A List of names animal groups
A List of names animal groups
Many species of animals, particularly those domesticated, have been given specific names for the male, the female, and the young of the species. There are a few generic terms, "bull-cow-calf", for instance, that are found across species, but many species have been granted unique names for these gender/age characteristics.
It is thought that many of the bizarre words used for collective groupings of animals were first published in 1486 in the Book of St. Albans, in an essay on hunting attributed to a Dame Juliana Barnes. Many of the words are thought to be chosen simply for the humorous or poetic images they conjured up in her lively imagination.
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Albatross come in groups called a rookery
Alligators come in groups called a congregation
Alpaca come in groups called a herd
Antelope come in groups called a herd
Apes come in groups called a shrewdness or troop
Antelope come in groups called a herd
Ants come in groups called a colony, army, swarm or nest
Armadillo come in groups called a roll
Asses come in groups called a pace, herd or drove
Auks come in groups called a colony, flock or raft
Baboons come in groups called a troop or flange
Bacteria come in groups called a culture
Badgers come in groups called a cete, colony, set or company
Barracudas come in groups called a battery
Bats come in groups called a colony or cloud
Bass come in groups called a shoal
Bears come in groups called a sloth, sleuth or litter
Beavers come in groups called a colony or family
Bees come in groups called a grist, hive, swarm or nest
Birds come in groups called a brood, clutch, flight, flock or dissimulation
Bison come in groups called a herd
Bitterns come in groups called a sedge, or seige
Bloodhounds come in groups called a sute
Bobolinks come in groups called a chain
Boar sounder or singular
Buffalo come in groups called a herd, troop, gang, or obstinancy
Bullfinches come in groups called a bellowing
Bullocks come in groups called a drove
Butterflies come in groups called a flight, or flutter
Buzzards come in groups called a wake
Camels come in groups called a caravan, train, or flock
Capons come in groups called a mews
Caribou come in groups called a herd
Caterpillars come in groups called a army
Cats come in groups called a clowder, clutter, pounce, dout, nuisance, glorying, or glare
Cattle come in groups called a drove, herd, or team
Cheetahs come in groups called a coalition
Chickens come in groups called a brood, or peep
Chicks come in groups called a clutch, or chattering
Chinchilla come in groups called a colony
Choughs come in groups called a clattering
Clams come in groups called a bed
Cobras come in groups called a quiver
Cockroaches come in groups called a intrusion
Cod come in groups called a lap
Colts come in groups called a rag, or rake Coots come in groups called a cover, or raft
Cormorants come in groups called a gulp
Cows come in groups called a kine
Coyotes come in groups called a band
Crabs come in groups called a cast
Cranes come in groups called a sedge, or seige
Crocodiles come in groups called a bask, or float
Crones come in groups called a cackle
Crows come in groups called a murder, horde, parcel, or storytelling
Cur Dogs come in groups called a cowardice
Curlews come in groups called a herd
Debutants come in groups called a bevy or soirée
Deer come in groups called a herd, leash, or gang
Dinosaur come in groups called a herd or pack
Dogs come in groups called a kennel
Dolphins come in groups called a pod
Donkeys come in groups called a drove, pace, or herd
Dotterel come in groups called a trip
Doves come in groups called a arc, dule, bevy, cote, dole, or paddling
Ducks come in groups called a floc, brace, or badling
Dunlins come in groups called a fling
Eagles come in groups called a convocation, or aerie
Eels come in groups called a swarm, bed, or fry
Elephants come in groups called a herd, or memory
Elk come in groups called a gang, or herd
Emus come in groups called a mob
Falcons come in groups called a cast
Fat men come in groups called a bloat
Ferrets come in groups called a business, cast, or fesnying
Finches come in groups called a charm
Fish come in groups called a draft, nest, shoal, school, catch, drought, or haul
Flamingoes come in groups called a stand, or flamboyance
Flies come in groups called a business, swarm, or cloud
Frogs come in groups called a army, colony, or knot
Fox come in groups called a leash, skulk, earth, lead, or troop
Game Birds come in groups called a volary, brace, plump or knob
Geese come in groups called a flock, skein, gaggle, herd, or corps
Gerbil come in groups called a horde
Giraffes come in groups called a herd, corps or tower
Gnats come in groups called a cloud, horde, or swarm
Gnus come in groups called a implausibility
Goats come in groups called a tribe, trip, drove, herd, or flock
Goldfinches come in groups called a charm
Goldfish come in groups called a glint, or troubling
Gorillas come in groups called a band, or troop
Goshawks come in groups called a flight
Grasshoppers come in groups called a cloud
Greyhounds come in groups called a leash
Grouse come in groups called a pack, or covey
Guillemots come in groups called a bazaar
Guinea pigs come in groups called a muddle
Gulls come in groups called a colony, or screech
Guinea Fowl come in groups called a confusion
Hamster come in groups called a horde
Hare come in groups called a warren, down or husk
Hawks come in groups called a cast, kettle or oil
Hedgehogs come in groups called a array
Herons come in groups called a sedge, siege, or hedge
Herring come in groups called a army, or shoal
Hippopotamuses come in groups called a bloat
Hog come in groups called a drove, or herd
Hornets come in groups called a nest, or bike
Horses come in groups called a team, harras, stable, troop, or stud
Hound Dogs come in groups called a cry, mute, or pack
Human come in groups called a clan, crowd, family, community, gang, mob, or tribe
Hummingbirds come in groups called a charm
Husbands come in groups called a couch or bench
Hyenas come in groups called a cackle
Impalas come in groups called a herd
Insects come in groups called a horde, nest, swarm, rabble, or plague
Jackrabbit come in groups called a husk
Jays come in groups called a party, scold, or band
Jellyfish come in groups called a smack, or brood
Kangaroos come in groups called a troop, mob, or herd
Kittens come in groups called a kindle, litter, or intrigue
Koala come in groups called a cling
Ladybirds come in groups called a loveliness
Lapwings come in groups called a deceit
Larks come in groups called a exaltation, or ascension
Leopards come in groups called a leap
Lice come in groups called a flock
Lions come in groups called a pride, sault, or troop
Lizards come in groups called a lounge
Llama come in groups called a cria herd
Locusts come in groups called a plague
Magpies come in groups called a tiding, gulp, murder, or charm
Mallards come in groups called a brace or sord
Martens come in groups called a richness
Mice come in groups called a mischief or nest
Midges come in groups called a Bite
Minnows come in groups called a shoal, steam, or swarm
Moles come in groups called a labor, company, or movement
Monkeys come in groups called a troop, barrel, carload, cartload, or tribe
Moose come in groups called a herd
Mosquitoes come in groups called a scourge
Mudhens come in groups called a fleet
Mules come in groups called a pack, span, barren, or rake
Nightingales come in groups called a watch
Opossum come in groups called a grin
Ostrich come in groups called a flock
Otters come in groups called a romp, bevy, family, or raft
Owls come in groups called a parliament, or stare
Oxen come in groups called a team, yoke, or drove
Oysters come in groups called a bed
Pandas come in groups called a bamboo
Parrots come in groups called a company, or pandemonium
Partridge come in groups called a covey, or bew
Peacocks come in groups called a muster, ostentation, or pride
Pekingese come in groups called a pomp
Pelicans come in groups called a pod
Penguins come in groups called a colony, rookery, huddle, crèche,
Pheasants come in groups called a nest, nye, nide, or bouquet
Pigeons come in groups called a flight, flock, or kit
Pigs come in groups called a drift, drove, singular, sounder, team, passel, drift, or parcel
Pilchards come in groups called a shoal
Platypus come in groups called a puddle
Plovers come in groups called a congregation or wing
Polecats come in groups called a chine
Ponies come in groups called a string
Porcupines come in groups called a prickle
Porpoises come in groups called a herd, pod, school, crowd, or shoal
Prairie Dogs come in groups called a coterie
Pronghorn come in groups called a herd
Ptarmigans come in groups called a covey
Puppies come in groups called a litter
Quail come in groups called a Bevy, covey
Rabbits come in groups called a colony, warren, bury, trace, trip, herd, litter or nest
Raccoons come in groups called a gaze
Rats come in groups called a colony, pack, plague, or swarm
Rattlesnakes come in groups called a rhumba or coil
Ravens come in groups called a unkindness, or storytelling
Reindeer come in groups called a herd
Rhinoceroses come in groups called a crash, or stubbornness
Roebucks come in groups called a bevy
Rooks come in groups called a building, clamor, or parliament
Ruffs come in groups called a hill
Salmon come in groups called a run
Sand Dollar come in groups called a purse
Sandpipers come in groups called a fling
Sardines come in groups called a family
Scorpions come in groups called a bed, nest
Seabirds come in groups called a Wreck
Seals come in groups called a pod, bob, harem, herd, or rookery
Seastar come in groups called a constellation
Sea Urchin come in groups called a vagrant
Serval come in groups called a sluthe
Sharks come in groups called a shiver, school, or shoal
Sheep come in groups called a drove, flock, down, hurtle, fold, pack, or trip
Sheldrakes come in groups called a doading
Skunk come in groups called a surfeit
Skylarks come in groups called a exultation
Squirrels come in groups called a dray, scurry
Snails come in groups called a escargatoire, rout, or walk
Snakes come in groups called a den, nest, pit, bed, or knot
Snipe come in groups called a walk, or wisp
Sparrows come in groups called a host
Spiders come in groups called a cluster, or clutter
Springbok come in groups called a herd
Squirrels come in groups called a dray, or scurry
Shrews (mouse-like animal) come in groups called a whisker
Shrews (women) come in groups called a quarrel or nag
Starlings come in groups called a murmuration, or chattering
Stingrays come in groups called a fever
Stoats come in groups called a pack, trip
Storks come in groups called a mustering, or muster
Swallows come in groups called a flight, or gulp
Swans come in groups called a bevy, bank, herd, wedge, or flight
Swifts come in groups called a flock
Swine come in groups called a sounder Teal come in groups called a spring
Termites come in groups called a colony, nest, swarm, or brood
Thrush come in groups called a mutation
Tigers come in groups called a streak, or ambush
Toads come in groups called a knot, knab, or nest
Toodlers come in groups called a tumble
Trout come in groups called a hover
Turkeys come in groups called a rafter, gang, or posse
Turtles come in groups called a bale, nest, turn, or dole
Turtle Doves come in groups called a pitying, or piteousness
Unicorns come in groups called a blessing
Vipers come in groups called a generation, or nest
Vultures come in groups called a venue or kettle
Wallaby come in groups called a mob
Walruses come in groups called a herd, or pod
Wasps come in groups called a nest, swarm
Water ducks come in groups called a raft, team, or paddling
Waterfowl come in groups called a knob, or plump
Weasles come in groups called a gang, colony, or pack
Whales come in groups called a pod, gam, herd, school, or mod
Widgeons come in groups called a company
Wild Cats come in groups called a destruction
Wild Dogs come in groups called a pack
Wildfowl come in groups called a plump
Wild Horses come in groups called a herd
Witches come in groups called a flight or cackle
Wives come in groups called a nag
Wolves come in groups called a pack, route, or rout
Wombats come in groups called a wisdom
Woodcocks come in groups called a fall
Woodpeckers come in groups called a descent
Worms come in groups called a bed, clew, bunch, or clat
Wrens come in groups called a herd
Yak come in groups called a herd
Yellow Jacket come in groups called a colony
Zebras come in groups called a Crossing, Zeal, Cohorts, or Herd
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