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Animal Group Names
| 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 |
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