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AQUATIC CREATURES

a shoal of bass
a bed of clams
a congregation of crocodiles
a float of crocodiles
a pod of dolphins
a swarm of eels
a catch of fish
a draught of fish
a haul of fish
a run of fish
a school of fish
a scale of fish
a shoal of fish
a drift of fishes
an army of frogs
a colony of frogs
a knot of frogs
a glint of goldfish
a shoal of herrings
a smack of jellyfish
a bevy of otters
a family of otters
a raft of otters
a romp of otters
a bed of oysters
a shoal of pilchards
a pod of porpoises
a school of porpoises
a run of salmon
a school of salmon
a shoal of salmon
a bob of seals
a crash of seals
a harem of seals
a herd of seals
a pod of seals
a rookery of seals
a spring of seals
a team of seals
a school of sharks
a shiver of sharks
a knot of toads
a hover of trout
a bale of turtles
a dole of turtles
a Cete of whales
a gam of whales
a herd of whales
a pod of whales
a school of whales

LIVESTOCK

a drove of cattle
a herd of cattle
a team of cattle
a yoke of cattle
a brood of chickens
a flock of chickens
a peep of chickens
a brood of chicks
a chattering of chicks
a clutch of chicks
a rag of colts
a rake of colts
a drove of donkeys (or asses)
a herd of donkeys (or asses)
a pace of donkeys (or asses)
a drove of goats
a herd of goats
a tribe of goats
a trip of goats
a brood of hens
a drift of hogs
a parcel of hogs
a passel of hogs
a harras of horses
a herd of horses
a stable of horses
a team of horses
a troop of horses
a stud of mares
a barren of mules
a harem of mules
a pack of mules
a span of mules
a rake of mules
a drove of oxen
a herd of oxen
a team of oxen
a yoke of oxen
a drove of pigs
a farrow of pigs
a herd of pigs
a litter of pigs
a sounder of pigs
a string of ponies
a down of sheep
a drove of sheep
a flock of sheep
a fold of sheep
a hurtle of sheep
a trip of sheep
a drift of swine
a sounder of swine

MAMMALS

a herd of antelope
a shrewdness of apes
a flange of baboons
a tribe of baboons
a pack of bears
a sleuth of bears
a sloth of bears
a colony of beavers
a lodge of beavers
a herd of boars
a singular of boars
a sounder of boars
a brace of bucks
a clash of bucks
a herd of buffalo
a flock of camels
a clowder of cats
a clutter of cats
a destruction of cats
a dour of cats
a glaring of cats
a kindle of cats/kittens
a litter of cats/kittens
a nuisance of cats
a pounce of cats
a herd of chamois
a cartload of chimpanzees
a herd of chinchillas
a band of coyotes
a bevy of deer
a herd of deer
a leash of deer
a parcel of deer
a kennel of dogs
a pack of dogs
a litter of dogs
a herd of elephants
a memory of elephants
a parade of elephants
a gang of elk
a herd of elk
a mob of emus
a business of ferrets
a cast of ferrets
a lead of foxes
a leash of foxes
a skulk of foxes
a horde of gerbils
a corps of giraffes
a herd of giraffes
a tower of giraffes
a band of gorillas
a herd of gnus
an implausibility of gnus
a brace of greyhounds
a leash of greyhounds
a group of guinea pigs
a horde of hamsters
a down of hares
a drove of hares
a herd of hares
a husk of hares
a leash of hares
a trace of hares
a trip of hares
a warren of hares
an array of hedgehogs
a prickle of hedgehogs
a bloat of hippopotami
a crash of hippopotami
a herd of hippopotami
a cry of hounds
a mute of hounds
a pack of hounds
a choir of hyenas
a clan of hyenas
a herd of kangaroos
a mob of kangaroos
a troop of kangaroos
a kindle of kittens
a leap of leopards
a pride of lions
a sault of lions
a sawt of lions
a sowse of lions
a troop of lions
a herd of llamas
a horde of mice
a mischief of mice
a nest of mice
a company of moles
a labor of moles
a movement of moles
a cartload of monkeys
a tribe of monkeys
a troop of monkeys
a troupe of monkeys
a herd of moose
a passel of opossum (or possum)
a chine of polecats
a coterie of prairie dogs
a litter of pups
a bury of rabbits
a colony of rabbits
a down of rabbits
a drove of rabbits
a husk of rabbits
a leash of rabbits
a nest of rabbits
a trace of rabbits
a trip of rabbits
a warren of rabbits
a wrack of rabbits
a gaze of raccoons
a nursery of raccoons
a colony of rats
a horde of rats
a mischief of rats
a pack of rats
a plague of rats
a swarm of rats
a crash of rhinoceri
a crash of rhinoceroses
a bevy of roes
a bevy of roebucks
a dray of squirrels
a scurry of squirrels
an ambush of tigers
a mob of wallabies
a herd of walruses
a pod of walruses
a gam of weasels
a pack of weasels
a sneak of weasels
a litter of whelps
a herd of wolves
a pack of wolves
a rout of wolves
a route of wolves
a warren of wombats
a herd of yaks
herd of zebras
zeal of zebras
NON-MAMMALS

an army of ants
a colony of ants
a swarm of ants
a culture of bacteria
a flight of bees
a grist of bees
a hive of bees
a swarm of bees
a rabble of butterflies
a swarm of butterflies
an army of caterpillars
a quiver of cobras
a flight of dragons
a wing of dragons
a clutch of eggs
a swarm of flies
a cloud of gnats
a horde of gnats
a swarm of gnats
a nest of hornets
a lounge of lizards
a plague of locusts
a rhumba of rattlesnakes
a bed of snakes
a den of snakes
a nest of snakes
a pit of snakes
a generation of vipers
a nest of vipers
a pit of vipers
PEOPLE

a cry of actors
a tabernacle of bakers
a thought of barons
a bevy of beauties
a fighting of beggars
a blush of boys
a rascal of boys
a passel of brats
a feast of brewers
a goring of butchers
a draught of butlers
a slate of candidates
a dignity of canons
a cluster of churls
a school of clerics
an unease of compromises
a temperance of cooks
a galaxy of cosmologists
an intrigue of council members
an incredibility of cuckolds
a charge of curates
a smear of curriers
a cowardice of curs
a squat of daubers
a doctrine of doctors
a grid of engineers
an exaggeration of fishermen
a scull of friars
a herd of harlots
a melody of harpers
an observance of hermits
a blast of hunters
a multiply of husbands
a sentence of judges
a damning of jurors
a rout of knights
a bevy of ladies
an eloquence of lawyers
a stack of librarians
an example of martyrs
a set of mathematicians
a richness of matrons
a host of men
a faith of merchants
a cloud of meteorologists
a shower of meteorologists
an abominable sight of monks
a superfluity of nuns
a mass of oncologists
a laughter of ostlers
a malapertness of peddlers
a congregation of people
a field of physicists
a poverty of pipers
a cry of players
a converting of preachers
a pontification of prelates
a safeguard of porters
a discretion of priests
a state of princes
a complex of psychologists
a radiance of radiographers
a disworship of scots
a obeisance of servants
a credence of sewers
a host of soldiers
a troop of soldiers
a bleach of souters
a provision of stewards
an untruth of sumners
a disguising of tailors
a showing of tailors
a glossing of taverners
a thrave of threshers
a piddling of tinkers
a seat of ushers
a prudence of vicaries
a gaggle of women
a worship of writers
a fellowship of yeomen
INANIMATE OBJECTS

a quiver of arrows
a deck of cards
a hand of cards
a fleet of cars
a covert of coats
a suite of rooms
an armada of ships
a pair of shoes

FAUNA

a bunch of bananas
a cast of bread
a cluster of grapes
a cluster of nuts

BIRDS

a congregation of birds
a dissimulation of birds
a flight of birds
a flock of birds
a volery of birds
a sedge of bitterns
a siege of bitterns
a chain of bobolinks
a flock of bustards
a conclave of cardinals
a brood of chickens
a flock of chickens
a peep of chickens
a brood of chicks
a chattering of chicks
a clutch of chicks
a chattering of choughs
a clattering of choughs
a cover of coots
a covert of coots
a raft of coots
a flight of cormorants
a herd of cranes
a sedge of cranes
a hover of crows
a murder of crows
a storytelling of crows
a herd of curlews
a trip of dotterel
a cote of doves
a dole of doves
a flight of doves
a piteousness of doves
a pitying of doves
a prettying of doves
a battling of ducks
a brace of ducks
a flush of ducks
a paddling of ducks
a plump of ducks
a raft of ducks
a team of ducks
a fling of dunlin
an aerie of eagles
a convocation of eagles
a cast of falcons
a charm of finches
a trembling of finches
a trimming of finches
a flamboyance of flamingos
a company of gannets
a flock of geese
a gaggle of geese
a nide of geese
a skien of geese
a wedge of geese
a charm of goldfinches
a chattering of goldfinches
a drum of goldfinches
a troubling of goldfinches
a flight of goshawks
a skein of goslings
a brace of grouse
a brood of grouse
a covey of grouse
a pack of grouse
a bazaar of guillemots
a colony of gulls
a flotilla of gulls
a pack of gulls
an aerie of hawks
a cast of hawks
a kettle of hawks
a leash of hawks
a brood of hens
a hedge of herons
a sedge of herons
a siege of herons
a charm of hummingbirds
a chattering of hummingbirds
a drum of hummingbirds
a shimmer of hummingbirds
a troubling of hummingbirds
a band of jays
a party of jays
a scold of jays
a circus of kea
a conspiracy of kea
a concentration of kingfishers
a deceit of lapwings
a desert of lapwings
an ascension of larks
a bevy of larks
an exaltation of larks
an exalting of larks
a tiding of magpies
a tittering of magpies
a flush of mallards
a puddling of mallards
a sword of mallards
a richness of martens (or martins)
a match of nightingales
a watch of nightingales
a pitch of orioles
a pride of ostriches
a parliament of owls
a stare of owls
a company of parrots
a flock of parrots
a covey of partridges
a muster of peacocks
an ostentation of peacocks
a pride of peacocks
a colony of penguins
a rookery of penguins
a waddle of penguins
a bouquet of pheasants
a brood of pheasants
a covey of pheasants
a muster of pheasants
a nye of pheasants
a flight of pigeons
a flock of pigeons
a congregation of plovers
a leash of plovers
a wing of plovers
a run of poultry
a covey of ptarmigans
a bevy of quail
a covey of quail
a conspiracy of ravens
a storytelling of ravens
an unkindness of ravens
a building of rooks
a clamor of rooks
a parish of rooks
a parliament or rooks
a storytelling of rooks
a hill of ruffs
a concourse of sea birds
a wreck of sea birds
a cloud of seafowl
a squabble of seagulls
a dopping of sheldrakes
a doading of sheldrakes
a walk of snipe
a wisp of snipe
a host of sparrows
a quarrel of sparrows
a tribe of sparrows
a murmuration of starlings
a muster of storks
a mustering of storks
a flight of swallows
a bank of swans
a bevy of swans
a drift of swans
a game of swans
a herd of swans
a squadron of swans
a wedge of swans
a whiteness of swans
a flock of swifts
a coil of teals
a knob of teals
a raft of teals
a spring of teals
a mutation of thrushes
a brood of turkeys
a dole of turkeys
a dule of turkeys
a flock of turkeys
a mob of turkeys
a muster of turkeys
a raffle of turkeys
a raft of turkeys
a rafter of turkeys
a pitying of turtledoves
a colony of vultures
a wake of vultures
a plump of waterfowl
a bunch of widgeon
a coil of widgeon
a company of widgeon
a knob of widgeon
a plump of wildfowl
a trip of wildfowl
a covey of woodcocks
a fall of woodcocks
a plump of woodcocks
a descent of woodpeckers
a herd of wrens

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