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ANIMAL TERM
Apes shrewdness of apes
Asses herd or pace of assess
Badgers cete of badgers
Bears sloth or sleuth of bears
Bees hive of bees; a swarm, drift,
or bike of bees
Birds flock, flight, (dial.) parcel, pod,
fleet, or dissimulation of
(small) birds; a volary of birds
in an aviary
Boar sounder of wild boar
Boys blush of boys
Buffalo herd or gang of buffalo
Cats clowder or glaring of cats; a
dowt (= ?do-out) or destruction
of wild cats
Cattle herd, drove, (dial.), or (US &
Austral.) mob of cattle
Chickens brood, (dial.) cletch or clutch,
or peep of chickens
Choughs chattering or clattering of
choughs
Cobblers drunkship of cobblers
Colts rag or rake of colts
Cooks hastiness of cooks
Coots covert of coots
Cranes herd of cranes
Cubs litter of cubs
Curlew herd of curlew
Curs cowardice of curs
Deer herd or mob of deer
Dogs pack or kennel of dogs
Dotterel trip of dotterel
Doves flight, dole, or piteousness of
doves
Ducks raft, bunch, or paddling of ducks
on water; a team of wild ducks
in flight
Dunlins fling of dunlins
Elephants herd of elephants
Elk herd or (US) gang of elk
Ferrets business of ferrets
Finches charm or chirm of finches
Fish shoal of fish; a run of fish in
motion
Flies cloud of flies
Foresters stalk of foresters
Foxes skulk of foxes
Geese gaggle or (in the air) a skein,
team, or wedge of geese
Giraffes herd of giraffes
Goats flock, herd, or (dial.) trip of
goats
Grouse pack or covey of grouse
Hares husk or down of hares
Hawks cast of hawks let fly
Hermits observance of hermits
Herons siege of herons
Horses stud or haras of (breeding)
horses; (dial.) a team of horses
Hounds kennel, pack, cry or mute of
hounds
Insects flight or swarm of insects
Kangaroos mob or troop of kangaroos
Kittens kindle of kittens
Ladies bevy of ladies
Lapwing desert of lapwing
Larks exaltation or bevy of larks
Leopards leap of leopards
Lions pride of lions
Magpies tiding of magpies
Mallard sord or sute (= suit) of mallard
Martens richesse of martens
Merchants faith of merchants
Moles labour of moles
Monkeys troop of monkeys
Mules barren of mules
Nightingales watch of nightingales
Nuns superfluity of nuns
Partridges covey of partridges
Peacocks muster of peacocks
Pedlars malapertness (= impertinence)
of pedlars
Penguins rookery of penguins
Pheasants head or (dial.) nye of pheasants
Pigeons kit of pigeons flying together
Pigs herd of pigs
Plovers stand, wing, or congregation of
plovers
Pochards rush or flight of pochards
Porpoises herd, pod, or school of porpoises
Prisoners pity of prisoners
Ptarmigan covey of ptarmigan
Pups litter of pups
Quail bevy or drift of quail
Racehorses string of racehorses
Ravens unkindness of ravens
Roes bevy of roes
Rooks parliament or building of rooks
Ruffs hill of ruffs
Seals herd or rookery of seals; a pod
of seals
Sheep flock, herd, (dial.) drift or trip,
or (Austral.) mob of sheep
Sheldrake dopping of sheldrake
Snipe wisp or walk of snipe
Sparrows host of sparrows
Starlings murmuration of starlings
Swallows flight of swallows
Swans game or herd of swans; a wedge
of swans in the air
Swine herd of swine; a sounder of
tame swine, a drift of wild
swine
Taverner glozing (= fawning) of
taverners
Teal spring of teal
Waterfowl bunch or knob of waterfowl
Whales school, herd, or gam of whales;
a pod of whales; a grind of
bottle-nosed whales
Widgeon company or trip of widgeon
Wildfowl bunch, trip, or plump of
wildfowl; a know (less than 30)
of wildfowl
Wolves pack or rout of wolves
Women gaggle of women
Woodcock fall of woodcock
Wrens herd of wrens