antelope | herd |
ants | army, colony, swarm |
apes | shrewdness |
asses | herd, pace |
bacteria | culture |
badgers | cete, colony |
bass | shoal |
bears | sleuth, sloth |
beavers | colony |
bees | grist, hive, swarm |
birds | congregation, dissimulation, flock, volary |
bitterns | sedge, siege |
boars | sounder, singular |
bobolinks | chain |
bucks | brace, clash |
buffalo | herd |
buzzards | wake |
caterpillars | army |
cats | clowder, clutter, pounce |
cattle | drove, herd, team |
chickens | brood, peep |
chicks | clutch, chattering |
clams | bed |
cobras | quiver |
colts | rag, rake |
coots | cover |
cows | kine |
coyote | band |
cranes | herd, sedge, siege |
crocodiles | float |
crows | murder |
cubs | litter |
curlews | herd |
curs | cowardice |
deer | herd, leash |
dogs | kennel, litter, pack |
dolphins | pod |
donkeys | drove, herd, pace |
dotterel | trip |
doves | bevy, cote, dole, dule, paddling, piteousness |
ducks | paddling, raft, team |
eagles | convocation |
eggs | clutch |
elephant seals (weaner pod = yearling elephant seals) | pod |
elephants | herd |
elks | gang |
emus | mob |
ferrets | business, cast, fesnying |
finches | charm |
fish | catch, drought, haul, run, school, shoal |
flies | swarm |
foxes | lead, leash, skulk |
frogs | army, colony, knot |
geese | gaggle, skein [in flight] |
gnats | cloud, horde, swarm |
gnus | implausibility |
goats | drove, herd, tribe, trip |
goldfinches | charm |
goldfish | glint |
gorillas | band |
greyhounds | leash |
hares | down, husk |
hawks [or falcons] | cast |
hawks [riding a thermal] | kettle |
hens | brood |
herons | hedge, sedge, siege |
herrings | shoal |
hogs | drift, passel, parcel |
horses | herd, harras, stable, team, troop |
hounds | cry, mute, pack |
housecats | clowder, cluster, dout, nuisance |
jackrabbits | husk |
jays | party, scold |
jellyfish | smack |
kangaroos | herd, mob, troop |
kittens | litter, kindle |
lapwings | deceit |
larks | ascension, exaultation |
leopards | leap, leep, lepe |
lions | pride, sault, troop |
lizards | lounge |
locusts | plague |
magpies | tiding |
mallards | sord |
mares | stud |
martens | richness |
moles | company, labor, movement |
monkeys | cartload, tribe, troop, troup |
mules | barren, pack, rake, span |
nightingales | watch |
otters | bevy, family, romp |
owls | parliament |
oxen | drove, herd, team, yoke |
parrots | company |
partridges [or grouse or ptarmigans] | covey |
peacocks | muster, ostentation |
peeps | litter |
penguins | colony, huddles, crèche(nursery group) |
pheasants [on the ground] | nide, nye |
pheasants [when flushed] | bouquet |
pigeons | flight, flock |
piglets | farrow |
pigs | herd, litter, sounder |
pilchards | shoal |
plovers | congregation, wing |
polecats | chine |
ponies | string |
porpoises | herd, pod |
pups | litter |
quail | bevy, covey |
rabbits | bury, colony, down, drove, husk, leash, trace, trip |
rabbits [young] | nest |
raccoons | gaze |
rats | colony, pack, plague, swarm |
rattlesnakes | rhumba |
ravens | unkindness |
rhinoceros | crash |
roebucks | bevy |
rooks | building, clamor |
rooks, ravens, crows | storytelling |
seals | bob, colony, crash, harem, herd, pod, team |
sharks | shiver |
sheep | down, drove, flock, fold, hurtle, trip |
snakes | den, nest, pit |
snipe | walk, wisp |
sparrows | host |
squirrels | dray, scurry |
starlings | murmuration |
storks | muster, mustering |
swallows [or doves, goshawks, or cormorants] | flight |
swans | bevy, herd, wedge |
swans [or geese, flying in a "V"] | wedge |
swifts | flock |
swine | drift, sounder |
teal | spring |
tigers | ambush |
toads | knot |
trout | hover |
turkeys | raft, rafter |
turtledoves | dule, pitying |
turtles | bale |
vipers | generation, nest |
walruses | herd, pod |
whales | gam, herd, pod, school |
wild cats | destruction |
wildfowl | plump |
wolves | herd, pack, rout, route |
woodcocks | fall |
woodpeckers | descent |
zebras | crossing, herd |