Subject Collective Noun Notes A alligators congregation antelopes herd army. colony nest swarm. ants. shrewdness troop herd asses pace or passe.

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1 Subject Collective Noun Notes A alligators congregation antelopes army ants colony nest apes shrewdness troop asses pace or passe driven in a group B baboons troop badgers cete bats colony bears sleuth or sloth beavers colony family bees erst grist birds dissimulation pod fanciful bishops bench bitterns sedge or sege boars (wild boars) sounder 12 or more boys blush buffalo bullfinches bellowing bullocks driven in a group butlers draught butterflies flutter buzzards wake C

2 caravan camels train capercaillie tok capons mews caribou clowder cluster or clutter cats glaring pounce cats (wild cats) caterpillars army cattle brood chickens clutch peep choughs chattering or clattering cobblers drunkenship or drunkship colts rag rake cormorants gulp cooks hastiness coots covert coyotes cranes sedge or sege crocodiles bask float crows murder curlews D bunch deer mob parcel rangale dogs dogfish troop pod destruction

3 dolphins school dotterel trip dole or dule doves piteousness badling brace bunch paddling plump ducks raft skein sord or sore string waddling dunlins fling E eagles convocation bed eels elephants elk gang emus mob F business ferrets busyness fesnyng finches charm or chirm school fish shoal flamingoes stand business flies cloud foresters stalk leash foxes skulk fanciful fanciful on water on water on water corruption over time of 'busyness'

4 frogs army G on land gaggle on land geese plump flying close skein wedge giraffes corps tower cloud gnats horde rabble goats tribe trip or trippe gods pantheon See Pantheon goldfinches charm goosanders dopping gorillas band whoop goshawks grasshoppers cloud grouse covey guineafowl rasp H hares down flick husk boil two or more spiralling hawks cast kettle flying in large numbers lease harts

5 hedgehogs array herons sedge or sege siege hermits observance hippopotamuses bloat hogs parcel See also boars, pigs, swine in harness horses band haras or harrase stable string stud hounds cry hunt meet mute stable hyenas cackle I ibex ibises colony iguanas mess insects horde plague rabble J jackdaws train clattering jays band party scold jellyfish fluther smack K kangaroos mob troop

6 L lapwings deceit or desert bevy larks exaltation leopards leap or lepe pride lions sawt M mackerel shoal charm congregation gulp magpies murder tiding tittering brace flush mallards puddling sord suit or sute mares stud martens richesse or richness nest mice mischief trip minnows shoal company moles labor or labour barrel cartload monkeys tribe troop moorhens plump moose mosquitoes scourge mudhens fleet barren mules rake span

7 N nightingales watch nuns superfluity O owls parliament oxen yoke P parrots company pandemonium partridges covey muster peacocks ostentation pride pelicans pod bouquet head pheasants nest nide nye pigs See also boars, hogs, swine pipers poverty pigeons kit flying together plovers congregation stand wing Q quail bevy covey R raccoons gaze ravens unkindness rhinoceroses crash rooks building parliament S bind

8 salmon draught run sandpipers fling seals pod club down sheep hurtle meinie mob parcel trip sheldrake dopping escargatoire snails rout walk bed den snakes knot nest pit walk snipe whisp or wisp host sparrows meinie tribe spiders cluster or clutter colony squirrels dray scurry chattering clattering starlings cloud congregation murmuration stoats when driven in a group when driven in a group

9 trip storks mustering phalanx swallows gulp bank bevy eyrar game swans lamentation sownder wedge whiting swifts scream doylt swine trip T teal spring ambush tigers streak knot toads nest trout hover gang turkeys rafter bale turtles dole nest dole or dule turtle doves pitying U V vipers nest when migrating on the ground fanciful See also boars, hogs, pigs

10 W walruses pod bunch waterfowl knob raft colony weasels gam whales mob pod company wigeons trip bunch knob fewer than 30 wildfowl plump trip wolves rout or route when in movement woodcocks fall woodpeckers descent wrens X Y Z cohort zebras dazzle zeal For other more formats kindly visit Original source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_collective_nouns_in_english