The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #24983   Message #289218
Posted By: MMario
01-Sep-00 - 10:14 AM
Thread Name: Help: Names of Animal Groups
Subject: RE: Help: Names of Animal Groups
url=http://trident.mcs.kent.edu/~mscherge/Other/animals.html

Animal collectives

A Colorful List of Collective Nouns for Animals

1.An army of ants
2.A bale of turtles
3.A band of gorillas
4.A bed of clams, oysters
5.A bevy of quail, swans
6.A brace of ducks
7.A brood of chicks
8.A cast of hawks
9.A cete of badgers
10.A charm of goldfinches
11.A cloud of gnats
12.A clowder of cats
13.A clutch of chicks
14.A clutter of cats
15.A colony of ants
16.A congregation of plovers
17.A covey of quail, partridge
18.A crash of rhinoceri
19.A cry of hounds
20.A down of hares
21.A drift of swine
22.A drove of cattle, sheep
23.An exaltation of larks
24.A flight of birds
25.A flock of sheep, geese
26.A gaggle of geese
27.A gam of whales
28.A gang of elks
29.A grist of bees
30.A herd of elephants
31.A horde of gnats
32.A husk of hares
33.A kindle of kittens
34.A knot of toads
35.A labor of moles
36.A leap of leopards
37.A leash of greyhounds, foxes
38.A litter of pigs
39.A mob of kangaroos
40.A murder of crows
41.A muster of peacocks
42.A mute of hounds
43.A nest of vipers
44.A nide of pheasants
45.A pack of hounds, wolves
46.A paddling of ducks
47.A pair of horses
48.A parliament of owls
49.A peep of chickens
50.A pod of whales, seals
51.A pride of lions
52.A rag of colts
53.A rafter of turkeys
54.A school of fish
55.A siege of cranes, herons
56.A shrewdness of apes
57.A shoal of fish
58.A skein of geese
59.A skulk of foxes
60.A sleuth of bears
61.A smack of jellyfish
62.A sounder of boars, swine
63.A span of mules
64.A spring of teals
65.A swarm of bees
66.A team of ducks
67.A trip of goats
68.A troop of kangaroos, monkeys
69.A volery of birds
70.A watch of nightengales
71.A wing of plovers
72.A yoke of oxen


also http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/kennel/collectives.htm