Collective Nouns
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labour | A labour of moles[1] |
leap | A leap of leopards[1] |
leash | A leash of deer[1] |
A leash of foxes[1] | |
A leash of hawks[1] | |
A leash of hounds[1] | |
litter | A litter of any young (animals) born as a group[2] |
lounge | A lounge of lizards[3] |
mob | A mob of people, animals or kangaroos[2] |
murder | A murder of crows[4] |
murmuration | A murmuration of starlings[4] |
muster | A muster of storks[3] |
A muster of peacocks[4] | |
mute | A mute of hounds[3] |
nest | A nest of mice[3] |
A nest of rabbits[3] | |
A nest of vipers[5] | |
A nest of snakes[6] | |
network | A network of computers[dubious ] |
neverthriving | A neverthriving of jugglers[7] |
nide | A nide of geese[citation needed] |
nucleus | A nucleus of physicists[dubious ] |
number | A number of mathematicians[dubious ] |
nye | A nye of pheasants[4] |
obstinacy | An obstinacy of buffalo[3] |
ostentation | An ostentation of peacocks[3] |
pace | A pace of asses[3] |
pack | A pack of hounds[3] |
A pack of rats[8][9] | |
A pack of wolves[3] | |
A pack of grouse[10][11] | |
paddling | A paddling of ducks (on water)[3] |
pandemonium | A pandemonium of parrots[3] |
pantheon | A pantheon of gods[12] |
parade | A parade of elephants[dubious ] |
parcel | A parcel of hogs[13][14][15] |
A parcel of deer[16][17][18] | |
A parcel of penguins[19][20] | |
parliament | A parliament of owls[3][4] |
A parliament of rooks[4] | |
party | A party of jays[3] |
passel | A passel of hogs[21] |
A passel of possum[citation needed] | |
patch | A patch of flowers[dubious ] |
peep | A peep of chickens[3][22] |
peloton | A peloton of cyclists[23][24] |
phalanx | A phalanx of storks[citation needed] |
pit | A pit of snakes[3] |
piteousness | A piteousness of doves[22] |
pitying | A pitying of doves[3] |
plague | A plague of locusts[dubious ] |
plum | A plum of seals[dubious ] |
plump | A plump of waterfowl[dubious ] |
A plump of ducks (flying)[25][26] | |
pod | A pod of whales[27][28] |
A pod of seals[3] | |
A pod of dolphins[29][30][31] | |
A pod of USBs[citation needed] | |
pomp | A pomp of pekingese[dubious ] |
ponder | A ponder of philosophers[dubious ] |
pontifica | A pontifica of prelates[dubious ] |
portfolio | A portfolio of stockbrokers[dubious ] |
pounce | A pounce of cats[3] |
poverty | A poverty of pipers[32][33] |
prettying | A prettying of doves[dubious ] |
prickle | A prickle of hedgehogs[dubious ] |
pride | A pride of peacocks[34] |
A pride of lions[3][22] | |
quarrel | A quarrel of sparrows[citation needed] |
quiver | A quiver of rebuttals[dubious ] |
rabble | A rabble of butterflies |
A rabble of rats | |
raffle | A raffle of turkeys |
raft | A raft of coots |
A raft of auks | |
A raft of ducks[3] | |
A raft of penguins | |
rafter | A rafter of turkeys[3] |
rag | A rag of colts |
rainbow | A rainbow of butterflies |
rake | A rake of colts |
A rake of mules | |
range | A range of mountains |
rascal | A rascal of boys |
riches | A riches of matrons |
richness | A richness of martens |
rookery | A rookery of penguins[3] |
rouleau | A rouleau of coins |
rout | A rout of wolves[3] |
rout | A rout of snails |
A rout of wolves | |
A rout of knights | |
ruck | A ruck of football players |
run | A run of salmon |
A run of poultry | |
sault | A sault of lions |
scale | A scale of fish |
scathe | A scathe of zombies |
school | A school of whales[3] |
A school of fish | |
scold | A scold of jays |
scourge | A scourge of mosquitoes |
screech | A screech of gulls |
scull | A scull of friars |
sedge | A sedge of bitterns |
A sedge of cranes | |
set | A set of mathematicians |
shiver | A shiver of sharks |
shoal | A shoal of fish |
A shoal of herring | |
shower | A shower of bastards |
A shower of meteorologists | |
shrewdness | A shrewdness of apes[3] |
shuffle | A shuffle of bureaucrats |
siege | A siege of bitterns |
A siege of herons[3] | |
singular | A singular of boars[3] |
sitting | A sitting of eggs |
skein | A skein of geese[3] |
skulk | A skulk of foxes[3] |
slither | A slither of snakes |
sloth | A sloth of bears[3] |
smack | A smack of jellyfish |
sneak | A sneak of weasels |
sord | A sord of mallards |
sounder | A sounder of pigs[3] |
A sounder of swine[3] | |
A sounder of boars[3][4] | |
sowse | A sowse of lions |
span | A span of oxen |
spring | A spring of seals |
A spring of teal[4] | |
stable | A stable of horses[3] |
stand | A stand of flamingoes[3] |
A stand of trees | |
stare | A stare of owls |
state | A state of princes |
storytelling | A storytelling of crows |
streak | A streak of tigers[3] |
string | A string of ponies |
stud | A stud of mares |
superfluity | A superfluity of nuns |
swarm | A swarm of ants[3] |
A swarm of bees[3] | |
A swarm of earthquakes | |
A swarm of eels[3] | |
A swarm of flies[3] | |
A swarm of rats | |
taboon | A taboon of horses |
team | A team of horses[3] |
A team of oxen[3] | |
A team of ducks | |
thicket | A thicket of trees |
thought | A thought of barons |
threatening | A threatening of courtiers |
tiding(s) | A tiding(s) of magpies |
trace | A trace of hares |
trembling | A trembling of finches |
tribe | A tribe of monkeys |
A tribe of goats[3] | |
trimming | A trimming of finches |
trip | A trip of sheep |
A trip of dotterel | |
A trip of hares | |
A trip of goats[3] | |
troop | A troop of kangaroos[3] |
troubling | A troubling of goldfishes |
tumult | A tumult of tubas (players) |
turmoil | A turmoil of porpoises |
turn | A turn of turtles |
ubiquity | A ubiquity of sparrows |
ugly | An ugly of walruses |
unkindness | An unkindness of ravens[3][22] |
unbrewing | An unbrewing of carvers[1] |
vagary | A vagary of impediments |
volery | A volery of birds |
waddle | A waddle of penguins |
wake | A wake of buzzards |
walk | A walk of snipe |
watch | A watch of nightingales |
wedge | A wedge of geese (flying) |
A wedge of swans (flying)[3] | |
whiteness | A whiteness of swans |
wing | A wing of aircraft |
wisdom | A wisdom of grandparents |
wisp | A wisp of snipe |
wrack | A wrack of kittens (rabbits) |
yoke | A yoke of oxen[3] |