Collective Nouns - Animals

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Animal, Group
Alligator ,"bask, congregation "
American Bison (Buffalo) ,herd
Ant ,"army, colony, nest, swarm, byke "
Antelope ,"herd, cluster "
Ape ,"shrewdness, troop "
Ass/Donkey ,"pace, band, drove, herd, coffle "
Baboon ,"troop, tribe, flange, congress "
Badger ,"cete, colony, sett, company "
Bass,shoal
Bat ,"colony, cloud, cauldron "
Bear ,"sleuth, sloth "
Beaver ,"family, colony "
Bee ,"grist, hive, swarm, colony "
Beetle ,swarm
Bird ,"congregation, flock, dissimulation, volary"
Bison ,"herd, troop "
Bittern,"sedge, sledge"
Boar,"pack, singular, sounder"
Butterfly ,"rabble, flight, flutter, swarm "
Buzzard ,wake
Camel ,flock
Cat ,"clowder, cluster, clutter, glaring, pounce, kindle (young) "
Cattle,"herd, drift, drove, mob "
Chamois ,herd
Cheetah ,coalition
Chicken ,"flock, brood, peep "
Chimpanzee,cartload
Clam,bed
Cobra ,quiver
Cockroach ,intrusion
Cormorant ,"gulp, flight "
Coyote ,"pack, train "
Crane ,"herd, sedge, siege "
Crocodile ,"bask, nest, congregation, float "
Crow ,"hover, murder, parcel "
Deer ,"herd, mob, rangale "
Dog ,"pack, litter (young), kennel, gang, legion "
Dogfish ,troop
Dolphin ,"team, school, pod, herd, team, alliance (male), party (female) "
Donkey/Ass,"pace, band, drove, herd, coffle "
Dove ,"cote, flight, dole, dule, piteousness, troop "
Duck ,"flock, brace, bunch (on water), team "
Eagle ,"convocation, brood, aerie "
Eel ,"swarm, cell, pipe "
Elephant ,"herd, flock, parade "
Elk (wapiti) ,"gang, herd "
Emu,mob
Falcon ,gross
Ferret ,business
Finch ,"charm, chirm, trembling, trimming "
Fish ,"school, shoal "
Flamingo ,stand
Fox ,"leash, skulk "
Frog ,bundle
Gerbil ,horde
Giraffe ,"herd, journey, stretch, tower "
Goat ,"herd, mob, tribe "
Goose ,gaggle (skein when in flight)
Gorilla ,"troop, group (band), flange "
Grasshopper,cloud
Greyhound,leash
Grouse,drumming
Guinea pig ,herd
Gull ,flock
Hamster ,horde
Hare ,"band, down "
Hawk ,"cast, kettle, boil "
Hedgehog,array
Heron ,siege
Hippopotamus ,"bloat, crash, herd, thunder "
Hog ,"drift, herd "
Hornet ,swarm
Horse,"herd, harass "
Human ,"crowd, tribe, family, people, wave (young), society "
Hummingbird ,"charm, chattering, drum, hover, troubling "
Hyena ,"clan, cackle "
Jackrabbit,husk
Jackal ,pack
Jay ,"band, party "
Jellyfish ,"smack, bloom, brood, smuth, smuck, fluther "
Kangaroo ,"mob, troop, court "
Ladybug ,Loveliness
Lapwing,deceit
Lark ,exaltation
Leopard ,"leap, lepe "
Lion ,pride
Llama ,"herd, flock "
Lobster ,risk
Locust,plague
Louse ,"colony, infestation, lice "
Loon,"loomery, asylum, cry, dopping, raft, water dance"
Magpie ,"tiding, tittering, gulp, murder, charm, flock "
Mallard ,"sord, lute, brace, puddling, flush "
Manatee ,herd
Marten,richness
Mole ,"labour,company, movement "
Monkey ,"troop, barrel, tribe, cartload "
Moose ,herd
Mosquito ,"scourge, swarm "
Mouse ,"nest, colony, harvest, horde, mischief "
Mule ,"barren, pack, span, rake "
Nightingale ,"watch, flock, route, match "
Ostrich ,"flock, troop "
Otter ,"romp, bevy, lodge, family, raft "
Owl ,"parliament, stare, wisdom "
Ox ,"yoke, team, drove, herd, nye "
Oyster ,"bed, hive, cast, culch "
Panda ,amalgamation
Panther ,"priory, pantheon "
Parrot ,"company, flock, prattle, pandemonium "
Partridge ,covey
Peafowl ,"muster, ostentation, pride "
Pelican ,scoop
Penguin ,"colony, rookery, parade, parcel, crèche, huddle "
Pheasant ,"bouquet, nest, nide, nye, brood, covey "
Pig,"herd, drove, mob "
Pigeon ,"flight, loft, flock, kit "
Polar bear,pack
Polecat ,chine
Pony ,"herd, string "
Porcupine ,prickle
Porpoise,"herd, pod"
Prairie dog,coterie
Quail ,covey
Rabbit ,"warren, nest, colony, bevy, bury, drove, trace "
Raccoon ,nursery
Ram ,flock
Rat ,"colony, horde, pack, plague, swarm "
Rattlesnake,rhumba
Raven ,"unkindness, congress, conspiracy, parliament, murder, storytelling, nevermore "
Reindeer (caribou) ,herd
Rhinoceros ,"crash, herd "
Rook ,"building, parliament "
Salmon,"run, bind"
Sea gull,colony
Sea lion ,"pod, colony, crash, flock, harem, bob, herd, rookery, team, hurdle "
Seal,"colony, herd, pod"
Seastar ,constellation
"Pinniped(seal, walrus, etc) ",same as sea lion
Shark ,"slew, shiver "
Sheep ,"drove, mob, flock, herd "
Skunk ,odor
Snake ,"pit, nest or bed "
Snipe ,"walk, wisp "
Sparrow ,"flight, host, quarrel, tribe, ubiquity "
Spider ,"cluster, clutter "
Squirrel ,"squad, dray, scurry "
Starling,murmuration
Stork,mustering
Swallow ,flight
Swan ,flock
Teal,spring
Thrush,mutation
Tiger ,streak
Toad ,"knot, lump "
Trout,hover
Turkey ,"rafter, flock "
Turtle ,"bale, dule "
Turtledove,"dule, pitying"
Viper,"generation, nest"
Walrus,pod
Weasel ,sneak
Whale ,"gam, pod, herd, school "
Wildfowl ,flock
Wolf ,"pack, rout "
Wombat ,"mob, warren, wisdom, army "
Woodcock,fall
Woodpecker,descent
Worm ,"bed, bunch, clew, squirm "
Wren ,flock
Yak ,herd
Zebra ,"dazzle, herd "

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