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    This document lists collective nouns used to describe groups of different types of animals. It includes terms like a flock of birds, a herd of cattle, a pride of lions, and a school of fish. The collective nouns are organized by the type of animal and can describe the animals' behavior such as flying, swimming, or grazing.

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    This document lists collective nouns used to describe groups of different types of animals. It includes terms like a flock of birds, a herd of cattle, a pride of lions, and a school of fish. The collective nouns are organized by the type of animal and can describe the animals' behavior such as flying, swimming, or grazing.

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    business/cloud/scraw/swarm of flies

    COLLECTIVE earth/lead/skulk of foxes


    gaggle of geese (on land)

    NOUNS skein/team/wedge of geese (in flight)


    corps/herd/troop/kalaedescope of giraffes
    (ANIMALS) cloud of gnats
    shrewdness of apes flock/herd/trip of goats
    army/column/state/swarm of ants charm/chattering/chirp/drum of goldfinch
    herd/pace of asses troubling of goldfish
    troop of baboons band of gorillas
    cete/colony of badgers cloud of grasshoppers
    sloth of bears brace/leash/pack of greyhounds
    cluster/swarm/drift/hive/erst of bees brood/pack/covey of grouse
    flock/flight/pod of birds down/drove/husk/lie/trip/mute/husk of hares
    chatter of budgerigars cast of hawks
    herd/gang/obstinancy of buffalo array of hedgehogs
    bellowing of bullfinches scattering/sedge/siege of herons
    drove of bullocks army/gleam/shoal of herring
    caravan/flock of camels bloat/pod of hippos
    army of caterpillars drove/string/stud/team of horses
    chowder/clowder/cluster/glaring of cats pack/cry/kennel of hounds
    herd/drove of cattle crowd of ibis
    brood/clutch/peep of chickens flight/swarm of insects
    chattering of choughs brood/fluther/smuck of jellyfish
    rag/rake of colts herd/mob/troop of kangaroos
    covert of coots kindle/litter of kittens
    herd of cranes deceit/desert of lapwings
    bask of crocodiles bevy/exaltation of larks
    clan/hover/murder of crows leap/lepe of leopards
    litter of cubs flock/pride/sawt/souse/troop of lions
    herd of curlew tiding/tittering of magpies
    herd/mob of deer sord/suit of mallard
    cowardice/pack/kennel of dogs stud of mares
    pod/school of dolphins richesse of martens
    trip of dotterel nest of mice
    flight/dole/piteousness/prettying of doves company/labour/movement/mumble of moles
    paddling of ducks (on water) troop of monkeys
    safe of ducks (on land) cartload/pack/span/barren of mules
    fling of dunlins match/puddling/watch of nightingales
    convocation of eagles flock of ostrich
    swarm of eels bevy/family of otters
    herd/parade of elephants parliament/stare of owls
    herd/gang of elk yoke of oxen
    cast of falcons pandemonium of parrots
    busyness/cast/fesynes of ferrets covey of partridges
    charm of finches muster of peacocks
    shoal/run of fish muster/parcel/rookery of penguins
    flurry/regiment/skein of flamingoes
    brook/bevy/head/ostentation/pride/nye of bunch/trip/plump/knob of wildfowl
    pheasants pack/rout of wolves
    kit of pigeons (in flight) covey/fall/flight/plump of woodcock
    farrow of piglets descent of woodpeckers
    litter/herd of pigs herd of wrens
    congregation/flight/stand/wing of plovers zeal of zebras
    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)

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