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A collective noun is a word for a group of specific items, animals or people. For example, a group of ships is called a fleet, a
group of cows is called a herd, a group of lions is called a pride, a group of baseball players is called a team, and a group of ants
is called a colony.
Some Collective Nouns:
List of Collective Nouns by Collective Noun
armada of ships
army of caterpillars, frogs, soldiers
bank of circuits
battery of tests
bed of clams, snakes
belt of asteroids
bevy of beauties
bouquet of flowers
brood of hens
caravan of camels
cete of badgers
chain of islands
clan of hyenas
class of students
cloud of gnats
clowder of cats
clutter of cats
clutch of chicks, eggs
company of actors
colony of ants, bats, beavers, lepers, penguins
congregation of plovers, worshippers
corps of giraffes
coven of witches
crowd of onlookers
culture of bacteria
deck of cards
den of snakes, thieves
division of soldiers
drove of cattle
fleet of airplanes, ships
flock of birds, sheep
flight of swallows
flotilla of ships
forest of trees
gaggle of geese
galaxy of stars
herd of antelope, buffalo, cattle, deer, zebra
hive of bees
host of sparrows
knot of toads
leap of leopards
library of books
litter of puppies, kittens
lodge of beavers
mob of kangaroos
murder of crows
nest of mice, snakes
orchard of trees
pack of dogs, hounds, wolves
panel of experts
parliament of owls
pit of snakes
platoon of soldiers
pod of whales
pride of lions, peacocks
quiver of arrows
range of mountains
school of fish
chicks - clutch
circuits - bank
crows - murder
dogs - pack
eggs - clutch
experts - panel
fish - school
flamingos - stand
flowers - bouquet
geese - gaggle
giraffes - corps
gnats - cloud
goats - trip
hens - brood
hounds - cry, pack
hyenas - clan
information - wealth
islands - chain
kangaroos - mob, troop
kittens - litter
lawyers - murder
leopards - leap
lepers - colony
lions - pride
monkeys - tribe, troop
mountains - range
owls - parliament
oxen - team, yoke
puppies - litter
ships - armada, fleet, flotilla
snakes - bed, den, nest, pit
soldiers - army, brigade, company, division, platoon, squad, unit
sparrows - host, flight
students - class
tests - battery
shrewdness of apes
slate of candidates
sloth of bears
sounder of boars, pigs
squad of players, soldiers
stand of flamingos, trees
swarm of ants, bees, flies
team of horses, oxen, players
thicket of trees
tribe of monkeys, natives
trip of goats
troop of apes, kangaroos
troupe of actors, performers
unit of soldiers
wad of bills, money
wealth of information
yoke of oxen
toads - knot
trees - forest, grove, orchard, stand, thicket
trucks - convoy
turkeys - rafter
vipers - nest
whales - pods
witches - coven
wolves - pack
worshippers - congregation
zebras herd
Male
Female
Baby
Sound
Group of
Animals
bask,
hiss, grunt, congregation
roar, quak
, pod
(hatchlings)
alligator,
crocodile
bull
cow
hatchling
alpaca
bull
cow
cria
ant
drone
queen,
worker
larva, antling
antelope
buck
doe
calf, fawn
snort
herd
ape
male
female
baby
gibber,
scream
troop,
shrewdness
armadillo
male
female
pup
bray
Natural Artificial
Shelter
Shelter
river
herd
pool
corral
grove
insectarium
, terrarium
cage
baboon
male
female
infant
howl
troop,
flange,
congress
badger
boar
sow
kit, cub
growl
cete
bat
male
female
bitten, pup
screech
colony,
cloud
bear
boar,
sow, she-bear
he-bear
beaver
bee
bird
cub
growl,
sleuth, sloth
groan,
moan, roar
pup, kitten
drone
cock
queen,
worker
hen
larva
hatchling,
chick
colony
hive, swarm
(in flight),
hum, buzz
bike, drift,
grist
chirp,
tweet,
whistle
dissimulatio
n (small
birds only),
fleet, flight,
flock, parcel,
pod, volery
grove
cage
cave
cage
den
den
dam
pen
hive
hive
bison, buffalo
bull
cow
calf
gang, herd,
obstinacy
boar
boar
sow
piglet, shoat,
farrow
singular,
sounder
swarm,
flutter,
army
(caterpillars)
butterfly
male
female
caterpillar,
larva, pupa,
chrysalis
camel
bull
cow
calf, colt
grunt
flock
cat
tomcat
tabby, pussy,
queen
kitten
meow, hiss,
purr
clutter,
clowder,
litter (kittens
cattle
bull
cow
calf
moo
drift, drove,
herd, mob
corral
corral
den
home
barn, corral
cheetah
chicken
male
rooster
female
cub
coalition
hen
chick, pullet
(young hen),
cockrell
(young
rooster)
cluck,
crow,
flock, brood
(of hens),
clutch (of
chicks), peep
(of chicks)
baby, infant
chatter,
scream
troop
grove
cage
pup
squeak
colony
nest
cage
chimpanzee
chinchilla
buck
doe
clam
larva
bed
cockroach
nymph
intrusion
codfish
codling,
hake, sprag,
sprat
school, lap
den
den
coop
pool
nest
aquarium,
pond, tank
coyote
dog
bitch
crane
yelp, cry,
pup, whelp snarl, howl
pack, rout
cock
hen
nestling
caw
murder,
muster
deer
buck,
stag
doe
fawn
bell
herd, mob
cow
hatchling,
juvenile
dog
bull
dog
bitch
puppy
den
nest
aviary
den
kennel
herd, sedge,
siege
chick
crow, raven
dinosaur
den
litter
(puppies),
pack (wild
dogs)
calf
click
herd, pod,
school
colt, foal
bray
drove, herd
squab, chick
coo-coo
dole, flight
duckling
quack
flush, flock,
paddling,
raft, team
eagle
fledgling,
eaglet
scream
aerie,
convocation
eel
leptocephalu
s (larva),
elver
(juvenile)
dolphin
donkey
dove
duck
bull
cow
jack,
jennet, jenny
jackass
cock
drake
hen
duck
swarm
sanctuar
y
aquarium,
tank
barn, corral
pond,
nest
corral
aquarium,
pond, tank
elephant
bull
cow
calf
trumpet
elk
bull
cow
calf
bellow
herd, gang
chick,
hatchling
drum
mob
emu
falcon
tercel,
terzel
falcon
chick
chant
cast
ferret
hob
jill
kit
dook
business,
fesynes
fry,
fingerling
fish
finch
cock
hen
chick
aquarium,
school, shoal sanctuar pond, tank
y
charm
flamingo
chick
fly
maggot
fox
reynard,
dog fox,
tod
vixen
buzz
cloud,
swarm
frog, toad
colony,
flamboyance
, flurry,
stand,
regiment
croak,
ribbit
nest
den
den
army, knot
nest
terrarium
horde
nest
cage
gerbil
buck
doe
pup
giraffe
bull
doe
calf
bleat
herd, corps,
savannah enclosure
tower
gnat
male
female
larva
buzz
cloud, horde
nest
gnu
bull
cow
calf
bellow
herd
goat
billy
goat
nanny goat
kid
bleat
herd, tribe,
trip
barn, corral
goose
gander
goose
gosling
cackle,
gobble
flock,
gaggle, skein
(only while
in flight),
wedge
(flying in a
"V"
formation)
gorilla
male
female
infant
grunt,
whine, pant
band
grove
grasshopper
male
female
nymph
chirp
swarm
nest
guinea pig
boar
sow
pup
squeak
group
nest
cage
cage
gull
cock
hen
chick
hamster
buck
doe
pup
squeak
horde
nest
cage
hare
buck
doe
leveret
squeak
down, husk
burrow
hutch
hawk
tiercel
hen
eyas
aerie, cast,
kettle
hedgehog
boar
sow
piglet
array
nest
pen
hippopotamu
s
bull
cow
calf
bellow,
rumble
herd, bloat
river
pen
hornet
male
female
larva
buzz
swarm,
cloud
nest
sow
piglet, shoat,
farrow
grunt,
squeal
drove, herd,
litter
(piglets)
sty
hog,pig,
swine
boar
colony
pigsty,
pigpen
neigh,
snort,
whinny
harras, team
(harnessed),
string (race
horses), rage
(colts)
range
stable,
paddock,
corral
bark, howl,
bay
cry, mute,
pack
den
kennel
den
horse
stallion,
stud
mare, dam
foal, colt
(male), filly
(female)
hound
dog
bitch
pup, puppy
hummingbird
cock
hen
chick
hyena
male
female
cub
laugh
clan, cackle
den
bitch
pup
gecker,how
l
pack
den
hen
chick
chatter,
screech
band, party
jackal
jay
jellyfish
cock
ephyna
charm
smack,
smuck,
brood
aquarium
kangaroo,
wallaby
buck,
boomer,
jack
doe, flyer,
jill, roo
joey
chortle
koala
male
female
joey
scream,
wail
leopard
leopard
leopardess
cub
growl
leap, prowl
den
den
lion
lion
lioness
cub
roar, growl
pride
den
den
llama
cria
maw
herd
locust
larva
buzz
host, swarm
louse (plural
lice)
male
female
nit, nymph
troop, herd,
mob
colony,
infestation
corral
nest
magpie
cock
hen
chick
chatter
tiding, tribe,
charm, gulp,
flock,
murder
mallard
drake
duck
duckling
quack
flush, sord
manatee
bull
cow
aquarium,
pond
pod
marten
mole
nest
richness
male
female
pup
monkey
male
female
infant
chatter,
gibber,
howl,
scream
moose
bull
cow
calf
bellow
labor
nest
cage
troop,
cartload
grove
cage
herd
mosquito
male
female
nymph,
wriggler,
tumbler
whine
swarm
mouse (plural
mice), rat
buck
doe
pup, pinkie,
kitten
squeak
horde,
mischief
mule
john
molly
foal
bray
barren, pack,
span
nightingale
cock
hen
chick
pipe, sing,
warble
watch
opossum
jack
jill
joey
ostrich
cock
hen
chick
chirp
flock
otter
dog
bitch
whelp, pup
owl
owlet,
fledgling
family, raft,
romp
hoot,
scream,
shriek
parliament
nest
cage
barn, corral
ox
steer,
bullock
cow
oyster
panda
stot, calf
low, bellow
spat
boar
sow
drove, herd,
yoke
barn, corral
bed
pool
cub
den
parrot
cock
hen
chick
mimic,
screech,
squawk
peafowl
peacock
peahen
peachick
scream
penguin
male
female
chick
pigeon
cock
hen
squab,
squeaker
company,
flock
muster,
ostentation
rookery
coo
flock, kit
den
platypus
puggle
porcupine
prickle
colony
cage
prairie dog
boar
sow
pup
coterie, town
quail
cock
hen
chick
bevy, covey,
drift
coop
rabbit
buck
doe
bunny
squeak
hutch
raccoon
boar
sow
cub
trill
reindeer
buck
doe
fawn
nursery, gaze
herd
rhinoceros
bull
cow
calf
bellow
crash
seal
bull
cow
pup
bark
herd, pod,
rookery,
harem
shark
bull
female
cub, pup
sheep
ram
ewe
lamb,
lambkin,
cosset
skunk
kit
drift, drove,
flock, herd,
mob, trip
corral
surfeit
cage
spiderling
cluster
cobweb
terrarium
hatchling,
paralarva,
larva
shoal, squad
hatchling
spider
male
female
squid
male
female
doe
aquarium,
tank
terrarium
female
buck
school,
shiver, shoal
nest, pit
male
pup, kit
hiss
den
bed, knot
snake
squirrel
bleat
den
squeak,
chatter,
click
dray
swan
cob
pen
cygnet,
flapper
termite
drone
queen,
worker
larva
tiger
tiger
tigress
cub
trout
cry
growl, roar
fingerling
turkey
tom or
gobbler
(adult
male),
jake
(juvenil
e male)
hen
poult
turtle
male
female
hatchling
walrus
bull
cow
cub
bevy, game,
herd, team,
wedge
(flying in a
"V"
formation)
colony
hill
terrarium
ambush,
streak
den
den
hoover
gobble
aquarium,
sanctuar pond, tank
y
rafter
terrarium,
pond, tank
bale
groan
herd, pod
sanctuar
y
wasp
weasel
drone
queen,
worker
dog,
buck,
bitch, doe, jill
jack,
hob
larva
buzz
kit
swarm,
colony
nest
gang
den
whale
bull
cow
calf
sing
gam, herd,
pod
wolf
dog
bitch
pup, whelp
howl, cry
pack, rout
wombat
jack
jill
joey
yak
bull
cow
calf
bellow
herd
zebra
stallion
mare
colt, foal
whinny
herd,
crossing
cage
aquarium,
sanctuar tank, pool
y
den
den
mob
barn, pen
savannah enclosure
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