Subject A alligators antelope

Collective Noun

Notes

Sources

congregation herd army bike

[1] [2][3] [1][4] [4] [1][2][4] [1] [1][4] [3][4][5][6] [1][4] [1][4]

ants

colony nest swarm shrewdness troop herd coffle drove pace or passe colony on land at sea on water a roped line driven in a group

apes

[4] [1][4] [1][2][4] [4] [4] [4] [4]

asses

auks avocets B baboons badgers barbels bats bears beavers bees

flock raft colony troop cete colony shoal cloud colony sleuth or sloth colony family swarm colony

[1][6][7] [1][2][6][7][8] [7] [7] [7] [2][7] [1][2][6][7] [1][7] [1] [7] [7]

erst grist flock dissimulation fleet birds flight parcel pod volary bishops bison bitterns boars (male pigs) bench herd sedge or sege siege herd singular 12 or more blush herd gang bellowing drove flock draught flight rabble wake caravan camels capercaillie capons caribou cats flock train tok mews herd clowder driven in a group See also hogs, pigs, swine in an aviary fanciful

[7] [2][7] [7] [5][7] [7] [7] [7] [7] [7] [8] [7] [2][5][9] [7] [7] [7] [7][8] [5][6] [2][7] [2][7] [7] [7] [7] [5] [7] [7] [1][2]

boars (wild boars) sounder boys buffalo bullfinches bullocks bustards butlers butterflies buzzards C

[1] [1] [1] [10][11] [10] [10] [1][2][10]

cluster or clutter glaring pounce cats (wild cats) caterpillars cattle destruction army herd drove brood chickens choughs cobblers colts cormorants cooks coots coyotes cranes crocodiles crows curlews D herd bunch deer mob parcel rangale dogs dogfish dolphins pack troop pod school clutch peep chattering or clattering drunkenship or drunkship rag rake gulp hastiness covert pack herd sedge or sege bask float murder herd

[1][10] [1][10] [1][2] [6] [1] [1][2] [1][2] [1][6] [6] [1][6] [5][6][8][12][13] [6][8][14] [2][6][8] [6] [1][2] [5][6] [5][6] [10] [5][6] [2][9][10] [1][2][10] [1] [1][2][6][8] [5][6][8]

[15] [15] [15] [16] [15] [15] [15] [17][18] [15]

team dotterel doves trip dole or dule flight piteousness flock badling brace bunch paddling ducks plump raft skein sord or sore string team waddling dunlins E eagles eels elephants elk emus F business ferrets finches fish flamingoes flies busyness fesnyng charm or chirm school shoal stand business corruption over time of 'busyness' convocation bed swarm herd gang mob fling in flight in flight on water in flight on water on water fanciful fanciful

[15] [2][6][15][19] [2][5][6][15] [1][6][15] [6][15] [1] [2] [2] [6][15] [1][2][6][15] [20][21] [1][2][6][15] [15] [15] [15] [2][15] [15] [6]

[1][2] [1] [1] [1][2] [6][8] [1]

[1][2][8] [5] [3] [1][2][6] [1][2] [1][2] [1][2] [1][2]

cloud swarm foresters foxes frogs G flock gaggle geese plump skein team wedge herd giraffes corps tower cloud gnats horde rabble swarm flock goats herd tribe trip or trippe gods goldfinches goosanders gorillas goshawks grasshoppers grouse pantheon charm dopping band whoop flight cloud swarm covey pack See Pantheon on land on land flying close in flight in flight in flight stalk leash skulk army

[1] [1] [6][14] [1][2] [1][2] [1][2]

[2][22] [1][2][22] [22] [1][2][22] [22] [22] [22] [22] [2][22] [1][2][6][22] [1][2][22] [22] [1][22] [22] [22] [22] [22]

[22] [22] [22] [22] [5][22] [2][22] [22] [6][22] [6][22]

guineafowl H

rasp down

[23]

[24] [24] [24] [24]

hares

drove flick husk boil two or more spiralling in flight flying in large numbers cast kettle lease herd array sedge or sege siege observance parcel team band haras or harrase See also boars, pigs, swine in harness

[1][2] [1][2][5][6] [1][2] [5] [24] [24] [1][2][5][8][9][24] [1][2][6][24] [6][14] [1][2][24] [25][26] [1][2][24] [1] [2][24] [1][24] [1][24] [1][2][24] [2][24] [24] [24] [24] [24] [24] [24] [1][2]

hawks

harts hedgehogs herons hermits hogs

hippopotamuses bloat

horses

herd stable string stud pack cry hunt meet mute stable

hounds

hyenas I ibex ibises

cackle herd colony

[27] [27]

iguanas

mess flight horde

[27] [27] [27] [27] [27] [27]

insects

plague rabble swarm

J jackdaws train clattering band jays party scold jellyfish K kangaroos L lapwings larks leopards lions M mackerel shoal charm congregation magpies gulp murder tiding tittering mallard brace flush
[31] [2] [31] [2] [2] [2][5][6][31] [31] [2] [31] [28] [29] [1] [1][2] [1][2] [6] [1][2][6]

fluther smack mob troop deceit or desert bevy exaltation leap or lepe pride sawt

[1] [1][2]

[2][5][6][8][30] [6] [5][6][8] [1][2][6] [1][2][6] [6]

puddling sord suit or sute mares martens mice minnows moles stud richesse or richness nest mischief trip shoal company labor or labour barrel monkeys cartload tribe troop moorhens moose mosquitoes mudhens plump herd scourge fleet barren mules pack rake span N nightingales nuns O owls oxen P parrots company pandemonium parliament drove team yoke watch superfluity

[31] [2][6][31] [6][31] [6][8][31] [2][6][31] [1][31] [32] [31] [31] [31] [1][2][6][31] [1][2] [31] [31] [2][6][31] [31] [1][31] [31] [31] [1][2][6][8][31] [2][31] [31] [1][2][31]

[5][6] [5][6]

[1][2][8] [1] [1][2] [1][2]

[1][2] [1]

partridges peacocks pelicans

covey muster ostentation pride pod bouquet head

[2][6] [2][6][8] [1][2] [1] [1] [1][2] [6] [2] [2] [1][2][6][8]

pheasants

nest nide nye drift drove poverty kit congregation stand wing flying together See also boars, hogs, swine

[1][2] [1][2] [14][33] [6] [5][6] [6] [6]

pigs pipers pigeons plovers Q

bevy quail R raccoons ravens rhinoceroses rooks S bind salmon sandpipers seals draught run fling herd pod gaze unkindness crash building parliament covey drift

[1][2][5][6] [1][2] [6]

[1] [5][6] [1][2][6] [5][6] [6][8]

[34] [34] [34] [34] [34] [34]

rookery flock down drift drove sheep herd hurtle meinie mob parcel trip sheldrake snails dopping escargatoire rout walk bed den snakes knot nest pit snipe walk whisp or wisp host sparrows spiders squirrels meinie tribe cluster or clutter colony dray scurry chattering clattering starlings cloud congregation murmuration when driven in a group when driven in a group

[34] [1][2][34] [34] [34] [2][34] [2][34] [1][34] [34] [1] [34] [34] [34][35] [34] [34] [34] [1] [1] [1] [2] [1] [6][8][34] [6][34] [1][2][5][6][34] [34] [34] [1][34] [34] [1][2] [1][2] [1][12][34] [34] [34] [34] [1][5][6][8][34]

stoats

pack trip flight mustering phalanx when migrating flight gulp bank bevy drift eyrar flight game herd lamentation sownder team wedge whiting flock scream doylt See also boars, hogs, pigs drift trip in flight fanciful on the ground

[34] [34] [34] [1][2][34] [34] [1][2][34] [34] [1][34] [1][2][34] [34] [34] [1] [6][34] [1][34] [34] [34] [34] [1][2][6][34] [34] [34] [36] [34] [8][34] [34]

storks

swallows

swans

swifts

swine T teal tigers toads trout turkeys turtles

spring ambush streak knot nest hover gang rafter bale

[2][5][6] [1] [1][2] [1][2] [1] [1][2] [2] [1][2] [1][2]

dole nest turtle doves U V vipers W walruses herd pod bunch waterfowl knob raft weasels colony pack gam whales herd mob pod wigeons company trip bunch wildfowl knob plump trip wolves woodcocks woodpeckers wrens X Y Z zebras herd pack rout or route fall descent herd when in movement fewer than 30 nest dole or dule pitying

[1] [2] [5] [2]

[2]

[2] [2] [6] [6] [6] [1] [1] [1][2] [2] [1] [1][2] [2][6] [6] [6] [6] [6] [6] [1][2] [1][2] [2][5][6] [1][2][6] [5][6]

[1][37]

cohort zeal

[37]