List of English Terms of Venery, by Animal - Wikipedia

11/13/2017 List of English terms of venery, by animal - Wikipedia
Subject Collective noun Notes Sources

A
antelopes herd [1]
army [2]
colony [2][3]
ants
nest [2]
swarm [2]
shrewdness [1][4][5]
apes
troop [2]
herd [2]
asses drove driven in a group [2]
pace or passe [2][3]
B
baboons troop [2][5]
badgers cete [2][3][5][6]
bats colony [3]
bears sleuth or sloth [2][3][5]
colony [2]
beavers
family [2]
swarm [5]
drift [5]
bees
erst [5]
grist [3]
flock [5]
birds flight [5]
pod [5]
bitterns sedge or sege [3][4][7][8]
boars sounder 12 or more [6]
buffalo herd [3][5]
bullfinches bellowing [5]
bullocks drove driven in a group [5]
swarm [9]
butterflies flutter [10]
kaleidoscope [11]
C
capercaillie tok [12]
capons mews [13]
caribou herd [13]
clowder [2][3]
cats pounce [3]
destruction feral cats [5][14]
cattle mob driven in a group [15]
chickens clutch [5]
cheetahs coalition males only [16]
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chattering or [4][5][6][17][18]
choughs
clattering
rag [3][5][6]
colts
rake [5]
cormorants gulp [3]
coots covert [4][5][8]
coyotes pack [citation needed]
herd [4][5][8]
cranes
sedge or sege [3][7]
crocodiles bask [3]
crows murder or horde [3][5][6]
curlews herd [4][5][6][8]
D
herd [citation needed]
deer
parcel [19]
dogs pack [citation needed]
dolphins pod [20][21]
dotterel trip [3][5][22]
dole or dule fanciful [3][4][5]

doves
flight [8]
badling or [3][8]
badelynge
ducks paddling on water [3][5]
plump [23][24]
raft on water [3][5]
dunlins fling [5]
E
eagles convocation [3]
eels bed [2]
elephants herd [3]
gang [5][6]
elk
herd [5]
F
falcons cast [25]
business corruption over time of 'busyness' [3][6]
busyness [4]
ferrets besyness
fesynes ghost wordsarising from successive misspellings of [26]
fesnyng "busyness"
feamyng
finches charm or chirm [3][5]
school [3]
fish
shoal [3]
flamingoes stand [3]
flamboyance [27]
colony [27]

regiment [27]
flies business [3]
leash [3]
foxes
skulk [3]
frogs army [3]
G
flock on land [3]
geese gaggle on land [3][5][8]
skein in flight [3][5]
herd [5]
giraffes
tower [3]
cloud [3][5]
gnats
horde [3]
flock [5]
goats
trip [citation needed]
goldfinches charm [8]
gorillas band [3]
goshawks flight [4]
grasshoppers cloud [3]
grouse covey [5]
guineafowl rasp [28]
H
boil two or more spiralling in flight [3]
cast [3][4]
hawks
kettle flying in large numbers [3]
lease [4]
hens brood [8]
sedge or sege [3][4][6][7][8]

herons
siege [3][5]
hippopotamuses bloat [3]
hogs parcel See alsoboars, pigs, swine [29][30]
hornets nest [3]
team in harness [3]
haras or harrase [3]
horses herd [citation needed]
string [3]
stud [3]
hounds pack [citation needed]
hyenas cackle [3]
I
ibex herd [citation needed]
insects swarm [citation needed]
J
clattering [31]
jackdaws
train [31][32]

party [3]
jays
scold [3]
fluther [5]
jellyfish
smack [3][5]
K
mob [2]
kangaroos
troop [2][3]
kindle [5]
kittens
litter [citation needed]
L
lapwings deceit or desert [3][4][5][6][33]
bevy [5]
larks
exaltation [4][5][6][8]
leopards leap or lepe [2][3][5]
pride [2][3][5]
lions
sawt [5]
locusts plague [3]
M
mackerel shoal [citation needed]
charm [3]
gulp [3]
magpies
murder [3]
tiding [3][4][5]
sord [3][5][8]
mallards
suit or sute [5][8]
mares stud [5][6]
martens richesse or richness [3][5]
mice nest [2]
minnows shoal [citation needed]
moles labor or labour [2][3][5]
barrel [2][3]
monkeys troop [3][5]
wilderness [34]
moose herd [2]
barren [2][3][5][6]
mules
span [2][3]
N
nightingales watch [4][5][8]
O
owls parliament [2][3][6]
drove [2]
oxen team [2][3]
yoke [2][3]
oysters bed [2][3]

company [2][3]
parrots
pandemonium [2]
partridges covey [3][5][8]
muster [3][5][6][8]
peacocks ostentation [2][3]
pride [2]
pelicans pod [2]
colony [2][3]
penguins convent [2]
tuxedo [35]
bouquet [2][3]
head [5]
pheasants nest [3]
nide [3]
nye [2][3][5][6][8]
drift See alsoboars, hogs, swine [2][3]

pigs
drove [2][3]
pigeons kit flying together [5]
congregation [4][5][8]
plovers stand [5]
wing [5]
Q
bevy [2][3][4][5][8]
quail covey [2][3]
drift [5]
R
colony [3]
nest [3]
rabbits
herd domestic only [3]
litter young rabbits only [3]
raccoons gaze [2]
rats mischief [36]
ravens unkindness [4][5]
rhinoceroses crash [2][3][5]
building [4][5][8]
rooks
parliament [5][6]
S
seals pod [citation needed]
sea urchins herd [37][38]
flock [2][3]
drove when driven in a group [3]
sheep herd [3]
hurtle [2]
pack [2]
sheldrake dopping [8][39]

bed [2]
den [2]
snakes knot [2]
nest [3]
pit [2]
walk [5][6][8]
snipes
whisp or wisp [5]
sparrows host [2][3][4][5][8]
spiders cluster or clutter [2]
dray [2][3]
squirrels
scurry [2][3]
chattering [2][17]
starlings
murmuration [2][4][5][6][8]
storks mustering [2][3]
swallows flight [2][3][8]
bank on the ground [2]
bevy [2][3]
flight [2]
swans
game [5]
herd [2][8]
wedge in flight [2][3][5]
flock [citation needed]

swifts
scream [40]
swine drift [6]
T
teal spring [3][4][5][8]
ambush [2]
tigers
streak [2][3]
knot [2][3]
toads
nest [2]
trout hover [2][3]
gang [3]
turkeys
rafter [2][3]
bale [2][3]
turtles dole or dule [2][8]
nest [3]
dole or dule [4]

turtle doves
pitying [3]
V
vipers nest [3]
kettle in flight [41]
vultures committee while resting [41]
wake when feeding [41]
W
walruses herd [3]

pod [3]
bunch [5]
waterfowl knob fewer than 30 (fanciful) [42]
raft [5]
colony [2]
weasels
pack [2]
gam [2][3]
herd [3]
whales
mob [2]
pod [2][3]
company [3][5]
wigeons
trip [5]
bunch [5]
knob fewer than 30 (fanciful) [42]

wildfowl
plump [5]
trip [5]
pack [2][3]
wolves
rout or route when in movement [2][3]
wombats wisdom [43]
woodcocks fall [3][4][5][8]
woodpeckers descent [2][3][5]
wrens herd [4][5]
Z
herd [2]
zebras dazzle [44]
zeal [2]

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Subject Collective noun Notes Sources

asses drove driven in a group [2]

pace or passe [2][3]

badgers cete [2][3][5][6]

bats colony [3]

bears sleuth or sloth [2][3][5]

birds flight [5]

bitterns sedge or sege [3][4][7][8]

boars sounder 12 or more [6]

buffalo herd [3][5]

bullfinches bellowing [5]

bullocks drove driven in a group [5]

butterflies flutter [10]

capons mews [13]

caribou herd [13]

cats pounce [3]

destruction feral cats [5][14]

cattle mob driven in a group [15]

chickens clutch [5]

cheetahs coalition males only [16]

Subject Collective noun Notes Sources

cormorants gulp [3]

coots covert [4][5][8]

coyotes pack [citation needed]

crocodiles bask [3]

crows murder or horde [3][5][6]

curlews herd [4][5][6][8]

dogs pack [citation needed]

dolphins pod [20][21]

dotterel trip [3][5][22]

dole or dule fanciful [3][4][5]

raft on water [3][5]

dunlins fling [5]

eels bed [2]

elephants herd [3]

business corruption over time of 'busyness' [3][6]

flamingoes stand [3]

Subject Collective noun Notes Sources

flies business [3]

frogs army [3]

geese gaggle on land [3][5][8]

skein in flight [3][5]

goldfinches charm [8]

gorillas band [3]

goshawks flight [4]

grasshoppers cloud [3]

grouse covey [5]

guineafowl rasp [28]

hens brood [8]

sedge or sege [3][4][6][7][8]

hippopotamuses bloat [3]

hogs parcel See alsoboars, pigs, swine [29][30]

hornets nest [3]

team in harness [3]

haras or harrase [3]

horses herd [citation needed]

hounds pack [citation needed]

hyenas cackle [3]

insects swarm [citation needed]

Subject Collective noun Notes Sources

leopards leap or lepe [2][3][5]

locusts plague [3]