Parliament Of Owls
This is a list of Standard English collective nouns. The large number of collective nouns in English is based on a tradition of venery which arose in the Late Middle Ages.
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Standard terms for particular groups are listed first in each group and shown in bold.
Subject | Collective Noun | Notes | Sources |
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A | A ! | ||
alligators | congregation | ||
antelope | herd | ||
ants | army | ||
bike | |||
colony | |||
nest | |||
swarm | |||
apes | shrewdness | ||
troop | |||
asses | herd | ||
coffle | a roped line | ||
drove | driven in a group | ||
pace or passe | |||
auks | colony | on land | |
flock | at sea | ||
raft | on water | ||
avocets | colony | ||
B | B ! | ||
baboons | troop | ||
badgers | cete | ||
colony | |||
barbels | shoal | ||
bats | cloud | ||
colony | |||
bears | sleuth or sloth | ||
beavers | colony | ||
family | |||
bees | swarm | ||
colony | |||
erst | |||
grist | |||
birds | flock | ||
dissimulation | fanciful | ||
fleet | |||
flight | |||
parcel | |||
pod | |||
volary | in an aviary | ||
bishops | bench | ||
bison | herd | ||
bitterns | sedge or sege | ||
siege | |||
boars (male pigs) | herd | See also hogs, pigs, swine | |
singular | |||
boars (wild boars) | sounder | 12 or more | |
boys | blush | ||
buffalo | herd | ||
gang | |||
bullfinches | bellowing | ||
bullocks | drove | driven in a group | |
bustards | flock | ||
butlers | draught | ||
butterflies | flight | ||
rabble | |||
buzzards | wake | ||
C | C ! | ||
camels | caravan | ||
flock | |||
train | |||
capercaillie | tok | ||
capons | mews | ||
caribou | herd | ||
cats | clowder | ||
cluster or clutter | |||
glaring | |||
pounce | |||
cats (wild cats) | destruction | ||
caterpillars | army | ||
cattle | herd | ||
drove | |||
chickens | brood | ||
clutch | |||
peep | |||
choughs | chattering or clattering | ||
cobblers | drunkenship or drunkship | ||
colts | rag | ||
rake | |||
cormorants | gulp | ||
cooks | hastiness | ||
coots | covert | ||
coyotes | pack | ||
cranes | herd | ||
sedge or sege | |||
crocodiles | bask | ||
float | |||
crows | murder | ||
curlews | herd | ||
D | D ! | ||
deer | herd | ||
bunch | |||
mob | |||
parcel | |||
rangale | |||
dogs | pack | ||
dogfish | troop | ||
dolphins | pod | ||
school | |||
team | |||
dotterel | trip | ||
doves | dole or dule | fanciful | |
flight | |||
piteousness | fanciful | ||
ducks | flock | ||
badling | |||
brace | |||
bunch | on water | ||
paddling | on water | ||
plump | |||
raft | on water | ||
skein | in flight | ||
sord or sore | |||
string | in flight | ||
team | in flight | ||
waddling | |||
dunlins | fling | ||
E | E ! | ||
eagles | convocation | ||
eels | bed | ||
swarm | |||
elephants | herd | ||
elk | gang | ||
emus | mob | ||
F | F ! | ||
ferrets | business | corruption over time of 'busyness' | |
busyness | |||
fesnyng | |||
finches | charm or chirm | ||
fish | school | ||
shoal | |||
flamingoes | stand | ||
flies | business | ||
cloud | |||
swarm | |||
foresters | stalk | ||
foxes | leash | ||
skulk | |||
frogs | army | ||
G | G ! | ||
geese | flock | on land | |
gaggle | on land | ||
plump | flying close | ||
skein | in flight | ||
team | in flight | ||
wedge | in flight | ||
giraffes | herd | ||
corps | |||
tower | |||
gnats | cloud | ||
horde | |||
rabble | |||
swarm | |||
goats | flock | ||
herd | |||
tribe | |||
trip or trippe | |||
gods | pantheon | See Pantheon | |
goldfinches | charm | ||
goosanders | dopping | ||
gorillas | band | ||
whoop | |||
goshawks | flight | ||
grasshoppers | cloud | ||
swarm | |||
grouse | covey | ||
pack | |||
guineafowl | rasp | ||
H | H ! | ||
hares | down | ||
drove | |||
flick | |||
husk | |||
hawks | boil | two or more spiralling in flight | |
cast | |||
kettle | flying in large numbers | ||
lease | |||
harts | herd | ||
hedgehogs | array | ||
herons | sedge or sege | ||
siege | |||
hermits | observance | ||
hippopotamuses | bloat | ||
hogs | parcel | See also boars, pigs, swine | |
horses | team | in harness | |
band | |||
haras or harrase | |||
herd | |||
stable | |||
string | |||
stud | |||
hounds | pack | ||
cry | |||
hunt | |||
meet | |||
mute | |||
stable | |||
hyenas | cackle | ||
I | I ! | ||
ibex | herd | ||
ibises | colony | ||
iguanas | mess | ||
insects | flight | ||
horde | |||
plague | |||
rabble | |||
swarm | |||
J | J ! | ||
jackdaws | train | ||
clattering | |||
jays | band | ||
party | |||
scold | |||
jellyfish | fluther | ||
smack | |||
K | K ! | ||
kangaroos | mob | ||
troop | |||
L | L ! | ||
lapwings | deceit or desert | ||
larks | bevy | ||
exaltation | |||
leopards | leap or lepe | ||
lions | pride | ||
sawt | |||
M | M ! | ||
mackerel | shoal | ||
magpies | charm | ||
congregation | |||
gulp | |||
murder | |||
tiding | |||
tittering | |||
mallard | brace | ||
flush | |||
puddling | |||
sord | |||
suit or sute | |||
mares | stud | ||
martens | richesse or richness | ||
mice | nest | ||
mischief | |||
trip | |||
minnows | shoal | ||
moles | company | ||
labor or labour | |||
monkeys | barrel | ||
cartload | |||
tribe | |||
troop | |||
moorhens | plump | ||
moose | herd | ||
mosquitoes | scourge | ||
mudhens | fleet | ||
mules | barren | ||
pack | |||
rake | |||
span | |||
N | N ! | ||
nightingales | watch | ||
nuns | superfluity | ||
O | O ! | ||
owls | parliament | ||
oxen | drove | ||
team | |||
yoke | |||
P | P ! | ||
parrots | company | ||
pandemonium | |||
partridges | covey | ||
peacocks | muster | ||
ostentation | |||
pride | |||
pelicans | pod | ||
pheasants | bouquet | ||
head | |||
nest | |||
nide | |||
nye | |||
pigs | drift | See also boars, hogs, swine | |
drove | |||
pipers | poverty | ||
pigeons | kit | flying together | |
plovers | congregation | ||
stand | |||
wing | |||
Q | Q ! | ||
quail | bevy | ||
covey | |||
drift | |||
R | R ! | ||
raccoons | gaze | ||
ravens | unkindness | ||
rhinoceroses | crash | ||
rooks | building | ||
parliament | |||
S | S ! | ||
salmon | bind | ||
draught | |||
run | |||
sandpipers | fling | ||
seals | herd | ||
pod | |||
rookery | |||
sheep | flock | ||
down | |||
drift | when driven in a group | ||
drove | when driven in a group | ||
herd | |||
hurtle | |||
meinie | |||
mob | |||
parcel | |||
trip | |||
sheldrake | dopping | ||
snails | escargatoire | ||
rout | |||
walk | |||
snakes | bed | ||
den | |||
knot | |||
nest | |||
pit | |||
snipe | walk | ||
whisp or wisp | |||
sparrows | host | ||
meinie | |||
tribe | |||
spiders | cluster or clutter | ||
squirrels | colony | ||
dray | |||
scurry | |||
starlings | chattering | ||
clattering | |||
cloud | |||
congregation | |||
murmuration | |||
stoats | pack | ||
trip | |||
storks | flight | ||
mustering | |||
phalanx | when migrating | ||
swallows | flight | ||
gulp | |||
swans | bank | on the ground | |
bevy | |||
drift | |||
eyrar | |||
flight | |||
game | |||
herd | |||
lamentation | fanciful | ||
sownder | |||
team | |||
wedge | in flight | ||
whiting | |||
swifts | flock | ||
scream | |||
swine | doylt | See also boars, hogs, pigs | |
drift | |||
trip | |||
T | T ! | ||
teal | spring | ||
tigers | ambush | ||
streak | |||
toads | knot | ||
nest | |||
trout | hover | ||
turkeys | gang | ||
rafter | |||
turtles | bale | ||
dole | |||
nest | |||
turtle doves | dole or dule | ||
pitying | |||
U | U ! | ||
V | V ! | ||
vipers | nest | ||
W | W ! | ||
walruses | herd | ||
pod | |||
waterfowl | bunch | ||
knob | |||
raft | |||
weasels | colony | ||
pack | |||
whales | gam | ||
herd | |||
mob | |||
pod | |||
wigeons | company | ||
trip | |||
wildfowl | bunch | ||
knob | fewer than 30 | ||
plump | |||
trip | |||
wolves | pack | ||
rout or route | when in movement | ||
woodcocks | fall | ||
woodpeckers | descent | ||
wrens | herd | ||
X | X ! | ||
Y | Y ! | ||
Z | Z ! | ||
zebras | herd | ||
cohort | |||
zeal |
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