Collective Names for Animals
| 1. |
APE |
shrewdness of apes |
| 2. |
ASS |
herd/pace of asses |
| 3. |
BABOON |
troop of baboons |
| 4. |
BADGER |
cete of badgers |
| 5. |
BEAR |
sloth of bears |
| 6. |
BEE |
swarm/drift/hive/erst of bees |
| 7. |
BIRD |
flock/flight/pod of birds |
| 8. |
BUFFALO |
herd/gang/obstinacy of buffalo |
| 9. |
BULLFINCH |
bellowing of bullfinches |
| 10. |
BULLOCK |
drove of bullocks |
| 11. |
CATERPILLAR |
army of caterpillars |
| 12. |
CAT |
clowder/glaring of cats |
| 13. |
CATTLE |
herd/drove of cattle |
| 14. |
CHICKEN |
brood/clutch/peep of chickens |
| 15. |
CHOUGH |
chattering of chougs |
| 16. |
COLT |
rag/rake of colts |
| 17. |
COOT |
covert of coots |
| 18. |
CRANE |
herd of cranes |
| 19. |
CROCODILE |
bask of crocodiles |
| 20. |
CROW |
murder of crows |
| 21. |
CUB |
litter of cubs |
| 22. |
CURLEW |
herd of curlew |
| 23. |
DEER |
herd/mob of deer |
| 24. |
DOG |
pack/kennel of dogs |
| 25. |
DOLPHIN |
school of dolphins |
| 26. |
DOTTEREL |
trip of dotterel |
| 27. |
DOVE |
flight/dole/piteousness of doves |
| 28. |
DUCK |
paddling of ducks (on water) |
| 29. |
DUCK |
safe of ducks (on land) |
| 30. |
DUNLIN |
fling of dunlins |
| 31. |
ELEPHANT |
herd/parade of elephants |
| 32. |
ELK |
herd/gang of elk |
| 33. |
FERRET |
busyness of ferrets |
| 34. |
FINCH |
charm of finches |
| 35. |
FISH |
shoal/run of fish |
| 36. |
FLY |
swarm/cloud of flies |
| 37. |
FOX |
skulk of foxes |
| 38. |
GOOSE |
gaggle of geese (on land) |
| 39. |
GOOSE |
skein/team/wedge of geese (in flight) |
| 40. |
GIRAFFE |
herd of giraffes |
| 41. |
GNAT |
cloud of gnats |
| 42. |
GOAT |
flock/herd/trip of goats |
| 43. |
GORILLA |
band of gorillas |
| 44. |
GROUSE |
pack/covey of grouse |
| 45. |
HARE |
down/mute/husk of hares |
| 46. |
HAWK |
cast of hawks |
| 47. |
HERON |
siege of herons |
| 48. |
HIPPOPOTAMUS |
bloat of hippopotami |
| 49. |
HORSE |
drove/string/stud/team of horses |
| 50. |
HOUND |
pack/cry/kennel of hounds |
| 51. |
INSECT |
flight/swarm of insects |
| 52. |
JELLYFISH |
fluther/smack of jellyfish |
| 53. |
KANGAROO |
mob/troop of kangaroos |
| 54. |
KITTEN |
kindle/litter of kittens |
| 55. |
LAPWING |
desert of lapwings |
| 56. |
LARK |
bevy/exaltation of larks |
| 57. |
LEOPARDS |
leap/lepe of leopards |
| 58. |
LION |
pride/sawt of lions |
| 59. |
MAGPIE |
tiding of magpies |
| 60. |
MALLARD |
sord/suit of mallard |
| 61. |
MARE |
stud of mares |
| 62. |
MARTEN |
richesse of martens |
| 63. |
MOLE |
labour of moles |
| 64. |
MONKEY |
troop of monkeys |
| 65. |
MULE |
span/barren of mules |
| 66. |
NIGHTINGALE |
watch of nightingales |
| 67. |
OWL |
parliament/stare of owls |
| 68. |
OX |
yoke of oxen |
| 69. |
PARROT |
pandemonium of parrots |
| 70. |
PARTRIDGE |
covey of partridges |
| 71. |
PEACOCK |
master of peacocks |
| 72. |
PENGUIN |
muster/parcel/rookery of penguins |
| 73. |
PHEASANT |
bevy/head of phesants |
| 74. |
PIGEON |
kit of pigeons (in flight) |
| 75. |
PIG |
litter/herd of pigs |
| 76. |
PLOVER |
congregation/stand/wing of plovers |
| 77. |
POCHARD |
rush/flight of pochards |
| 78. |
PORPOISE |
pod/school/herd/turmoil of porpoises |
| 79. |
PTARMIGAN |
covey of ptarmigan |
| 80. |
PUP |
litter of pups |
| 81. |
QUAIL |
bevy of quails |
| 82. |
RABBIT |
bury of rabbits |
| 83. |
RACEHORSE |
string of racehorses |
| 84. |
RAVEN |
unkindness of ravens |
| 85. |
RHINOCEROS |
crash of rhinoceros |
| 86. |
ROE DEER |
bevy of roe deer |
| 87. |
ROOK |
parliament/building/rookery of rooks |
| 88. |
RUFF |
hill of ruffs |
| 89. |
SEAL |
pod/herd/rookery of seals |
| 90. |
SHEEP |
flock/herd/trip/mob of sheep |
| 91. |
SHELDRAKE |
dropping of sheldrake |
| 92. |
SNIPE |
wisp/walk of snipe |
| 93. |
SPARROW |
host of sparrows |
| 94. |
STARLING |
murmuration of starlings |
| 95. |
SWALLOW |
flight of swallows |
| 96. |
SWAN |
game/herd of swans (on land) |
| 97. |
SWAN |
wedge of swans (in flight) |
| 98. |
SWINE |
drift/herd/sounder of swines |
| 99. |
TEAL |
spring of teal |
| 100. |
TOAD |
knot of toads |
| 101. |
TROUT |
hover of trouts |
| 102. |
TURKEY |
rafter of turkeys |
| 103. |
TURTLE |
bale/turn of turtles |
| 104. |
WATERFOWL |
bunch/knob of waterfowl |
| 105. |
WHALE |
school/berd/pod/gam of whales |
| 106. |
WIGEON |
company/trip of wigeon |
| 107. |
WILD BOAR |
sounder of wild boar |
| 108. |
WILD CAT |
dout/destruction of wild cats |
| 109. |
WILD DUCK |
team of wild ducks (in flight) |
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