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