A Collectiveness of Collective Nouns

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1 A Collectiveness of Collective Nouns

2 A Collectiveness of Collective Nouns A Watchya.com Publication

3 draught stud gang tiding army herd boll quiver fesnyng bouquet siege stand nest s o u n d e r charm stalk cast abomination rope tittering parliament bouquet farrow field crash cloud bind cluster band gathering flight mob sheaf assembly chattering wing litter bew colony communion wrack parel rout pod skein group ascension sedge troop swarm implausibility convocation raft descent gaze troupe budget bunch gaze equivocation fling coven clamour fall purse walk thicket fellowship clump c o n s t e l l a t i o n fesynes flourishing rhumba nursery ambush storytelling school crew outfit sneak knob unkindness raffle state brood prudence whiteness wakedivision flotilla bank class grove flourish agenda gang host mutation quarrel party mischief wisp barren bevy scurry festival galaxy disguising host pontification den skein squad caste punnet kennel

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5 A Academics Actors Aeroplanes Angels Antelopes Ants Apes Arms Arrows Arsonists Artillery Asses Asteroids Athletes A faculty of academics A company of actors a cast of actors A flight of airplanes a squadron of aeroplanes A host of angels a chorus of angels A herd of antelopes An army of ants a swarm of ants a colony of ants A shrewdness of apes a troop of apes A stand of arms A sheaf of arrows a quiver of arrows A conflagration of arsonists A park of artillery A pace of asses a herd of asses a drove of asses A belt of asteroids A team of athletes 5

6 B Baboons Bacteria Badgers Bagpipers Balloons Bananas Barons Barracuda Bass Bastards Bats Beakers Beans Bears Beauties Beavers A flange of baboons a troop of baboons A culture of bacteria A cete of badgers A poverty of pipers A festival of balloons A hand of bananas A thought of barons A battery of barracuda A shoal of bass a fleet of bass A shower of bastards A colony of bats A nest of beakers A hill of beans A sleuth of bears a sloth of bears A bevy of beauties A colony of beavers a lodge of beavers 6

7 Bees Bells Bills Birds Bishops Bitterns Boars Boats Bombs Books Bowls Boys Bread A swarm of bees a grist of bees a hive of bees A peal of bells A wad of bills A flock of birds a flight of birds a congregation of birds a volery of birds a dissimulation of birds A bench of bishops A sedge of bitterns a siege of bitterns A sounder of boars a singular of boars a drift of boars (herded) A flotilla of boats a fleet of boats A cluster of bombs A library of books a pile of books A set of bowls A blush of boys A batch of bread 7

8 Bucks Buffaloes Bullfinches Bullocks Bureaucrats Bustards Butlers Butterflies Butterfly fish Buzzards C Camels Candidates Capercaillies Capon A brace of bucks a leash of bucks A herd of buffaloes an obstinacy of buffaloes A bellowing of bullfinches A drove of bullocks A shuffle of bureaucrats A flock of bustards A draught of butlers A kaleidoscope of butterflies a rabble of butterflies a swarm of butterfles a rainbow of butterflies A school of butterfly fish A wake of buzzards A caravan of camels a flock of camels A slate of candidates A tok of capercaillies A mews of capons 8

9 Cards Caribou Cars Caterpillars Cats Cattle Chamois Cheetahs Chickens Chimpanzees Chinchillas Choughs A pack of cards a deck of cards A herd of caribou A fleet of cars a park of cars An army of caterpillars A clowder of cats a cluster of cats a glaring of cats a destruction of cats (feral) A herd of cattle a drove of cattle a yoke of cattle (two) a kine of cattle a fold of Highland cattle A herd of chamois A coalition of cheetahs A brood of chickens a peep of chickens a clutch of chicks a chattering of chicks A cartload of chimpanzees A herd of chinchillas A chattering of choughs a clattering of choughs 9

10 Circuits Clams Clans Clergy Cobras Cockroaches Coins Collective nouns Colts Computers Conies Coots Cormorants Corn Courtiers Cows A bank of circuits A bed of clams A gathering of clans An assembly of clergy an abomination of clergy A quiver of cobras A intrusion of cockroaches A roll of coins a rouleau of coins A catch of collective nouns A rag of colts a rake of colts A cluster of computers a network of computers A bury of conies A covert of coots a cover of coots a raft of coots A flight of cormorants A sheaf of corn A threatening of courtiers A herd of cows a flink of cows 10

11 Coyotes Cranes Cricketers Crocodiles Crows Cubs Curlews Curs D Dancers Deer Directors Doctors Dogfish A band of coyotes a pack of coyotes A sedge of cranes a herd of cranes a siege of cranes An eleven of cricketers A bask of crocodiles a congregation of crocodiles a float of crocodiles a nest of crocodiles A murder of crows a hover of crows a storytelling of crows A litter of cubs A head of curlews A cowardice of curs A troop of dancers A herd of deer A board of directors A confab of doctors A troop of dogfish 11

12 Dogs Dolphins Donkeys Dotterels Doves Dragons Drawers Ducklings Ducks Dunlins A pack of dogs a cry of dogs a kennel of dogs a litter of dogs (puppies) A pod of dolphins A herd of donkeys a drove of donkeys a pace of donkeys A trip of dotterels A dole of doves a dule of doves a flight of doves a piteousness of doves a pitying of doves a prettying of doves A flight of dragons a weyr of dragons a wing of dragons A chest of drawers A fleet of ducklings A brace of ducks (a pair) a dopping of ducks (diving) a plump of ducks (flying) a paddling of ducks (on water) a flush of ducks (brood) a team of ducks (in flight) A fling of dunlins 12

13 E Eagles Economists Eels Eggs Elephants Elks Employees Emus Experts F Fairies Falcons Ferrets A convocation of eagles A clashing of economists A bind of eels a swarm of eels A clutch of eggs a setting of eggs a nest of eggs A herd of elephants a parade of elephants A gang of elks A staff of employees A mob of emus A panel of experts A herd of fairies A cast of falcons A fesnyng of ferrets a cast of ferrets a business of ferrets 13

14 Finches Fish Flamingoes Flies Flour Flower-pots Flowers Flying fish Footballers Foresters Fowls Foxes A charm of finches a trembing of finches a trimming of finches A shoal of fish a fun of fish a haul of fish a draught of fish a catch of fish a school of fish A stand of flamingoes A swarm of flies a business of flies A boll of flour A caste of flower-pots A bouquet of flowers a nosegay of flowers A glide of flying fish An eleven of footballers a team of footballers a fifteen of footballers A stalk of foresters A roost of fowls A skulk of foxes a lead of foxes a leash of foxes 14

15 Friars Frogs G Game Geese Gerbils Giraffes Girls Gnats Gnus Goats Gods A skulk of friars An army of frogs a knot of frogs A bag of game A skein of geese (in flight) a gaggle of geese (on the ground) a wedge of geese (flying) A horde of gerbils A herd of giraffes a tower of giraffes A giggle of girls A cloud of gnats a swarm of gnats An implausibility of gnus a herd of gnus A tribe of goats a herd of goats a flock of goats a trip of goats A pantheon of gods 15

16 Goldfinches Goldfish Golf clubs Gorillas Goshawks Goslings Grandparents Grapes Grass Grasshoppers Greyhounds Grouse Guillemots Guinea pigs A charm of goldfinches a drum of goldfinches a troubling of goldfinches a chattering of goldfinches A glint of goldfish A set of golf clubs A band of gorillas a woop of gorillas A flight of goshawks A skein of goslings A wisdom of grandparents A bunch of grapes a cluster of grapes A tuft of grass A cloud of grasshoppers a cluster of grasshoppers A leash of greyhounds A covey of grouse a brood of grouse (single family) a pack of grouse (large group) A bazaar of guillemots A group of guinea pigs 16

17 Gulls Guns H Hamsters Hares Harlots Harpers Hawks Hay Hedgehogs Hens Hermits A colony of gulls a screech of gulls a pack of gulls An arsenal of guns a battery of guns A horde of hamsters A down of hares a husk of hares a warren of hares a trip of hares A heard of harlots A melody of harpers A cast of hawks a kettle of hawks a leash of hawks A truss of hay An array of hedgehogs a prickle of hedgehogs A brood of hens a run of hens An observance of hermits 17

18 Herons Herrings Hides Hippopotamuses Historians Hogs Homework Hops Hornets Horsemen Horses A siege of herons a hedge of herons A glean of herrings an army of herrings a shoal of herrings a cran of herrings A dicker of hides A bloat of hippopotamuses a crash of hippopotamuses a herd of hippopotamuses An argumentation of historians A sounder of hogs a drift of hogs A slew of homework A pocket of hops A nest of hornets A troop of horsemen a cavalcade of horsemen A haras of horses a stud of horses (for breeding) a team of horses a herd of horses a troop of horses 18

19 Hounds Hummingbirds Husbands Hyenas I Iguanas Information Insects Islands J Jays Jellyfish Jewels A pack of hounds a mute of hounds a leash of hounds a cry of hounds A charm of hummingbirds a shimmer of hummingbirds A multiply of husbands A clan of hyenas A mess of iguanas A wealth of information A swarm of insects A group of islands an archipelago of islands a chain of islands A band of jays a party of jays a scold of jays A fluther of jellyfish a smack of jellyfish A cache of jewels 19

20 Judges Jugglers K Kangaroos Keys Kittens Knaves Knights L Labourers Ladies Lambs Lapwings Larks A bench of judges A neverthriving of jugglers A mob of kangaroos a troop of kangaroos A ring of keys A kindle of kittens a litter of kittens A rayful of knaves A banner of knights a rout of knights A gang of labourers A bevy of ladies A leap of lambs a fall of lambs A deceit of lapwings a desert of lapwings An exaltation of larks a bevy of larks an ascension of larks 20

21 Lawyers Leopards Lepers Lions Lizards Llamas Locusts Lorries M Machine guns Magistrates Magpies Maidens Mallards A huddle of lawyers A lepe of leopards a leap of leopards A colony of lepers A pride of lions a sault of lions a sowse of lions a troop of lions A lounge of lizards A herd of llamas A plague of locusts A convoy of lorries a fleet of lorries A nest of machine guns A bench of magistrates A tiding of magpies a tittering of magpies A bevy of maidens A sord of mallards a puddling of mallards (on water) a flush of mallards (on land) a sute of mallards 21

22 Maps Mares Martens Martins Mathematicians Matrons Men Mice Minnows Moles Money Monitors Monkeys Moose Mosquitoes Mountains Mourners An atlas of maps A stud of mares A richness of martens A richesse of martins A number of mathematicians A riches of matrons A band of men A nest of mice A stream of minnows A labour of moles a company of moles a movement of moles A wad of money A bank of monitors A troop of monkeys a tribe of monkeys a cartload of monkeys A herd of moose A scourge of mosquitoes A range of mountains A cortege of mourners 22

23 Mules Musicians Mussels N Natives Newspaper Nightingales Nouns Noises Nuns O Objects Onions Onlookers Otters A barren of mules a pack of mules a rake of mules A band of musicians an orchestra of musicians A pint of mussels A tribe of natives A quire of newspapers A watch of nightingales a match of nightingales A collective of nouns A gallimaufry of noises A superfluity of nuns A collection of objects A rope of onions A crowd of onlookers A bevy of otters a family of otters a romp of otters 23

24 Owls Oxbirds Oxen Oysters P Painters Papers Parrots Partridges Peacocks Pearls Peasants A parliament of owls a stare of owls A fling of oxbirds A team of oxen a yoke of oxen (two) a drove of oxen a herd of oxen A bed of oysters A illusion of painters A budget of papers A company of parrots a flock of parrots A covey of partridges a bew of partridges A muster of peacocks an ostentation of peacocks a pride of peacocks A rope of pearls a string of pearls A toil of peasants 24

25 Penguins People Performers Pheasants Philosophers Pigeons Piglets Pigs Pilchards Pipers A raft of penguins (in water) a waddle of penguins (dry land) a penguinry of penguins a creche of penguins a huddle of penguins a colony of penguins A crowd of people A troupe of performers A bouquet of pheasants (flushed) a covey of pheasants a nye of pheasants (on the ground) a nide of pheasants (on the ground) a fesynes of pheasants a brace of pheasants (a pair) A ponder of philosophers A flight of pigeons a flock of pigeons a loft of pigeons A litter of piglets A farrow of pigs a drove of pigs a herd of pigs a sounder of pigs (wild pigs) A shoal of pilchards A poverty of pipers 25

26 Players Plovers Pochards Poems Polecats Police Politicians Ponies Porpoises Possums Poultry Prairie dogs Preachers Princes Princesses Prose Ptarmigans A team of players a squad of players A congregation of plovers a wing of plovers a stand of plovers A rush of pochards An anthology of poems A chine of polecats A posse of police An equivocation of politicians A herd of ponies a string of ponies A school of porpoises a pod of porpoises A passel of possums A run of poultry A coterie of prairie dogs A converting of preachers a pontification of preachers A state of princes A royalty of princesses An anthology of prose A parliament of ptarmigans 26

27 Puffins Puppies Q Quail R Rabbits Raccoons Racehorses Rainbow fish Rats A raft of puffins (on water) a colony of puffins (on land) a wheel of puffins (flying) A litter of pups A bevy of quail a covey of quail A colony of rabbits a flick of rabbits a bury of rabbits a wrack of rabbits (young rabbits) a nest of rabbits a warren of rabbits A gaze of raccoons a nursery of raccoons A field of racehorses a string of racehorses A party of rainbow fish A plague of rats a colony of rats a horde of rats a mischief of rats 27

28 Rattlesnakes Ravens Reeds Relatives Rhinoceroses Roe deer Rooks Ruffs Runners S Sailors Sails Saints Salmon A rhumba of rattlesnakes A conspiracy of ravens an unkindness of ravens a storytelling of ravens A clump of reeds A descent of relatives A crash of rhinoceroses A bevy of roe deer A clamour of rooks a parliament of rooks a building of rooks a storytelling of rooks A bill of ruffs A field of runners A crew of sailors A fitting of sails a set of sails an outfit of sails A communion of saints A bind of salmon a run of salmon 28

29 Sandpipers Savages Sea fowl Sea horses Seagulls Seals Senators Servants Sharks Sheep Sheldrakes Ships Shrimps Silk A fling of sandpipers A horde of savages A cloud of sea fowl A herd of sea horses A flock of seagulls A bunch of seals a knob of seals a pod of seals a plump of seals a colony of seals A house of senators A staff of servants an obesiance of servants A school of sharks a shiver of sharks A flock of sheep a fold of sheep a drove of sheep a mob of sheep (Australian) A doading of sheldrakes a dopping of sheldrakes A fleet of ships an armada of ships A troup of shrimps A skein of silk 29

30 Slaves Smokers Snails Snakes Snipe Soldiers Sparrows Spiders Squirrels Stairs Starlets A gang of slaves A confraternity of smokers A rout of snails A bed of snakes a den of snakes a nest of snakes a slither of snakes a pit of snakes A walk of snipe (at rest) a wisp of snipe (in flight) An army of soldiers a squad of soldiers a company of soldiers a platoon of soldiers a division of soldiers a brigade of soldiers A host of sparrows a quarrel of sparrows a tribe of sparrows a ubiquity of sparrows A cluster of spiders a clutter of spiders A dray of squirrels a scurry of squirrels A flight of stairs A galaxy of starlets 30

31 Starlings Stars Steps Stoats Storks Strawberries Strumpets Students Swallows Swans Swifts Swine Swordfish A murmuration of starlings A cluster of stars a constellation of stars a galaxy of stars A flight of steps A pack of stoats A muster of storks A punnet of strawberries A flourish of strumpets A class of students A flight of swallows A wedge of swans (flying) a bank of swans a bevy of swans a whiteness of swans a drift of swans (on water) a herd of swans A flock of swifts A sounder of swine a drift of swine a doyft of swine A flotilla of swordfish 31

32 T Tailors Tasks Teal Thieves Thrushes Tigers Toads Tourists Trash Trees Troops Trout Trucks A disguising of tailors An agenda of tasks A diving of teal a spring of teal a knob of teal A gang of thieves a den of thieves A mutation of thrushes A streak of tigers an ambush of tigers A knot of toads A flock of tourists A heap of trash A clump of trees a grove of trees a copse of trees a thicket of trees a stand of trees A parel of troops A hover of trout A convoy of trucks a fleet of trucks 32

33 Turkeys Turtledoves Turtles Typists U Unicorns Umbrellas V Vicars Vipers Vultures W Wagers Wallabies A raffle of turkeys a rafter of turkeys a flock of turkeys a dule of turkeys a brood of turkeys (young) A pitying of turtledoves A dule of turtles a bale of turtles A pool of typists A blessing of unicorns A spawn of umbrellas A prudence of vicars A nest of vipers A wake of vultures a colony of vultures A book of wagers A mob of wallabies 33

34 Walruses Wasps Waterfowl Weapons Weasels Whales Whelps Whiting Widows Wigeon Wildfowl Winnings Witches Wolves Wombats A herd of walruses A nest of wasps A plump of waterfowl A cache of weapons A sneak of weasels a pack of weasels A school of whales a pod of whales a run of whales a herd of whales A litter of whelps A pod of whiting An ambush of widows A company of wigeon a bunch of wigeon a coil of wigeon a knob of wigeon A trip of wildfowl a plump of wildfowl A purse of winnings A coven of witches A rout of wolves a pack of wolves A warren of wombats 34

35 Women Woodcock Woodpeckers Worms Worshippers Wrens Y Yaks Yeomen Z Zebras A bond of women A fall of woodcock a covey of woodcock a plump of woodcock A descent of woodpeckers A clew of worms A congregation of worshippers A herd of wrens A herd of yaks A fellowship of yeomen A herd of zebras a zeal of zebras 35