Ants |
A colony |
Apes |
A shrewdness |
Asses |
A pace |
Badgers |
A cete |
Bass |
A shoal |
Bats |
A colony |
Bears |
A sloth, sleuth |
Bees |
A grist, hive, swarm |
Bitterns |
A sedge |
Buffalo |
A gang, an obstinacy, a herd (American Bison) |
Buzzards |
A wake |
Caterpillars |
An army |
Cats |
A clowder |
Cattle |
A drove, herd |
Chicks (of many species) |
A brood; clutch |
Clams |
A bed |
Cockroaches |
An intrusion |
Coots |
A cover |
Cormorants |
A gulp |
Cranes |
A sedge |
Crocodiles |
A bask |
Crows |
A murder
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Deer |
A herd, bevy (refers only to roe deer) |
Dogs |
A litter (young), pack (wild), pack, kennel |
Dotterel |
A trip |
Doves |
A dule, pitying (specific to turtle doves) |
Ducks |
A brace, flock (in flight), raft (on water), team, paddling (on water) |
Eagles |
A convocation |
Elephants |
A herd |
Elk |
A gang |
Ferrets |
A business |
Finches |
A charm |
Flamingos |
A stand |
Flies |
A business |
Fox |
A leash, skulk, earth |
Frogs |
An army |
Geese |
A flock, gaggle (on the ground), skein (in flight) |
Giraffes |
A tower |
Gnats |
A cloud, horde |
Goats |
A tribe, trip |
Gorillas |
A band |
Grasshoppers |
A cloud |
Grouse |
A pack (in late season) |
Gulls |
A colony |
Hawks |
A cast, kettle (flying in large numbers), boil (two or more spiraling in flight) |
Herons |
A sedge, a siege |
Herring |
An army |
Hippopotamuses |
A bloat |
Hornets |
A nest |
Horses |
A team, a string (ponies) |
Hyenas |
A cackle |
Jays |
A party, scold |
Jellyfish |
A smack |
Kangaroos |
A troop |
Lapwings |
A deceit |
Larks |
An exaltation |
Leopards |
A leap |
Lions |
A pride |
Locusts |
A plague |
Magpies |
A tiding, gulp, murder, charm |
Mallards |
A sord (in flight), brace |
Martens |
A richness |
Moles |
A labor |
Monkeys |
A troop, barrel |
Mules |
A pack, span, barren |
Nightingales |
A watch |
Otters |
A romp |
Owls |
A parliament |
Oxen |
A team, yoke |
Oysters |
A bed |
Parrots |
A company |
Partridge |
A covey |
Peacocks |
A muster, an ostentation |
Penguins |
A colony |
Pheasant |
A nest, nide (a brood), nye, bouquet |
Pigs |
A drift, drove, litter (young), sounder (of swine), team, passel (of hogs), singular (refers to a group of boars) |
Plovers |
A congregation, wing (in flight) |
Porcupines |
A prickle |
Ptarmigans |
A covey |
Quail |
A bevy, covey |
Rabbits |
A colony, warren, nest, herd (domestic only)
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Ravens |
An unkindness |
Rhinoceroses |
A crash |
Rooks |
A building |
Seals |
A pod, herd |
Sharks |
A shiver |
Sheep |
A drove, flock, herd |
Snakes, vipers |
A nest |
Snipe |
A walk, a wisp |
Sodwok |
A grimble |
Sparrows |
A host |
Squirrels |
A dray, scurry |
Starlings |
A murmuration |
Storks |
A mustering |
Swallows |
A flight |
Swans |
A bevy, wedge (in flight) |
Teal |
A spring |
Tigers |
A streak |
Toads |
A knot |
Trout |
A hover |
Turkeys |
A rafter, gang |
Turtles |
A bale, nest |
Whales |
A pod, gam, herd |
Widgeons |
A company |
Wolves |
A pack, rout or route (when in movement) |
Woodcocks |
A fall |
Woodpeckers |
A descent |