Friday, September 20, 2019

Groups of Animals are called ...

shrewdness of apes
army/column/state/swarm of ants
herd/pace of asses
troop of baboons
cete/colony of badgers
sloth of bears
cluster/swarm/drift/hive/erst of bees
flock/flight/pod of birds
chatter of budgerigars
herd/gang/obstinancy of buffalo
bellowing of bullfinches
drove of bullocks
caravan/flock of camels
army of caterpillars
chowder/clowder/cluster/glaring of cats
herd/drove of cattle
brood/clutch/peep of chickens
chattering of choughs
rag/rake of colts
covert of coots
herd of cranes
bask of crocodiles
clan/hover/murder of crows
litter of cubs
herd of curlew
herd/mob of deer
cowardice/pack/kennel of dogs
pod/school of dolphins
trip of dotterel
flight/dole/piteousness/prettying of doves
paddling of ducks (on water)
safe of ducks (on land)
fling of dunlins
convocation of eagles
swarm of eels
herd/parade of elephants
herd/gang of elk
cast of falcons
busyness/cast/fesynes of ferrets
charm of finches
shoal/run of fish
flurry/regiment/skein of flamingoes
business/cloud/scraw/swarm of flies
earth/lead/skulk of foxes
gaggle of geese (on land)
skein/team/wedge of geese (in flight)
corps/herd/troop/kalaedescope of giraffes
cloud of gnats
flock/herd/trip of goats
charm/chattering/chirp/drum of goldfinch
troubling of goldfish
band of gorillas
cloud of grasshoppers
brace/leash/pack of greyhounds
brood/pack/covey of grouse
down/drove/husk/lie/trip/mute/husk of hares
cast of hawks
array of hedgehogs
scattering/sedge/siege of herons
army/gleam/shoal of herring
bloat/pod of hippos
drove/string/stud/team of horses
pack/cry/kennel of hounds
crowd of ibis
flight/swarm of insects
brood/fluther/smuck of jellyfish
herd/mob/troop of kangaroos
kindle/litter of kittens
deceit/desert of lapwings
bevy/exaltation of larks
leap/lepe of leopards
flock/pride/sawt/souse/troop of lions
tiding/tittering of magpies
sord/suit of mallard
stud of mares
richesse of martens
nest of mice
company/labour/movement/mumble of moles
troop of monkeys
cartload/pack/span/barren of mules
match/puddling/watch of nightingales
flock of ostrich
bevy/family of otters
parliament/stare of owls
yoke of oxen
pandemonium of parrots
covey of partridges
muster of peacocks
muster/parcel/rookery of penguins
brook/bevy/head/ostentation/pride/nye of pheasants
kit of pigeons (in flight)
farrow of piglets
litter/herd of pigs
congregation/flight/stand/wing of plovers
rush/flight of pochards
pod/school/herd/turmoil of porpoises
covey of ptarmigan
litter of pups
bevy/covey/drift of quail
bury/colony/nest/warren of rabbits
nursery of raccoons
string of racehorses
colony of rats
unkindness of ravens
crash of rhinoceros
bevy of roe deer
parliament/building/clamour/rookery of rooks
hill of ruffs
family of sardines
pod/harem/herd/rookery of seals
flock/herd/trip/mob of sheep
dopping of sheldrake
den/pit/nest of snakes
walk/wisp/whisper/wish of snipe
host/surration/quarrel of sparrows
cluster/clutter of spiders
drey of squirrels
chattering/crowd/murmation of starlings
flight of swallows
bank/bevy/game/herd/squadron, teeme/wedge/whiteness of swans (on land)
drift/herd/sounder of swine
spring of teal
mutation of thrush
ambush of tigers
knab/knot of toads
hover of trout
dule/raffle/rafter of turkeys
bale/turn of turtles
herd/nest/pledge of wasps
bunch/knob of waterfowl
colony/school/herd/pod/gam of whales
company/trip of wigeon
sounder of wild boar
dout/destruction of wild cats
team of wild ducks (in flight)
bunch/trip/plump/knob of wildfowl
pack/rout of wolves
covey/fall/flight/plump of woodcock
descent of woodpeckers
herd of wrens
zeal of zebras