Collective Nouns
See also
Ambush: Tigers, Widows
Army: Soldiers, Frogs, Caterpillars
Assembly: People
Bale: Turtles
Band: Jays, Gorillas
Bank: Swans
Barren: Mules
Bask: Crocodiles
Batch, Caste: Bread
Bazaar: Murres
Bellowing: Bullfinches
Bench: Bishops, Magistrates
Bevy: Roe Deer, Quails, Larks, Pheasants, Ladies, Swans, Otters, Birds
Bloat: Hippopotamuses
Board: Directors
Bob: Seals
Bouquet: Pheasants
Brace: (a pair) Ducks
Brood: Chickens, Ducks, Pheasants
Building: Rooks
Bunch: Wigeon
Bundle: Rags
Bury: Rabbits
Business Ferrets
Cartload: Monkeys
Cast: Falcons, Hawks, Ferrets
Cete, Sett, Set: Badgers
Charm: Goldfinches, Hummingbirds
Chattering: Choughs, Goldfinches, Hummingbirds
Chine: Polecats
Clamour: Rooks
Clattering: Choughs
Cloud: Gnats
Clowder: Cats
Clump: Trees
Cluster: Grapes, Nuts, Stars, Cats
Clutch: Eggs
Clutter: Cats
Coil: Teal, Wigeon
Collection: Pictures, Curiosities
College: Cardinals
Colony: Gulls, Herons, Beavers, Rabbits, Frogs, Badgers, Rats, Seals, Penguins
Company: Wigeon, Moles
Congregation: People, Plovers, Birds
Convocation: Eagles
Coven: Witches
Covert: Coots
Covey: Grouse, Quail, Woodcock, Partridges, Ptarmigan
Crash: Rhinoceros, Seals
Crew: Sailors
Crowd: People
Cry: Hounds
Deceit, Desert: Lapwings
Descent: Woodpeckers
Destruction: (of wild) Cats
Den: Snakes
Dignity: Canons
Diligence: Messengers
Dissimulation: Birds
Dole: Doves, Turkeys
Doping: Sheldrake
Dopping: (diving) Ducks
Dout: (of wild) Cats
Down: Hares, Sheep
Drift: Swans, Swine
Drove: Horses, Cattle, Beasts, Kine, Hares, Ass, Donkeys, Sheep
Drum: Party of People, Goldfinches, Hummingbirds
Drunkship: Cobblers
Dule: Doves, Turkeys
Earth: Foxes
Erst: Bees
Exaltation: Larks
Fall: Woodcock
Family: Otters
Farrow: (of piglets)
Federation: Trade Unions
Fell: Hair
Fesnying: Ferrets
Field: Runners
Firm: Partners
Fleet: Ships
Flight: Bees, Birds, Stairs, Doves, Ducks, Woodcock, Pigeons
Flock: Birds, Sheep, Geese, Pheasants, Goats, Pigeons, Turkeys
Flourish: Strumpets
Flush: Mallards, Ducks
Fluther: Jellyfish
Fold: Sheep
Forest: Trees
Gaggle: Geese
Galaxy: Astronomers, Beauties
Gam: Whales
Game: Swans
Gang: Slaves, Prisoners, Thieves, Elk
Gathering: Clans
Glaring: Cats
Glozing: Taverners
Grist: Grain
Haggle: Shopkeepers
Harass: Horses
Harem: Seals
Haul: Fish In A Net
Head: Cattle
Herd: Ass, Boar, Cattle, Curlews, Deer, Donkeys, Elephants, Goats, Horses, Kangaroos,
Pigs, Sheep, Swans, Swine, Seals, Walrus, Whales, Wolves, Zebra
Hive: Bees
Host: Men, Angels, Sparrows
House: Senators
Hover: Crows, Trout
Hurtle: Sheep
Husk: Hares
Incredibility: Cuckolds
Kennel: Dogs, Hounds
Kindle: Kittens, Hares, Rabbits
Knob: Teal, Wigeon
Knot: Toads
Labour: Moles
Lead: Foxes
Leap: Leopards
Leash: (set of 3) Deer, Hares, Hawks, Plovers
Legion: "Foul Fiends"
Lepe: Leopards
Library: Books
Litter: Pigs, Whelps, Kittens, Dogs
Malapertness: Pedlars
Match: Nightingales
Menagerie: Wild Beasts
Mob: Roughs, Wild Cattle, Kangaroos
Movement: Moles
Multiplying: Husbands
Multitude: Men (In Law, More Than Ten)
Murder: Crows
Murmuration: Starlings
Muster: Peacocks, Penguins
Mutation: Thrushes
Mute: Hounds, Hares
Nest: Rabbits, Ants, Pheasants, Vipers, Snakes
Nide: Pheasants, Geese
Nursery: Trees, Shrubs
Nye: Trees, Shrubs, Pheasants
Obeisance: Servants
Obstinacy: Buffalo
Ostentation: Peafowl
Pack: Hounds, Dogs, Playing Cards, Grouse, Mules, Wolves
Pace: Ass, Donkeys
Paddling: Ducks (on water)
Panel: Jurymen
Pandemonium: Devils, Parrots
Parcel: Deer (hinds), Penguins
Parade: Elephants
Parcel: Bachelors
Parliament: Owls, Rooks
Party: Jays
Pencil Rays
Pile: Books, Wood
Pit: Vipers, Snakes
Pitying: Doves
Plump: Birds (of wild fowl), Ducks (in flight), Woodcock
Pod: Whales, Seals, Walrus, Birds
Pontification: Priests
Prettying: Doves
Pride: Lions, Peafowl
Prudence: Vicars
Puddling: Mallards (on water)
Quarrel: Sparrows
Rabble: Men (ill-Bred And ill-Clad)
Raffle: Turkeys
Raft: Coots, Logs, Teal, Turkeys
Rafter: Turkeys
Race/Rag/Rake: Horse (of colts), Mules
Rookery: Rooks, Seals, Penguins
Rope: Onions
Rouleau: Money
Rout: Wolves
Ruck: Coal
Safe: Ducks
Sault: Lions
School: Whales, Porpoises
Scourge: Mosquitoes
Sedge/Sege: Herons, Cranes, Bitterns
Set: China, Articles
Sheaf: Arrows
Shoal: Mackerel, Fish
Shock: Hair, Corn
Shrewdness: Apes
Siege: Cranes, Herons, Bitterns
Singular: Boars
Skein: Ducks, Thread, Geese (in flight)
Skulk: Foxes, Thieves
Sloth: Bears
Smuck, Smack: Jellyfish
Sord: Mallards
Sounder/Sownder: Swine, Boar, Swans, Pigs
Sowse: Lions
Spring: Teal
Span: Mules
Squadron: Swans
Stable: Horses
Stack: Corn, Hay, Wood
Staff: Servants
Stalk: Foresters
Stand: Flamingoes
Stare: Owls
String: Horses
Stud: Mares
Suit: Clothes, Sails
Suite: Rooms
Sute: Mallards (on land)
Swarm: Bees, Locusts, Flies
Tabernacle: Bakers
Take: Fish
Team: Oxen, Horses, Animals, Ducklings, Seals
Tiding: Magpies
Tittering: Magpies
Trace: Hares, Monkeys
Trembling: Finches
Tribe: Goats, Sparrows
Trimming: Finches
Trip: Hares, Sheep, Goats
Troop: Antelopes, Baboons, Monkeys, Horse, Kangaroos, Lions
Troubling: Goldfinches, Hummingbirds
Turmoil: Porpoises
Turn: Turtles
Unemployment: Graduates
Unkindness: Ravens
Volary: Birds
Volley: Birds
Walk: Snails, Snipe
Watch: Nightingales
Wedge: Swans
Whack: Spoils
Whisper: Snipe
Whiteness: Swans
Wilderness: Monkeys
Wing: Plovers
Wisp: Snipe
Yoke: Oxen
Zeal: Zebras