
| Goldfish | Glint, Troubling | |
| Gorillas | Band, Troop | |
| Goshawks | Flight | |
| Grasshoppers | Cloud | |
| Greyhounds | Leash | |
| Grouse | Pack, Covey | |
| Guillemots | Bazaar | |
| Gulls | Colony, Screech | |
| Guinea Fowl | Confusion | |
| Hawks (General) | Cast | |
| Hawks (Flight) | Kettle | |
| Hawks (Spiraling) | Boil | |
| Hedgehogs | Array, Prickle | |
| Herons | Sedge, Siege, Hedge | |
| Herring | Army, Shoal | |
| Hippopotamuses | Bloat | |
| Hornets | Nest, Bike | |
| Horses (General) | Team, Harras, Stable, Troop, Stud (a group belonging to one owner) | |
| Horses (Colts) | Rag, Rake | |
| Horses (Ponies) | String | |
| Horses (Wild) | Herd | |
| Hummingbirds | Charm | |
| Hyenas | Cackle, Clan | |
| Impalas | Herd | |
| Insects | Horde, Nest, Swarm, Rabble, Plague | |
| Jays | Party, Scold, Band | |
| Jellyfish | Smack, Brood | |
| Kangaroos | Troop, Mob, Herd | |
| Lapwings | Deceit | |
| Larks | Exaltation, Ascension | |
| Leopards | Leap | |
| Lice | Flock | |
| Lions | Pride, Sault, Troop | |
| Lizards | Lounge | |
| Locusts | Plague | |
| Magpies | Tiding, Gulp, Murder, Charm | |
| Mallards (General) | Brace | |
| Mallards (Flight) | Sord | |
| Martens | Richness | |
| Mice | Mischief | |
| Midges | Bite | |
| Minnows | Shoal, Steam, Swarm | |
| Moles | Labor, Company, Movement | |
| Monkeys | Troop, Barrel, Carload, Cartload, Tribe | |
| Moose | Herd | |
| Mosquitoes | Scourge | |
| Mudhens | Fleet | |
| Mules | Pack, Span, Barren, Rake | |
| Nightingales | Watch | |
| Otters | Romp, Bevy, Family, Raft | |
| Owls | Parliament, Stare | |
| Oxen | Team, Yoke, Drove | |
| Oysters | Bed | |
| Parrots | Company, Pandemonium | |
| Partridge | Covey, Bew | |
| Peacocks | Muster, Ostentation, Pride | |
| Pekingese | Pomp | |
| Pelicans | Pod | |
| Penguins (General) | Colony, Rookery, Huddle | |
| Penguins (Nursery) | Créche | |
| Pheasants (General) | Nest, Nye | |
| Pheasants (Brood) | Nide | |
| Pheasants (Take-Off) | Bouquet | |
| Pigeons | Flight, Flock, Kit | |
| Pigs (General) | Drift, Drove | |
| Pigs (Boars) | Singular, Sounder | |
| Pigs (Hogs) | Team, Passel, Drift, Parcel | |
| Pigs (Piglets) | Litter, Farrow | |
| Pigs (Swine) | Sounder | |
| Pilchards | Shoal | |
| Plovers (General) | Congregation | |
| Plovers (Flight) | Wing | |
| Polecats | Chine | |
| Porcupines | Prickle | |
| Porpoises | Herd, Pod, School, Crowd, Shoal | |
| Prairie Dogs | Coterie | |
| Ptarmigans | Covey | |
| Quail | Bevy, Covey | |
| Rabbits (General) | Colony, Warren, Bury, Trace, Trip | |
| Rabbits (Domestic) | Herd | |
| Rabbits (Hares) | Down, Husk | |
| Rabbits (Jackrabbit) | Husk | |
| Rabbits (Young) | Litter, Nest, Fluffle | |
| Raccoons | Gaze | |
| Rats | Colony, Pack, Plague, Swarm | |
| Rattlesnakes | Rhumba | |
| Ravens | Unkindness, Storytelling | |
| Reindeer | Herd | |
| Rhinoceroses | Crash, Stubbornness | |
| Roebucks | Bevy | |
| Rooks | Building, Clamor, Parliament | |
| Ruffs | Hill | |
| Salamandars | Congress | |
| Salmon | Run | |
| Sandpipers | Fling | |
| Sardines | Family | |
| Scorpions | Bed, Nest | |
| Seabirds | Wreck | |
| Seals | Pod, Bob, Harem, Herd, Rookery | |
| Sharks | Shiver, School, Shoal | |
| Sheep | Drove, Flock, Down, Hurtle, Fold, Pack, Trip | |
| Sheldrakes | Doading | |
| Skylarks | Exultation | |
| Squirrels | Dray, Scurry | |
| Snails | Escargatoire, Rout, Walk | |
| Snakes | Den, Nest, Pit, Bed, Knot | |
| Snipe | Walk, Wisp | |
| Sparrows | Host | |
| Spiders | Cluster, Clutter | |
| Springbok | Herd | |
| Squirrels | Dray, Scurry | |
| Starlings | Murmuration, Chattering | |
| Stingrays | Fever | |
| Stoats | Pack, Trip | |
| Storks | Mustering, Muster | |
| Swallows | Flight, Gulp | |
| Swans (General) | Bevy, Bank, Herd | |
| Swans (Flight) | Wedge, Flight | |
| Swifts | Flock | |
| Teal | Spring | |
| Termites | Colony, Nest, Swarm, Brood | |
| Thrush | Mutation | |
| Tigers | Streak, Ambush | |
| Toads | Knot, Knab, Nest | |
| Trout | Hover | |
| Turkeys | Rafter, Gang, Posse | |
| Turtles | Bale, Nest, Turn, Dole | |
| Turtle Doves | Pitying, Dule | |
| Vipers | Generation, Nest | |
| Vultures | Venue | |
| Vultures (Circling) | Kettle | |
| Walruses | Herd, Pod | |
| Wasps | Nest, Swarm | |
| Waterfowl | Knob, Plump | |
| Weasles | Gang, Colony, Pack | |
| Whales | Pod, Gam, Herd, School, Mod | |
| Widgeons | Company | |
| Wildfowl | Plump | |
| Wolves (General) | Pack | |
| Wolves (Moving) | Route, Rout | |
| Wombats | Wisdom | |
| Woodcocks | Fall | |
| Woodpeckers | Descent | |
| Worms | Bed, Clew, Bunch, Clat | |
| Wrens | Herd | |
| Zebras | Zeal, Crossing, Dazzle, Cohorts, Herd |
