Online Encyclopedia
List of collective nouns for non-human mammals
Also see Collective noun
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aardvarks | An aarmory of aardvarks | Spurious |
antelope | A herd of antelope |
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apes | A shrewdness of apes |
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asses | A pace of asses |
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baboons | A congress of baboons |
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baboons | A flange of baboons |
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badgers | A cete of badgers |
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bats | A colony of bats |
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bears | A sloth of bears |
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beavers | A colony of beavers |
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beavers | A lodge of beavers |
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boars | A singular of boars |
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boars | A sounder of boars |
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buffalo | A herd of buffalo |
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buffalo | An obstinacy of buffalo |
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camels | A flock of camels |
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cats (feral or wild) | A destruction of cats (feral or wild) |
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cats | A clowder of cats |
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cats | A cluster of cats |
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cats | A clutter of cats |
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cats | A glaring of cats |
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cats | A pounce of cats |
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kittens (cats) | A kindle of kittens (cats) |
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cattle | A herd of cattle |
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cattle | A kine of cattle |
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chamois | A herd of chamois |
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cattle | A drove of cattle |
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cows | A flink of cows |
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cows | A herd of cows |
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curs | A cowardice of curs |
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deer | A herd of deer |
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deer | A leash of deer |
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deer | A parcel of deer |
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roes | A bevy of roes |
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hounds | A cry of hounds |
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puppies | A litter of puppies |
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show dogs | A bench of show dogs | Uncertain |
dolphins | A pod of dolphins |
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elephants | A herd of elephants |
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elephants | A parade of elephants |
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elk | A gang of elk |
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ferrets | A business of ferrets |
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ferrets | A fesnying of ferrets |
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foxes | A leash of foxes |
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foxes | A skulk of foxes |
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giraffes | A corps of giraffes |
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giraffes | A tower of giraffes | Uncertain |
goats | A tribe of goats |
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goats | A trip of goats |
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gorillas | A band of gorillas |
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gorillas | A woop of gorillas |
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hares | A down of hares |
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hares | A husk of hares |
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hares | A leap of hares |
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hares | A trace of hares |
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hares | A trip of hares |
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hedgehogs | A prickle of hedgehogs |
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hippopotami | A bloat of hippopotami | Uncertain |
hippopotami | A crash of hippopotami |
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colts | A rag of colts |
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colts | A rake of colts |
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horses | A harass of horses |
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horses | A stable of horses |
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horses | A team of horses |
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mares | A stud of mares |
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ponies | A string of ponies |
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racehorses | A field of racehorses |
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hounds | A cry of hounds |
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hounds | A mute of hounds |
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hounds | A pack of hounds |
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hyenas | A clan of hyenas |
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kangaroos | A court of kangaroos (see note) | Spurious |
kangaroos | A mob of kangaroos |
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kangaroos | A troop of kangaroos |
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leopards | A leap of leopards |
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lions | A pride of lions |
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lions | A sault of lions |
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lions | A sowse of lions |
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moles | A company of moles |
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moles | A labour of moles |
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moles | A movement of moles |
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monkeys | A mission of monkeys |
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monkeys | A tribe of monkeys |
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mice | A mischief of mice |
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mice | A nest of mice |
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mules | A barren of mules |
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mules | A Rake of mules |
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oxen | A span of oxen |
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oxen | A team of oxen |
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oxen | A yoke of oxen |
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pandas | A pandemonium of pandas | Spurious |
pekinese | A pomp of pekinese |
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hogs | A drift of hogs | Uncertain |
hogs | A parcel of hogs |
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hogs | A passel of hogs |
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piglets | A farrow of piglets |
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piglets | A litter of piglets |
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pigs | A drove of pigs |
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pigs | A herd of pigs |
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pigs | A sounder of pigs |
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polar bears | An aurora of polar bears |
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polecats | A chine of polecats |
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porpoises | A turmoil of porpoises | Uncertain |
possum | A passel of possum | Uncertain |
conies | A bury of conies |
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kittens (rabbits) | A wrack of kittens (rabbits) |
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rabbits | A bury of rabbits |
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rabbits | A colony of rabbits |
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rabbits | A nest of rabbits |
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raccoons | A gaze of raccoons |
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rats | A colony of rats |
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rats | A pack of rats |
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rats | A rabble of rats |
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rats | A swarm of rats |
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rhinoceroses | A crash of rhinoceroses |
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seals | A plum of seals | Uncertain |
seals | A pod of seals |
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seals | A spring of seals |
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lambs | A fall of lambs |
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sheep | A flock of sheep |
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sheep | A trip of sheep |
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squirrels | A dray of squirrels |
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swine | A drift of swine |
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swine | A sounder of swine |
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tigers | A streak of tigers |
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tigers | An ambush of tigers |
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walruses | A herd of walruses |
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walruses | An ugly of walruses |
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weasels | A sneak of weasels |
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whales | A gam of whales |
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whales | A herd of whales |
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whales | A pod of whales |
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whales | A school of whales |
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wolves | A pack of wolves |
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wolves | A rout of wolves |
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zebra | A herd of zebra |
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zebra | A zeal of zebra |
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Notes:
The phrase "A court of kangaroos" is frequently thought to be legitimate, given the (quite unrelated) expression "a kangaroo court". There is no known evidence of its legitimacy as a collective noun, however.
Last updated: 01-22-2005 01:30:51