A collective noun is a noun which describes a group of things or people. It means collective noun is a single noun that is made up of more than one thing or person or etc. In this lesson, you will learn a list of common collective nouns for animals in English.
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Collective Nouns for Animals
Learn collective nouns for animals in English.
- an army of ants
- a bevy of quail
- a broad of chickens
- a catch of fish
- a cloud of insects
- a colony of gulls
- a drove of horses
- a flight of birds
- a flock of sheep
- a gaggle of geese
- a haul of fish
- a herd of cattle
- a hive of bees
- a host of sparrows
- a kindle of kittens
- a litter of cubs
- a menagerie of wild animals
- a murder of crows
- a nest of mice
- a pack of wolves
- a plague of locusts
- a pride of lions
- a school of whales
- a shoal of fish
- a skein of wild geese in flight
- a string of horses
- a stud of horses
- a swarm of bees
- a team of oxen
- a train of camels
- a tribe of goats
- a troop of lions
- a zoo of wild animals
- a plague of locusts
- a pride of lions
- a shoal of fish
- zeal of zebras
- hover of trout
- raffle/rafter of turkeys
- bale/turn of turtles
- herd/pledge of wasps
- bunch/knob of waterfowl
- troop of baboons
- a skein of wild geese in flight
- a string of horses
- a stud of horses
- a swarm of bees
- cete/colony of badgers
- sloth of bears
- cluster/swarm/erst of bees
- flock/flight/pod of birds
- chatter of budgerigars
- a train of camels
- a tribe of goats
- a troop of lions
- a zoo of wild animals
- brood/clutch/peep of chickens
- chattering of choughs
- rag/rake of colts
- covert of coots
- a school of whales
- herd of cranes
- bask of crocodiles
- clan/hover/murder of crows
- litter of cubs
- a string of horses
- a stud of horses
- a swarm of bees
- a team of oxen
- herd of curlew
- herd/mob of deer
- herd/gang/obstinacy of buffalo
- bellowing of bullfinches
- drove of bullocks
- caravan/flock of camels
- flight/dole/prettying of doves
- paddling of ducks
- safe of ducks (on land)
- fling of dunlins
- convocation of eagles
- charm of finches
- shoal/run of fish
- a plague of locusts
- a pride of lions
- a school of whales
- a shoal of fish
- a skein of wild geese in flight
- flurry/regiment of flamingoes
- business/cloud/scraw/swarm of flies
- earth/lead/skulk of foxes
- a gaggle of geese (on land)
- skein/team/wedge of geese (in flight)
- corps/herd/troop of giraffes
- cloud of gnats
- flock/herd/trip of goats
- charm/chirp/drum of Goldfinch
- troubling of goldfish
- band of gorillas
- cloud of grasshoppers
- brace/leash/pack of greyhounds
- brood/pack/covey of grouse
- an army of ants
- a bevy of quail
- a broad of chickens
- a catch of fish
- a cloud of insects
- down/lie/trip/mute/husk of hares
- cast of hawks
- array of hedgehogs
- scattering/sedge/siege of herons
- army/gleam/shoal of herring
- bloat/pod of hippos
- drove/string/stud/team of horses
- pack/cry/kennel of hounds
- congregation/stand/wing of plovers
- rush/flight of pochards
- pod/school/herd/turmoil of porpoises
- covey of ptarmigan
- a sounder of wild boar
- destruction of wild cats
- a team of wild ducks (in flight)
- bunch/plump/knob of wildfowl
- litter of pups
- colony/school/herd/pod/gam of whales
- company/trip of wigeon
- pack/rout of wolves
- covey/fall/flight/plump of woodcock
- descent of woodpeckers
- herd of wrens
- shrewdness of apes
- army/column/state/swarm of ants
- herd/pace of asses
- crowd of ibis
- flight/swarm of insects
- brood/fluther/smuck of jellyfish
- herd/mob/troop of kangaroos
- kindle/litter of kittens
- deceit/desert of lapwings
- bevy/exaltation of larks
- leap/lepe of leopards
- pride/sawt/troop of lions
- tiding/tittering of magpies
- sord/suit of mallard
- stud of mares
- richesse of martens
- nest of mice
- company/labour/mumble of moles
- troop of monkeys
- cartload/pack/span/barren of mules
- puddling/watch of nightingales
- flock of ostrich
- bevy/family of otters
- parliament/stare of owls
- yoke of oxen
- pandemonium of parrots
- covey of partridges
- muster of peacocks
- swarm of eels
- herd/parade of elephants
- herd/gang of elk
- cast of falcons
- muster/rookery of penguins
- kit of pigeons
- farrow of piglets
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