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Thread #56321   Message #879855
Posted By: masato sakurai
01-Feb-03 - 05:39 AM
Thread Name: BS: ornithology and collective nouns
Subject: RE: BS: ornithology and collective nouns
"A flock of flying geese is called a skein -- like a net or a hank of wound yarn" (from HERE). A group is called "flock, gaggle, skein (only while in flight), wedge (flying in a "V" formation)" (from HERE).

~Masato