Collective Nouns for Animals.

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    Collective Nouns for Animals

    Apes, Shrewdness
    Asses, Pace
    Bears, Sloth/Sleuth
    Boars, Singular
    Cats, Clowder
    Chicken, Peep
    Colts, Rag
    Crows, Murder
    Curs, Cowardice
    Doves, Piteousness
    Ducks, Paddling
    Eagles, Convocation
    Elk, Gang
    Ferrets, Business
    Finches, Charm
    Foxes, Skulk
    Geese, Gaggle (on water)/Skein (flying)
    Goats, Trip
    Hawks, Cast
    Herons, Seige
    Horses, Harras
    Jay's, Party
    Jellyfish, Smack
    Kangaroos, Troop
    Kittens, Kindle
    Lapwings, Deceit
    Larks, Exhaultation
    Leopards, Leap
    Magpies, Tidings
    Martens, Richness
    Moles, Labor
    Mules, Barren
    Nightingales, Watch
    Owls, Parliament
    Parrots, Company
    Peacocks, Muster/Ostentation
    Penguins, Colony
    Pheasants, Bouquet
    Ravens, Unkindness
    Rhinoceroses, Crash
    Rooks, Buildings/Clamor
    Seals, Pod
    Snipe, Walk
    Sparrows, Host
    Squirrels, Dray
    Starlings, Murmuration/Chattering
    Storks, Mustering
    Swallows, Flight
    Swans, Wedge
    Swine, Sounder
    Teal, Spring
    Toads, Knot
    Trout, Hover
    Turkeys, Rafter
    Turtles, Bale
    Turtledoves, Pitying
    Whales, Pod/Gam
    Wolves, Route
    Woodcocks, Fall
    Woodpeckers, Descent

    "The Insomniac's Dictionary"
    by Paul Hellweg.
     

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