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- ANIMAL TERM
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- 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
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