Animal Group Names

herd

noun [ C, + sing/pl verb ]

uk  /hɜːd/ us  /hɝːd/

a large group of animals of the same type that live and feed together:

a herd of cattle/elephants/goats

colony

noun [ C ]

uk  /ˈkɒl.ə.ni/ us  /ˈkɑː.lə.ni/

biology   specialized

a group of animals, insects, or plants of the same type that live together:

a colony of ants/termites/bacteria

shrewdness

noun [ U ]

uk  /ˈʃruːd.nəs/ us  /ˈʃruːd.nəs/

2.rare

a group of apes.

cete

noun 

a group of badger

shoal

noun

uk  /ʃəʊl/ us  /ʃoʊl/

shoal noun (FISH)

[ C, + sing/pl verb ]

a large number of fish swimming as a group:

We could see shoals of tiny fish darting around.

Piranhas often feed in shoals.

litter noun (BABY ANIMALS) 

[ C, + sing/pl verb ]

a group of animals that are born at the same time and have the same mother:

a litter of kittens

swarm

noun

uk  /swɔːm/ us  /swɔːrm/

[ C ]

a large group of insects all moving together:

a swarm of bees/wasps/ants/locusts

The dead sheep was covered with swarms of flies.

sounder1

/ˈsaʊndə/

noun

a herd of wild swine.

"he spied a sounder of pigs trotting through the garden"

Antelope: a herd

Ants: a colony or an army

Apes: a shrewdness

Baboons: a troop

Badgers: a cete

Bass: a shoal

Bats: a colony, cloud or cauldron

Bears: a sloth or sleuth; Cubs: a litter

Beavers: a colony

Bees: a swarm

Boar: a sounder

Buffalo: a gang or obstinacy

Camels: a caravan

Caterpillars: an army

Cats: a clowder, glaring, pounce, nuisance or clutter; Kittens: a litter or kindle; Wild cats: a destruction

Cattle: a herd or drove

Cheetahs: a coalition

Chickens: a brood or peep; Chicks: a clutch or chattering

Clams: a bed

Cobras: a quiver

Colts: a rag

Cows: a kine, drove, herd or fold; twelve or more cows are a flink

Coyotes: a band

Cranes: a sedge

Crocodiles: a float or bask

Crows: a murder

Deer: a herd

Dogs: a pack or cowardice; Puppies: a litter

Dolphins: a pod

Donkeys: a drove

Doves: a dule

Ducks: a brace, paddling or team

Eagles: a convocation

Elephants: a herd or parade

Elk: a gang or herd

Emus: a mob

Falcons: a cast

Ferrets: a business or fesnyng

Finches: a charm

Fish: a school, shoal, run, haul or catch

Flamingos: a stand or flamboyance

Flies: a swarm, hatch or business

Foxes: a skulk or leash

Frogs: an army or a colony

Geese: a gaggle or flock, a skein when in flight

Giraffes: a tower

Gnats: a cloud or horde

Goats: a herd, tribe or trip

Goldfinches: a charm

Goldfish: a troubling

Gorillas: a band

Grasshoppers: a cloud

Greyhounds: a leach

Hares: a down or husk

Hawks: a cast or kettle

Hippopotami: a bloat or thunder

Hogs: a drift or parcel

Horses: a team or harras

Hounds: a pack, mute or cry

Hyenas: a cackle

Jaguars: a shadow

Jellyfish: a smack or brood

Kangaroos: a troop or mob

Larks: an ascension or exaltation

Lemurs: a conspiracy

Leopards: a leap

Lice: a flock

Lions: a pride

Locust: a plague or cloud

Magpies: a tiding or tittering

Mallards: a sord

Manatees: an aggregation

Mares: a stud

Martens: a richness

Minnows: a steam

Moles: a labor

Monkeys: a barrel, cartload or troop

Mules: a pack, barren or span

Nightingales: a watch

Otters: a family, romp or raft

Owls: a parliament

Oxen: a team or yoke

Oysters: a bed

Parrots: a pandemonium or company

Partridges: a covey

Peacocks: a muster or ostentation

Penguins: a colony

Pheasants: a nest, nide or bouquet

Pigeons: a flock or flights

Pigs: a drift or drove (younger pigs), or a sounder, litter or team (older pigs)

Ponies: a string

Porcupines: a prickle

Rabbits: a colony or warren

Raccoons: a gaze

Rats: a colony, pack, swarm or mischief

Rattlesnakes: a rhumba

Ravens: an unkindness

Rhinoceroses: a crash

Sharks: a shiver

Sheep: a drove or flock

Skunks: a stench

Snakes: a nest or knot

Sparrows: a host

Squirrels: a dray or scurry

Starlings: a murmuration

Stingrays: a fever

Storks: a mustering

Swans: a bevy or lamentation, a wedge when in flight

Tigers: an ambush or a streak

Toads: a knot or knab

Trout: a hover

Turkeys: a gang, posse or rafter

Turtles: a bale or nest

Vultures: a venue

Wasps: a pledge

Weasels: a colony, gang or pack

Whales: a pod, school or gam

Wolves: a pack or route

Wombats: a wisdom

Woodpeckers: a descent

Zebras: a zeal

Mammal	Animal Group Names
apes	shrewdness
badgers	cete
bats	colony, camp, cloud (in flight)
bears	sleuth, sloth
camels	caravan, train, scorn
cats	clowder
dogs	pack
donkeys	drove
elephants	parade
elk	gang
ferrets	business, fesnyng
foxes	skulk
giraffes	tower
gorillas	troop
hippopotami	pod, bloat
horses	team, harras
hyenas	clan, cackle
kangaroos	mob, troop, court
lemurs	conspiracy
leopards	leap, prowl
lions	pride
moles	labor, company, movement
monkeys	troop, barrel
otters	bevy, family, romp, raft (when floating together)
oxen	team, yoke
pigs	drift, drove
porcupines	prickle
rabbits	colony, fluffle
rats	pack, colony, swarm, mischief
rhinoceroses	crash
skunks	surfeit
squirrels	scurry, dray
tigers	ambush, streak
whales	pod, gam
wolves	pack
zebras	dazzle, zeal

Bird	Collective Noun
crow	murder, mob
doves	dule
eagles	convocation, soar
falcons	cast, kettle, bazaar
flamingos	flamboyance, stand, colony
geese	gaggle
herons	sedge, siege
owls	parliament, congress, wisdom
parrots	pandemonium, company
ravens	unkindness, conspiracy
starlings	murmuration
swans	bevy, wedge (in flight)
turkeys	rafter, gang
turtle doves	pitying

Animal	Animal Group Names
fish	school, shoal
frogs	army
jellyfish	smack
sea stars	galaxy
sharks	shiver, frenzy
stingrays	fever
toads	knot

Insect/Bug	Collective Noun
ants	colony, army
bees	swarm
butterflies	kaleidoscope, flutter
caterpillars	army
cockroaches	intrusion
dragonflies	flight, cluster
flies	cloud
grasshoppers	cluster, cloud
hornets	nest, bike
ladybugs	loveliness
locusts	plague
mosquitoes	scourge
moths	eclipse
scorpions	nest, bed
spiders	cluster, clutter
termites	brood

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