Collective Nouns A collective noun is a word for a group of specific items, animals or people.

For example, a group of ships is called a fleet, a group of cows is called a herd, a groupd of lions is called a pride, a group of baseball players is called a team, and a group of ants is called a colony. Some Collective Nouns:
List of Collective Nouns by Collective Noun
armada of ships army of caterpillars, frogs, soldiers bank of circuits battery of tests bed of clams, snakes belt of asteroids bevy of beauties bouquet of flowers brood of hens caravan of camels cete of badgers chain of islands clan of hyenas class of students cloud of gnats clowder of cats clutter of cats clutch of chicks, eggs company of actors colony of ants, bats, beavers, lepers, penguins congregation of plovers, worshippers corps of giraffes coven of witches crowd of onlookers culture of bacteria deck of cards den of snakes, thieves division of soldiers drove of cattle

List of Collective Nouns by Noun

actors - company, troupe airplanes - fleet ants - colony, swarm antelopes - herd apes - troop, shrewdness arrows - quiver asteroids - belt bacteria - culture bats - colony bears - sloth beauties - bevy beavers - colony, lodge bees - hive, swarm bills - wad birds - dissimulation, flock, volery boars - sounder books - library camels - caravan candidates - slate cards -deck caterpillars - army cattle - drove, herd, kine cats - clowder, cluster, ponce chicks - clutch circuits - bank crows - murder dogs - pack eggs - clutch experts - panel fish - school

fleet of airplanes, ships flock of birds, sheep flight of swallows flotilla of ships forest of trees gaggle of geese galaxy of stars herd of antelope, buffalo, cattle, deer, zebra hive of bees host of sparrows knot of toads leap of leopards library of books litter of puppies, kittens lodge of beavers mob of kangaroos murder of crows nest of mice, snakes orchard of trees pack of dogs, hounds, wolves panel of experts parliament of owls pit of snakes platoon of soldiers pod of whales pride of lions, peacocks quiver of arrows range of mountains school of fish shrewdness of apes slate of candidates sloth of bears sounder of boars, pigs squad of players, soldiers stand of flamingoes, trees swarm of ants, bees, fkies team of horses, oxen, players thicket of trees tribe of monkeys, natives trip of goats troop of apes, kangaroos troupe of actors, performers unit of soldiers wad of bills, money wealth of information

flamingoes - stand flowers - bouquet geese - gaggle giraffes - corps gnats - cloud goats - trip hens - brood hounds - cry, pack hyenas - clan information - wealth islands - chain kangaroos - mob, troop kittens - litter lawyers - murder leopards - leap lepers - colony lions - pride monkeys - tribe, troop mountains - range owls - parliament oxen - team, yoke puppies - litter ships - armada, fleet, flotilla snakes - bed, den, nest, pit soldiers - army, brigade, company, division, platoon, squad, unit sparrows - host, flight students - class tests - battery toads - knot trees - forest, grove, orchard, stand, thicket trucks - convoy turkeys - rafter vipers - nest whales - pods witches - coven wolves - pack worshippers - congregation zebras - herd

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Animal Alligator Male bull Female cow Baby hatchling Group of Animals congregatio n, pod (of young)

Alpaca

male

female

cria

herd

Antelope

buck

doe

calf

herd

Ape

male

female

baby

shrewdness

Armadillo Animal Badger

male Male boar

female Female sow

pup Baby kit, cub

Group of Animals cete

Bat

male

female

pup

colony

Bear

boar

sow

cub

sleuth, sloth

Beaver

pup, kitten

colony

Animal

Male

Female queen, worker

Bee

drone

Bird

cock

hen

Group of Animals hive, swarm (in flight), larva bike, drift, grist dissimulatio n (small birds only), hatchling, fleet, flight, chick flock, parcel, pod, volery Baby calf piglet, shoat, farrow Baby gang, herd, obstinacy singular, sounder Group of Animals

Bison, Buffalo

bull

cow

Boar Animal

boar Male

sow Female

Butterfly

male

female

swarm, caterpillar, rabble larva, pupa, (group of chrysalis caterpillars is an army)

Camel

bull

cow

calf

flock

Cat

tomcat

queen

kitten

clutter, clowder, litter (young born to one female), kindle (kittens)

Cattle

bull

cow

Animal

Male

Female

calf, dogie (a drift, drove, motherless herd, mob calf) Group of Baby Animals

Cheetah

male

female

cub

coalition

Chicken

rooster

hen

chick, pullet flock, brood (young (of hens), hen), clutch (of cockrell chicks), (young peep (of rooster) chicks) larva nymph Baby codling, hake, sprag, bed intrusion Group of Animals school

Clam Animal Codfish Cockroach

Male -

Female -

sprat Coyote dog bitch pup, whelp pack, rout

Crane

chick

herd, sedge, siege

Crow

cock

hen

chick

murder, muster Group of Animals

Animal

Male

Female

Baby

Deer

buck, stag

doe

fawn

herd, mob

Dinosaur

bull

cow

herd (of planthatchling, eaters), juvenile pack (of meat-eaters) litter (pups from one mother), pack (wild), kennel herd, pod, school Group of Animals drove, herd

Dog

dog

bitch

pup

Dolphin Animal Donkey

bull Male jack, jackass

cow Female jennet, jenny

pup, calf Baby colt, foal

Dove

cock

hen

squab, chick

dole, flight, piteousness badelynge,

Duck

drake

duck

duckling

brace, bunch, flock, paddling, raft, team Eagle fledgling, aerie, eaglet convocation Baby leptocephal us (larva), elver (juvenile) calf calf chick, hatchling Group of Animals swarm

Animal

Male

Female

Eel

Elephant Elk Emu

bull bull

cow cow

herd, parade herd, gang mob

Falcon

tercel, terzel

falcon

chick

cast

Ferret Animal Fish Finch Fly

hob Male cock reynar d, dog, dog fox, or tod

jill Female hen -

kit Baby fry, fingerling chick maggot

business, fesynes Group of Animals draft, run, school, shoal charm cloud, swarm

Fox

vixen

kit, cub, pup skulk, leash

Animal

Male

Female

Baby tadpole, polliwog, froglet

Group of Animals army, knot

Frog

Gerbil

buck

doe

pup

horde herd, corps, tower, group cloud, horde herd Group of Animals herd, tribe, trip flock, gaggle, skein (only while in flight), wedge (flying in a "V" formation) band

Giraffe Gnat Gnu Animal Goat

bull male bull Male

doe female cow Female

calf larva calf Baby kid, billy

buck, doe, nanny billy

Goose

gander

goose

gosling

Gorilla

male

female

infant

Grasshopper male

female

nymph

swarm Group of Animals covey group

Animal Grouse Guinea pig

Male

Female

Baby

boar

sow

pup

Gull

cock

hen

chick

colony

Hamster Hare Animal

buck buck Male

doe doe Female

pup leveret Baby

horde down, husk, warren Group of Animals aerie, cast, kettle

Hawk

tiercel

hen

eyas

Hedgehog

boar

sow

piglet, pup

array

Heron

cock

hen

chick

sedge, siege

Hippopotam us Animal Hornet

bull Male male

cow Female female

calf Baby larva

herd, bloat Group of Animals nest

Hog

Horse

drove, herd, litter (a shoat, group of boar sow farrow young born to one mother) stable, harras, herd, team foal, colt stallion (working mare, dam (male), filly , stud horses), (female) string or field (race horses)

Hound

dog

bitch

pup

cry, mute, pack

Animal

Male

Female

Human

man

woman

Group of Animals clan (related), crowd, family baby, infant, (closely toddler related), community, gang, mob, tribe, etc. Baby chick cub chick Baby ephyna joey charm clan, cackle band, party Group of Animals smack troop, herd, mob

Hummingbir cock d Hyena Jay Animal Jellyfish Kangaroo male cock Male -

hen female hen Female -

buck, doe, flyer, boome jill, roo r, jack male cock female hen

Koala Lark

joey chick

n/a exaltation leap, prowl (some say it should be a spot of leopards) Group of Animals

Leopard

leopard leopardess

cub

Animal

Male

Female

Baby

Lion

lion

lioness

cub

pride

Llama Locust

female

cria nymph

herd host, swarm colony, infestation, lice tiding, tribe, charm, gulp, flock, murder flush, sord Group of Animals richness labor

Louse (plural male lice)

Magpie

cock

hen

chick

Mallard Animal Marten Mole

drake Male

duck Female

duckling Baby

male

female

pup

Monkey

male

female

infant

troop, cartload

Moose

bull

cow

calf lnymph, wriggler, tumbler

herd

Mosquito

male

female

swarm

Mouse Animal Mule

buck jack Male

doe hinney Female

pup, pinkie, kitten foal Baby

horde, mischief barren, pack, span, Group of Animals

Nightingale

cock

hen

chick

watch

Opossum Ostrich Otter Animal Owl

jack cock male Male -

jill hen female Female -

joey chick whelp, pup Baby owlet, fledgling

flock family, raft, romp Group of Animals parliament

Ox

steer, bull

cow

stot, calf

drove, herd, yoke

Oyster

spat

bed

Panda

boar

sow

cub

Animal

Male

Female

Baby

Group of Animals company, flock

Parrot

cock

hen

chick

Peafowl

peacoc k

peahen

peachick

muster, ostentation

Penguin

male

female

chick

rookery

Pheasant

cock

hen

chick

Animal

Male

Female

Baby piglet, shoat, farrow squab, squeaker puggle calf Baby

Pig

boar

sow

brood (a family), nye (a large group) Group of Animals drove, herd, litter (of pups), sounder flock, kit herd, pod, school Group of Animals coterie, town

Pigeon Platypus Porpoise Animal

cock bull Male

hen cow Female

Prairie dog

boar

sow

pup

Pronghorn

buck

doe

fawn

herd

Quail

cock

hen

chick

bevy, covey, drift

Rabbit

buck

doe

kitten, bunny, kit

Animal Raccoon Rat Raven

Male boar buck -

Female sow doe -

Baby cub pup, pinkie, kitten -

colony, drove, leash, nest, trace, warren Group of Animals nursery, gaze horde, mischief congress, unkindness

Reindeer

bull

cow

calf

herd

Rhinoceros Animal

bull Male

cow Female

calf Baby larva, pluteus (freeswimming stage), juvenile (young urchin) pup

crash Group of Animals

Sand Dollar

male

female

Seal

bull

cow

herd, pod, rookery, harem

Seastar

male

female

Sea Urchin

male

female

larva, pluteus (freeswimming stage), juvenile (young urchin) larva, pluteus (freeswimming stage), juvenile (young urchin)

Serval

male

female

kitten

Shark

bull buck, ram Male

female

pup lamb, lambkin, cosset Baby kit

school, shiver drift, drove, flock,herd, mob, trip Group of Animals surfeit

Sheep Animal Skunk

ewe, dam Female -

Snake

male

female

snipe sparrow Spider

male

female

Snakelet, neonate (a newly-born snake), bed, nest, hatchling (a pit newlyhatched snake) wisp host spiderling -

Squirrel

buck

doe

pup, kit, kitten -

dray

Swallow

Swan

cob

pen

Animal

Male

Female

Termite

male

female

Tiger

tiger

tigress

flight bevy, game, herd, team, cygnet, wedge flapper (flying in a "V" formation) Group of Baby Animals swarm (while larva flying), colony ambush, cub, whelp streak tadpole fingerling knot hoover

Toad Trout

male

female

Turkey

tom

hen

poult

rafter

Animal Turtle

Male male

Female female

Baby hatchling

Group of Animals bale

Wallaby

jack

jill

joey

mob

Walrus

bull

cow

cub, pup

herd, pod

Wasp

queen (reproducin g female), drone worker (nonreproducin g female) Male Female

larva

colony

Animal

Baby

Group of Animals gang gam, grind, herd, pod, school

Weasel

dog, buck, bitch, doe, Jack, Jill hob bull cow

kit

Whale

calf

Wolf

dog

bitch

pup, whelp

pack, rout

Wombat Animal

jack Male

jill Female

joey Baby

mob Group of Animals

Woodpecker male

female

chick

descent

Wren Yak

cock bull

jenny cow

chick calf

flock, herd herd

Yellow Jacket

queen (egg-laying female), drone worker (nonreproducin g female) stallion mare

larva

colony

Zebra

colt, foal

herd, crossing

Animal

Male

Female

Baby

Group of Animals