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Animals - Some Collective Nouns

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 An ambush of tigers
 An array of hedgehogs
 An army of ants/caterpillars/frogs
 An ascension of larks
 A badling of ducks
 A bale of turtles
 A ballet of swans
 A band of coyotes/gorillas/jays/men
 A barrel of monkeys
 A barren of mules
 A bask of crocodiles
 A battery of barracudas
 A bazaar of guillemots
 A bed of clams/eels/oysters/snakes
 A bevy of quail/roebucks/swans
 A bloat of hippos
 A bouquet of pheasants
 A brace of ducks/grouse
 A brood of chicks/hens/pheasants
 A building of rooks
 A bury of conies/rabbits
 A business of ferrets/flies
 A caravan of camels
 A cast of falcons/hawks
 A cete of badgers
 A chain of bobolinks
 A charm of falcons/finches/magpies
 A chattering of choughs
 A clamor of rooks
 A cloud of gnats/bats/grasshoppers
 A clowder of cats
 A cluster of bees/grasshoppers
 A clutch of chicks
 A clutter of cats/starlings
 A colony of ants/beavers/gulls/penguins/rabbits
 A company of parrots/widgeons
 A congregation of plover/people
 A congress of baboons
 A conspiracy of ravens
 A convocation of eagles
 A cover of coots
 A covey of grouse/partridges/pheasants/ptarmigans/quail
 A cowardice of curs
 A crash of rhinos
 A crowd of people
 A cry of hounds
 A culture of bacteria
 A deceit of lapwings
 A descent of woodpeckers
 A dissimulation of birds
 A dole of doves
 A down of hares
 A doylt of swine
 A draught of fish
 A dray of squirrels
 A drift of swine
 A dropping of pigeons
 A drove of cattle
 A drumming of grouse
 A dule of doves
 A durante of toucans
 An earth of foxes
 An exaltation of larks
 A fall of woodcocks
 A family of otter
 A fesnyng of ferrets
 A field of racehorses

 A flight of
birds/butterflies/cormorants/doves/goshawks/swallows

 A flink of cows (12+)

 A float of crocodiles

 A flock of geese/lice/sheep

 A fluther of jellyfish

 A gaggle of geese

 A gam of whales

 A gang of buffalo/elk

 A gatling of woodpeckers

 A generation of vipers

 A grist of bees

 A gulp of cormorants/magpies

 A harras of horses

 A herd of
buffaloes/curlews/elephants/horse/kangaroo/pigs/wrens

 A hide of tigers

 A hive of bees

 A horde of gnats

 A host of sparrows

 A hover of trout

 A hum of bees

 A husk of hares/jackrabbits

 An intrigue of kittens

 An intrusion of cockroaches

 A kennel of dogs

 A kettle of hawks

 A kindle of kittens

 A kine of cows

 A knot of snakes/toads

 A labour of moles

 A lamentation of swans

 A leap of hares/leopards

 A leash of foxes/greyhounds

 A litter of cubs/pigs/puppies

 A mask of raccoons

 A mob of kangaroos/emus

 A murder of crows/magpies

 A murmuration of starlings

 A muster of peacocks

 A mustering of storks

 A mutation of thrushes

 A mute of hounds

 An obstinacy of buffalo

 An ostentation of peacocks

 A muster of storks

 A mute of hounds

 A nest of hornets/mice/rabbits/vipers/wasps

 A nye/nide of pheasants

 A pace of asses

 A pack of hounds/rats/wolves

 A paddling of ducks

 A pair of horses

 A pandemonium of parrots

 A parade of elephants

 A parliament of owls/rooks

 A party of jays

 A passel/parcel of hogs

 A peep of chickens

 A piteousness of doves

 A pitying of turtledoves

 A pladge of wasps

 A plague of locusts

 A plump of waterfowl/wildfowl

 A pod of boar/dolphin/seals/walrus/whales

 A pounce of cats

 A prattle of parrots

 A prickle of hedgehogs/porcupines

 A pride of lions

 A quiver of cobras

 A rafter of turkeys

 A rag of colts

 A ramuda of horses

 A rhumba of rattlesnakes

 A richness of martens

 A romp of otters

 A rookery of penguins

 A rout of wolves

 A rumpus of baboons

 A run of poultry

 A rush of pochard

 A school of fish/porposes

 A scold of jays

 A sedge of cranes

 A shiver of sharks

 A shoal of bass/pilchards/shad

 A shrewdness of apes

 A siege of cranes/herons

 A singular of boars

 A skein of geese/pheasants

 A skulk of foxes/larks/quail

 A sleuth/sloth of bears

 A smack/smuth of jellyfish

 A sneak of weasels

 A sord of mallards

 A sounder of wild swine/boars/foxes

 A span of mules

 A spring of teal

 A squabble of seagulls

 A stand of flamingo

 A stench of skunks

 A streak of tigers

 A string of ponies/horses

 A stud of mares

 A swarm of ants/bees/eels

 A team of horses/ducks/oxen

 A swarm of bees

 A thunder of hippos

 A tiding of magpies

 A tittering of magpies

 A tok of capercaillie

 A totter/tower of giraffes

 A tribe of goats/monkeys/dotterel

 A trip of goats

 A troop of baboons/monkeys/kangaroos

 A turn of turtles

 An ubiquity of sparrows

 An unkindness of ravens

 A volary of birds

 A wake of buzzards/vultures

 A walk of snipe

 A warren of rabbits

 A watch of nightingales

 A wedge of geese/swans

 A wing of plovers

 A wisdom of owls

 A wisp of snipe

 A yoke of oxen

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