List of collective nouns by collective term A-

K
COLLECTIVE TERM COLLECTIVE PHRASE STATUS
aarmory An armory of aardvarks Spurious
abomination An abomination of monks (see note) Spurious
agenda An agenda of tasks √
ambush An ambush of widows Spurious
ambush An ambush of tigers √
anthology An anthology of prostitutes (see note) Spurious
anthology An anthology of prose √
archipelago An archipelago of islands √
armada An armada of ships √
army An army of ants √
army An army of caterpillars √
army An army of frogs √
ascension An ascension of larks √
asylum An asylum of programmers Spurious
audit An audit of bookkeepers √
aurora An aurora of polar bears √
babble A babble of barbers Spurious
balance A balance of accountants Uncertain
bale A bale of turtles √
band A band of jays √
band A band of men √
band A band of gorillas √
bank A bank of monitors √
bank A bank of swans √
banner A banner of knights √
barren A barren of mules √
bask A bask of crocodiles √
batch A batch of bread √
bavin A bavin of brush (wood) √
bazaar A bazaar of guillemots √
bed A bed of snakes √
bed A bed of clams √
bed A bed of oysters √
bellowing A bellowing of bullfinches √
belt A belt of asteroids √
bench A bench of show dogs Uncertain
bevy A bevy of roes √
bevy A bevy of beauties √
bevy A bevy of quail √
bevy A bevy of swans √
bevy A bevy of ladies √
bew A bew of partridges Uncertain
bind A bind of salmon √
bite A bite of midges Uncertain
blast A blast of strumpets Spurious
blessing A blessing of unicorns √
bloat A bloat of bureaucrats Spurious
bloat A bloat of hippopotami Uncertain
body A body of pathologists Spurious
bond A bond of secret agents Spurious
book A book of wagers √
bouquet A bouquet of pheasants √
bouquet A bouquet of flowers √
brace A brace of orthodontists Spurious
brigade A brigade of soldiers √
brood A brood of hens √
building A building of rooks √
bunch A bunch of things √
bunch A bunch of grapes √
bury A bury of rabbits √
bury A bury of conies √
business A business of flies √
business A business of ferrets √
cache A cache of jewels √
cast A cast of actors √
cast A cast of falcons √
cast A cast of hawks √
catalogue A catalogue of librarians Spurious
cavalcade A cavalcade of horsemen √
cete A cete of badgers √
chain A chain of islands √
charm A charm of hummingbirds √
charm A charm of finches √
chattering A chattering of choughs √
chine A chine of polecats √
chorus A chorus of angels √
clamour A clamour of rooks √
clan A clan of hyenas √
class A class of students √
clattering A clattering of choughs √
clew A clew of worms Uncertain
closet A closet of homosexuals √
cloud A cloud of grasshoppers √
cloud A cloud of gnats √
cloud A cloud of sea fowl √
clout A clout of gnats Uncertain
clowder A clowder of cats √
cluster A cluster of spiders √
cluster A cluster of cats √
cluster A cluster of grasshoppers √
clutch A clutch of mechanics Spurious
clutch A clutch of eggs √
clutch A clutch of chicks √
clutter A clutter of cats √
clutter A clutter of spiders √
coil A coil of widgeon √
collective A collective of nouns √
colony A colony of ants √
colony A colony of bats √
colony A colony of beavers √
colony A colony of gulls √
colony A colony of penguins √
colony A colony of rats √
colony A colony of lepers √
colony A colony of rabbits √
company A company of actors √
company A company of moles √
company A company of parrots √
company A company of soldiers √
complex A complex of psychoanalysts Spurious
conflagration A conflagration of arsonists √
conglomerate A conglomerate of geologists Spurious
congregation A congregation of worshipers √
congregation A congregation of plovers √
congress A congress of baboons √
conspiracy A conspiracy of ravens √
constellation A constellation of satellites √
converting A converting of preachers √
convocation A convocation of eagles √
convoy A convoy of lorries √
convoy A convoy of trucks √
corps A corps of giraffe √
corps A corps of anatomists Spurious
cortege A cortege of mourners √
court A court of kangaroos (see note) Spurious
coven A coven of witches √
cover A cover of coots √
covey A covey of partridges √
covey A covey of pheasants √
covey A covey of quail √
covey A covey of grouse √
cowardice A cowardice of curs √
crash A crash of rhinoceroses √
crash A crash of hippopotami √
creche A creche of penguins √
crew A crew of sailors √
crowd A crowd of onlookers √
cruft A cruft of hackers Spurious
cry A cry of dogs √
cry A cry of hounds √
culture A culture of bacteria √
deceit A deceit of lapwings √
deck A deck of cards √
den A den of thieves √
den A den of snakes √
descent A descent of woodpeckers √
descent A descent of relatives Spurious
desert A desert of lapwings √
destruction A destruction of cats (feral or wild) √
dilation A dilation of pupils Spurious
disguising A disguising of tailors √
dissimulation A dissimulation of birds √
disworship A disworship of scots √
diving A diving of teal √
division A division of soldiers √
doading A doading of sheldrakes √
doctrine A doctrine of doctors √
dole A dole of doves √
donut A donut of data Spurious
dopping A dopping of ducks (diving) √
down A down of hares √
draught A draught of fish √
dray A dray of squirrels √
drift A drift of swine √
drift A drift of hogs Uncertain
drift A drift of fish √
drove A drove of pigs √
drove A drove of cattle √
drum A drum of goldfinches √
drunken ship A drunken ship of cobblers √
dule A dule of turtles √
dule A dule of doves √
embarrassment A embarrassment of riches √
exaggeration An exaggeration of fishermen Spurious
exaltation An exaltation of larks √
eyrar An eyrar of swans Uncertain
faculty A faculty of academics √
fall A fall of lambs √
farrow A farrow of piglets √
fellowship A fellowship of yeomen √
fesnying A fesnying of ferrets √
field A field of theoretical physicists Spurious
field A field of racehorses √
flange A flange of baboons √
fleet A fleet of mudhen Uncertain
fleet A fleet of ships √
flight A flight of swallows √
flight A flight of goshawks √
flight A flight of doves √
flight A flight of cormorants √
fling A fling of sandpipers √
fling A fling of dunlin √
flink A flink of cows √
flock A flock of sheep √
flock A flock of tourists √
flock A flock of geese √
flock A flock of camels √
flock A flock of seagulls √
flotilla A flotilla of ships √
flush A flush of plumbers Spurious
flush A flush of ducks √
fluther A fluther of jellyfish √
flutter A flutter of cardiologists Spurious
fry A fry of eels Uncertain
gaggle A gaggle of women √
gaggle A gaggle of geese √
galaxy A galaxy of starlets √
galaxy A galaxy of stars √
gam A gam of whales √
gang A gang of elk √
gang A gang of hoodlums √
gaze A gaze of raccoons √
geek A geek of engineers Spurious
giggle A giggle of girls √
glaring A glaring of cats √
glean A glean of herrings √
graft A graft of tree surgeons Spurious
grind A grind of blackfish Uncertain
grist A grist of bees √
grove A grove of trees √
gulp A gulp of swallows Spurious
hangout A hangout of nudists Spurious
harass A harass of horses √
head A head of curlews √
heap A heap of trash √
heard A heard of harlots √
herd A herd of fairies √
herd A herd of cattle √
herd A herd of elephants √
herd A herd of zebra √
herd A herd of cows √
herd A herd of chamois √
herd A herd of walruses √
herd A herd of pigs √
herd A herd of deer √
herd A herd of antelope √
herd A herd of whales √
herd A herd of buffalo √
hill A hill of beans √
hill A hill of ruffs √
hive A hive of bees √
horde A horde of misers Spurious
horde A horde of gnats √
host A host of sparrows √
host A host of angels √
house A house of senators √
hover A hover of trout √
hover A hover of crows √
huddle A huddle of lawyers √
huddle A huddle of penguins √
husk A husk of hares √
illusion An illusion of painters √
indifference An indifference of waiters Spurious
intrusion An intrusion of cockroaches Uncertain
kaleidoscope A kaleidoscope of butterflies Uncertain
kettle A kettle of hawks √
kindle A kindle of kittens (cats) √
kine A kine of cattle √
kit A kit of pigeons Uncertain
knob A knob of waterfowl Uncertain
knot A knot of toads √

List of collective nouns by collective term L-

Z
labour A labour of moles √
lap A lap of cod Uncertain
leap A leap of hares √
leap A leap of leopards √
leash A leash of deer √
leash A leash of foxes √
lek A lek of grouse Uncertain
library A library of books √
lick A lick of lesbians √
litter A litter of piglets √
litter A litter of puppies √
lodge A lodge of beavers √
loft A loft of pigeons √
lot A lot of automobile dealers Spurious
lounge A lounge of lizards Spurious
lute A lute of mallards Uncertain
melody A melody of harpers √
mews A mews of capons √
mine A mine of toddlers Spurious
mischief A mischief of mice √
mission A mission of monkeys √
mite A mite of mites Uncertain
mob A mob of kangaroos √
movement A movement of moles √
multiply A multiply of husbands √
murder A murder of crows √
murmuration A murmuration of starlings √
muster A muster of storks √
muster A muster of peacocks √
mutation A mutation of thrushes √
mute A mute of hounds √
nest A nest of mice √
nest A nest of rabbits √
nest A nest of vipers √
nest A nest of snakes √
network A network of computers √
neverthriving A neverthriving of jugglers √
newton A newton of figs Spurious
nide A nide of geese √
nucleus A nucleus of physicists Spurious
number A number of mathematicians √
nye A nye of pheasants √
obesiance An obesiance of servants √
obstinacy An obstinacy of buffalo √
ostentation An ostentation of peacocks √
pace A pace of asses √
pack A pack of hounds √
pack A pack of rats √
pack A pack of wolves √
pack A pack of grouse √
paddling A paddling of ducks (on water) √
pan A pan of critics Spurious
pandemonium A pandemonium of parrots Uncertain
pandemonium A pandemonium of pandas Spurious
panel A panel of experts √
parade A parade of elephants √
parcel A parcel of hogs √
parcel A parcel of deer √
parcel A parcel of penguins Uncertain
parel A parel of troops √
parliament A parliament of owls √
party A party of jays √
passel A passel of hogs √
passel A passel of possum Uncertain
patch A patch of flowers √
peep A peep of chickens √
phalanx A phalanx of storks Uncertain
pit A pit of snakes √
piteousness A piteousness of doves √
pitying A pitying of turtledoves √
pitying A pitying of doves √
plague A plague of locusts √
platoon A platoon of soldiers √
plum A plum of seals Uncertain
plump A plump of waterfowl √
plump A plump of ducks (flying) √
pod A pod of whales √
pod A pod of seals √
pod A pod of dolphins √
pomp A pomp of pekinese √
ponder A ponder of philosophers √
pontifica A pontifica of prelates √
portfolio A portfolio of stockbrokers Spurious
pounce A pounce of cats √
poverty A poverty of pipers √
prettying A prettying of doves √
prickle A prickle of hedgehogs √
pride A pride of peacocks √
pride A pride of lions √
prudence A prudence of vicaries (vicars) √
purse A purse of winnings √
quarrel A quarrel of sparrows √
quiver A quiver of rebuttals √
quiver A quiver of arrows √
rabble A rabble of butterflies Uncertain
rabble A rabble of rats √
raffle A raffle of turkeys √
raft A raft of coots √
raft A raft of auks Uncertain
raft A raft of ducks √
raft A raft of penguins √
rafter A rafter of turkeys √
rag A rag of colts √
rainbow A rainbow of butterflies √
rake A rake of colts √
Rake A Rake of mules √
range A range of mountains √
rascal A rascal of boys √
riches A riches of matrons √
richness A richness of martens √
ring A ring of keys √
roll A roll of coins √
rookery A rookery of penguins Spurious
rouleau A rouleau of coins √
rout A rout of wolves √
rout A rout of snails √
rout A rout of wolves √
rout A rout of knights √
run A run of salmon √
run A run of poultry √
sault A sault of lions √
scale A scale of fish √
school A school of whales √
school A school of fish √
scold A scold of jays Uncertain
scourge A scourge of mosquitoes √
screech A screech of gulls √
scull A scull of friars √
sedge A sedge of bitterns √
sedge A sedge of cranes √
set A set of mathematicians √
shoal A shoal of fish √
shower A shower of meteorologists Spurious
shrewdness A shrewdness of apes √
shuffle A shuffle of bureaucrats √
siege A siege of bitterns √
siege A siege of herons √
singular A singular of boars √
skein A skein of geese √
skulk A skulk of foxes √
slew A slew of homework √
slither A slither of snakes √
sloth A sloth of bears √
smack A smack of jellyfish √
sneak A sneak of weasels √
sord A sord of mallards √
sounder A sounder of pigs √
sounder A sounder of swine √
sounder A sounder of boars √
sowse A sowse of lions √
span A span of oxen √
spring A spring of seals √
spring A spring of teal √
squad A squad of soldiers √
stable A stable of horses √
staff A staff of employees √
stand A stand of flamingoes √
stand A stand of trees √
stare A stare of owls √
state A state of princes √
storytelling A storytelling of crows √
streak A streak of tigers √
string A string of ponies √
stud A stud of mares √
superfluity A superfluity of nuns √
swarm A swarm of ants √
swarm A swarm of bees √
swarm A swarm of flies √
swarm A swarm of rats √
swarm A swarm of eels √
team A team of horses √
team A team of athletes √
team A team of oxen √
team A team of ducks √
thicket A thicket of trees √
thicket A thicket of idiots Spurious
thought A thought of barons √
threatening A threatening of courtiers √
tiding(s) A tiding(s) of magpies √
tower A tower of giraffes Uncertain
trace A trace of hares √
trembing A trembing of finches √
tribe A tribe of monkeys √
tribe A tribe of goats √
tribe A tribe of natives √
trimming A trimming of finches √
trip A trip of sheep √
trip A trip of dotterel √
trip A trip of hares √
trip A trip of goats √
troop A troop of kangaroos √
troubling A troubling of goldfinches √
troupe A troupe of performers √
tumult A tumult of tubas (players) Spurious
turmoil A turmoil of porpoises Uncertain
turn A turn of turtles √
ubiquity A ubiquity of sparrows √
ugly An ugly of walruses √
unkindness An unkindness of ravens √
vagary A vagary of impediments √
volery A volery of birds √
wad A wad of money √
raft A waddle of penguins √
wake A wake of buzzards √
walk A walk of snipe √
watch A watch of nightingales √
wealth A wealth of information √
wedge A wedge of geese (flying) √
wedge A wedge of swans (flying) √
whiteness A whiteness of swans √
wing A wing of aircraft √
wisdom A wisdom of grandparents √
wisp A wisp of snipe √
woop A woop of gorillas √
wrack A wrack of kittens (rabbits) √
yoke A yoke of oxen √
zeal A zeal of zebra √