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These are the terms used to describe Animal
Congregations, also known as Animal Group Names or Animal Collective
Nouns.
| Antelopes |
herd |
| Ants |
colony, army, swarm |
| Apes |
shrewdness |
| Asses |
pace |
| Badgers |
cete |
| Bats |
colony |
| Bears |
sloth, sleuth |
| Beavers |
colony |
| Bees |
grist, hive, swarm |
| Birds |
fleet, flight, flock, parcel, pod, volery,
dissimulation (small birds) |
| Bitterns |
sedge, siege |
| Boars |
sounder, singular |
| Bucks |
brace, clash |
| Buffalo |
herd |
| Buzzards |
wake |
| Caterpillars |
army |
| Cats |
clowder, a pounce - for kittens - a kindle, litter,
an intrigue |
| Cattle |
drove, herd |
| Chickens |
brood, peep |
| Chicks |
clutch, chattering |
| Clams |
bed |
| Cobras |
Quiver |
| Colts |
rag, rake |
| Cows |
kine |
| Coyote |
band |
| Cranes |
herd, sedge, siege |
| Crocodiles |
float |
| Crows |
murder, horde |
| Cubs |
litter |
| Curlews |
herd |
| Deer |
herd, bevy (refers only to roe deer) |
| 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 |
| Elephant seals |
pod |
| Elephants |
herd |
| Elk |
gang |
| Emus |
mob |
| Ferrets |
business |
| Finches |
charm |
| Fish |
catch, drought, haul, run, school, shoal |
| Flies |
swarm |
| Frogs |
army |
| Fox |
leash, skulk, earth |
| Geese |
gaggle, skein [in flight] |
| Giraffes |
tower |
| Gnats |
cloud, horde, swarm |
| Goats |
tribe, trip |
| Goldfinches |
charm |
| Goldfish |
glint |
| Gorillas |
band |
| greyhounds |
leash |
| Hares |
down, husk |
| Hawks |
cast, kettle (flying in large numbers), boil (two or
more spiraling in flight) |
| Hens |
brood |
| Herons |
hedge, sedge, siege |
| Herrings |
shoal |
| Hippopotamuses |
bloat |
| Hogs |
drift, passel, parcel |
| Horses |
team, harras, rag (for colts), stud (group kept primarily for
breeding), string (group belonging to or used by one individual) |
| Hounds |
cry, mute, pack |
| Hyenas |
cackle |
| Jackrabbits |
husk |
| Jays |
party, scold |
| Jellyfish |
smack |
| Kangaroos |
herd, mob, troop |
| Larks |
ascension, exaltation |
| Leopards |
leap |
| Lions |
pride |
| Lizards |
lounge |
| Locusts |
plague |
| Magpies |
tiding |
| Mallards |
sord |
| Martens |
richness |
| Moles |
company, labor, movement |
| Monkeys |
troop, barrel |
| Mules |
pack, span, barren |
| Nightingales |
watch |
| Otters |
romp |
| Owls |
parliament |
| Oxen |
team, yoke |
| Parrots |
company |
| Partridges |
covey |
| Peacocks |
muster, ostentation |
| Penguins |
colony, huddles, crèche (nursery group) |
| Pheasants |
nest, nide (a brood), nye, bouquet |
| Pigeons |
flight, flock |
| Pigs |
drift, drove, litter (young), sounder (of swine),
team, passel (of hogs), singular (refers to a group of boars) |
| Plovers |
congregation, wing |
| Porcupines |
prickle |
| Porpoises |
herd, pod |
| Quail |
bevy, covey |
| Rabbits |
colony, warren, nest, herd (domestic only), litter
(young); specific to hares - down, husk |
| Raccoons |
gaze |
| Rats |
colony, pack, plague, swarm |
| Rattlesnakes |
rhumba |
| Ravens |
unkindness |
| Rhinoceroses |
crash |
| Roebucks |
bevy |
| Rooks, ravens, crows |
storytelling |
| Seals |
pod, herd |
| 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 |
flight |
| Swans |
bevy, herd, wedge |
| Swifts |
flock |
| Swine |
drift, sounder |
| Teal |
spring |
| Tigers |
streak |
| Toads |
knot |
| Trout |
hover |
| Turkeys |
raft, rafter |
| Turtledoves |
dule, pitying |
| Turtles |
bale |
| Vipers |
generation, nest |
| Walruses |
herd, pod |
| Whales |
pod, gam, herd, school |
| Wild cats |
destruction |
| Wildfowl |
plump |
| Wolves |
pack, rout or route (when in movement) |
| Woodcocks |
fall |
| Woodpeckers |
descent |
| Zebras |
crossing, herd |
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