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| Noun | Collective Noun (most usual first) |
|---|---|
| Birds | Volery |
| Bitterns | Sedge, Siege |
| Budgerigars | Chatter |
| Bustards | Flock |
| Capercaillies | Tok |
| Chickens | Brood, Peep |
| Choughs | Chattering, Clattering |
| Coots | Cover, Raft |
| Cormorants | Flight |
| Cranes | Sedge, Siege |
| Crows | Murder, Hover |
| Curlews | Head |
| Doves | Flight, Dole, Dule, Pitying, Prettying |
| Ducks | Flush, Team (diving) dopping (in flight) team, plump (on water) Paddling (brood) Flush (pair) Brace |
| Dunlin | Fling |
| Eagles | Convocation,Jubilee |
| Falcons | Cast |
| Finches | Charm, Trimming, Trembling |
| Geese | (at rest) Gaggle, Flock, Nide (in flight) Skein |
| Goldfinches | Glister, Charm, Chattering, Drum, Troubling |
| Goshawks | Flight |
| Grouse | Covey (single family) Brood (large group) Pack |
| Guillemots | Bazaar |
| Gulls | Colony, Pack |
| Hawks | Cast, Leash, Kettle |
| Hens | Brood |
| Herons | Sedge, Siege |
| Hummingbirds | Shimmer, Charm |
| Jays | Band, Party |
| Lapwings | Desert, Deceit |
| Larks | Exaltation, Bevy, Ascension |
| Magpies | Tittering, Tiding |
| Mallards | Sord (on land) Flush, Sute (on water) Puddling |
| Merlins | Leash |
| Nightingales | Watch, Match |
| Owls | Parliament, Stare |
| Parrots | Flock, Company |
| Partridges | Covey, Bew |
| Peacocks | Muster, Ostentation, Pride |
| Penguins | Raft (in water), Waddle (on dry land) |
| Pheasants | Nye, Bouquet |
| Pigeons | Flight, Flock |
| Plovers | Congregation, Leash, Wing |
| Poultry | Run |
| Puffins | Raft |
| Quail | Bevy, Covey |
| Ravens | Unkindness, Conspiracy |
| Rooks | Parliament, Building, Clamour |
| Ruffs | Hill |
| Sea Fowl | Cloud |
| Seagulls | Squabble |
| Sheldrakes | Dopping, Doading |
| Snipe | (at rest) Walk (in flight) Wisp |
| Sparrows | Host, Quarrel, Tribe |
| Starlings | Murmuration |
| Storks | Mustering |
| Swallows | Flight |
| Swans | Herd, Bank, Bevy, Game, Squadron, Wedge, Whiteness, Drift |
| Swifts | Flock |
| Teal | Spring, Coil, Knob, Raft |
| Terns | Dread |
| Thrushes | Mutation |
| Turkeys | Flock, Dole, Dule, Raffle, Raft, Rafter |
| Turtledoves | Pitying |
| Vultures | Wake |
| Waterfowl | Plump |
| Widgeon | Company, Bunch, Coil, Knob |
| Wildfowl | Trip |
| Woodcock | Fall, Covey, Plump |
| Woodpeckers | Descent |
| Wrens | Herd |
| Total: 71 |
Database updated on 28th Nov 2007 at 5:39pm
| Noun | Collective Noun (most usual first) |
|---|---|
| Antelopes | Herd |
| Apes | Shrewdness |
| Asses | Pace, Drove, Herd |
| Baboons | Flange, Troop |
| Badgers | Cete, Colony |
| Bears | Sloth, Sleuth |
| Boars | Sounder, Herd, Singular |
| Buffalo | Herd |
| Camels | Flock |
| Cats | Clowder, Cluster, Glaring (kittens) Kindle, Litter (wild cats) Destruction |
| Cattle | Herd, Drove |
| Chamois | Herd |
| Cheetahs | Coalition |
| Colts | Rake, Rag |
| Conies | Bury |
| Deer | Herd, Leash. Parcel |
| Dogs | Pack, Kennel |
| Dolphins | Pod, Flock |
| Donkeys | Herd, Drove |
| Elephants | Herd |
| Elk | Gang |
| Ferrets | Business, Cast, Fesnying |
| Foxes | Skulk, Lead, Leash |
| Giraffes | Tower, Corps |
| Goats | Trip, Flock, Herd, Tribe |
| Gorillas | Band |
| Hamsters | Horde |
| Hares | Drove, Down, Husk, Leash, Trace, Trip |
| Hedgehogs | Prickle, Array |
| Hippopotami | Bloat,Pod |
| Hogs | Drift |
| Horses | Drove, Harass, Herd, Stable, Team |
| Hounds | Pack, Mute |
| Kangaroos | Mob (only correct terminology) |
| Leopards | Leap, Lepe |
| Lions | Pride, Sault, Sowse, Troop |
| Mares | Stud |
| Martens | Richness |
| Meerkats | Mob |
| Moles | Labour, Company, Movement |
| Monkeys | Troop, Cartload, Tribe, Mission |
| Mice | Nest |
| Mules | Barren, Pack, Rake |
| Otters | Family, Bevy |
| Oxen | Team, Yoke, Span |
| Pigs | Drove, Herd, Sounder (Piglets) Farrow, Litter |
| Polecats | Chine |
| Ponies | String |
| Porpoises | School |
| Puppies | Litter |
| Rabbits | Colony, Bury, Nest (young rabbits) Wrack |
| Racehorses | String |
| Rats | Colony |
| Rhinoceroses | Crash |
| Roe Deer | Bevy |
| Seals | Colony, Harem, Herd, Pod, Spring |
| Sea Otters | Raft |
| Sheep | Flock, Drove, Fold |
| Squirrels | Dray |
| Stoats | Pack |
| Swine | Sounder |
| Tigers | Streak, Ambush |
| Unicorns | Marvel |
| Walruses | Herd |
| Weasels | Boogle, Sneak, Pack |
| Wild Cats | Dout |
| Wild Pigs | Sounder |
| Whales | School, Herd, Gam, Pod |
| Wolves | Pack |
| Zebra | Dazzle, Zeal |
| Total: 70 |
Database updated on 28th Nov 2007 at 5:39pm
| Noun | Collective Noun (most usual first) |
|---|---|
| Bacteria | Culture |
| Fungus | Colony |
| Jellyfish | Stuck, Smack, Fluther |
| Mushrooms | Troop |
| Worms | Clew |
| Total: 5 |
Database updated on 28th Nov 2007 at 5:39pm
| Noun | Collective Noun (most usual first) |
|---|---|
| Ants | Colony, Army |
| Bees | Swarm, Grist, Hive |
| Butterflies | Kaleidoscope, Swarm, Rabble |
| Caterpillars | Army |
| Flies | Swarm, Business |
| Gnats | Swarm, Cloud, Horde |
| Grasshoppers | Cluster |
| Hornets | Nest |
| Locusts | Plague |
| Spiders | Clutter |
| Total: 10 |
Database updated on 28th Nov 2007 at 5:39pm
| Noun | Collective Noun (most usual first) |
|---|---|
| Clams | Bed |
| Oysters | Bed |
| Snails | Walk |
| Total: 3 |
Database updated on 28th Nov 2007 at 5:39pm
| Noun | Collective Noun (most usual first) |
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| Archer fish | Company |
| Barracuda | Battery |
| Bass | Shoal, Fleet |
| Butterfly fish | School |
| Dogfish | Troop |
| Dragonet fish | Swarm |
| Eels | Swarm |
| Fish | Shoal, School |
| Flying fish | Glide |
| Goldfish | Troubling |
| Herrings | Glean, Army, Shoal |
| Minnows | Stream |
| Porcupine fish | Cluster |
| Rainbow fish | Party |
| Salmon | Bind |
| Sea Horses | Herd |
| Sticklebacks | Spread |
| Swordfish | Flotilla |
| Trout | Hover |
| Total: 19 |
Database updated on 28th Nov 2007 at 5:39pm
| Noun | Collective Noun (most usual first) |
|---|---|
| Frogs | Army |
| Toads | Knot |
| Turtles | Dule, Bale |
| Total: 3 |
Database updated on 28th Nov 2007 at 5:39pm
| Noun | Collective Noun (most usual first) |
|---|---|
| Cobras | Quiver |
| Crocodiles | Bask |
| Snakes | Den, Nest, Pit |
| Turtles | Turn |
| Vipers | Nest |
| Total: 5 |
Database updated on 28th Nov 2007 at 5:39pm
| Noun | Collective Noun (most usual first) |
|---|---|
| Aircraft | Wing |
| Arrows | Quiver |
| Asteroids | Belt |
| Bananas | Hand |
| Beans | Hill |
| Books | Library, Pile |
| Borg | Collective, Hive |
| Bread | Batch |
| Brushwood | Bavin |
| Cards | Deck |
| Circles | Crop |
| Classics | Praise |
| Collective Nouns | Catch |
| Computers | Network |
| Dissertations | Angst |
| Eggs | Clutch |
| Fallacies | Vicious Circle |
| Flowers | Bed, Patch, Bouquet |
| Fluorescent Tubes | Dementor (suggested by Chris Francis) |
| Grapes | Bunch, Cluster |
| Hair | Lock |
| Homework | Slew |
| Information | Wealth |
| Islands | Chain, Archipelago |
| Jewels | Cache |
| Keys | Ring |
| Libraries | Trove |
| Lorries | Convoy, Fleet |
| Money | Rouleau |
| Mountains | Range |
| Nouns | Collective |
| Pearls or Beads | String |
| Peas | Pod |
| Poems | Anthology |
| Reeds | Clump |
| Satellites | Constellation |
| Ships | Fleet, Armada, Flotilla |
| Stairs | Flight |
| Stars | Galaxy, Constellation |
| Sundays | Month |
| Tasks | Agenda |
| Trees | Stand, Clump, Forest |
| Total: 42 |
Database updated on 28th Nov 2007 at 5:39pm
| Noun | Collective Noun (most usual first) |
|---|---|
| Academics | Faculty |
| Actors | Cast, Company |
| Alumni | Pursestring |
| Angels | Chorus, host |
| Aristotelians | Category |
| Assistant Professors | Clamber |
| Associate Professors | Tenure |
| Athletes | Team |
| Athletic Scholarships | Oxymoron |
| Bankers | Wunch |
| Beauties | Bevy |
| Bureaucrats | Shuffle |
| Car Dealers | Lot |
| Car Mechanics | Clutch |
| Classicists | Shelf |
| Cryptologists | Conspiracy |
| Cynics | Bark |
| Deans | Oversight |
| Directors | Board |
| Doctorial Candidates | Doggedness |
| Employees | Staff |
| Empiricists | Tabula Rasa |
| Epicureans | Culture |
| Existentialists | Essence |
| Experts | Panel,Discord |
| Freshman | Plenitude |
| Full Professors | Entropy |
| Graduate Students | Fortitude |
| Graduates | Vale |
| Grammarians | Conjunction |
| Homecoming Queens | Cuddle |
| Hoodlums | Gang |
| Idiots | Thicket |
| Judges | Bevy |
| Juniors | Gratitude |
| Knights | Banner |
| Lawyers | Huddle |
| Lecturers | Drift |
| Lepers | Colony |
| Lexicographers | Logorrhea |
| Librarians | Shush |
| Lichenologists | Huddle |
| Linguists | Lapsus |
| Logicians | Premise |
| Magistrates | Bench |
| Mathematicians | Number |
| Men | Band |
| Metaphysicians | Transcendance |
| Microsoft Programmers | Asylum, Bloat |
| Monks | Abomination |
| Musicians | Orchestra, Band, Ensemble |
| Natives | Tribe |
| Night Students | Pallor |
| Nihilists | Nullity |
| Nudists | Hangout |
| Onlookers | Crowd |
| Overachievers | Leap |
| People | Crowd |
| Performers | Troupe |
| Peripatetics | Walk |
| Phi Beta Kappas | Key |
| Philologists | Gloss |
| Philosophers | Ponder,Wrangle |
| Platonists | Form |
| Principals | Lack |
| Professors Emeriti | Ex Cathedra |
| Relatives | Descent |
| Researchers | Brood |
| Sailors | Crew |
| Senators | House |
| Seniors | Attitude |
| Soldiers | Squad |
| Solipsists | Introspection |
| Sophomores | Platitude |
| Stoics | Porch |
| Students | Class |
| Thieves | Den |
| Thomists | Summa |
| Tourists | Flock |
| Troops | Parel |
| Trustees | Bored |
| Underachievers | Drowse |
| Widows | Ambush |
| Witches | Coven |
| Worshippers | Congregation |
| Total: 85 |
Database updated on 28th Nov 2007 at 5:39pm
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Last edit: 29th Jan 2007 at 10:49am (466 days ago) |
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