Collective nouns definitive list

Collective Nouns

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Collective Noun	Notes	References
abandonment of orphans
absence of waiters
admonitio of Prophesies	from the Latin for warning	admonitio
adornment of men
after party of sunglasses	may be hangover
ambulation of golfers
ambush of tigers
angst of teenagers
annoyance of E-Mails
apology of bankers	hmmm yes investment bankers
argument of economists
army of ants
army of caterpillars
army of frogs		Detroit Zoo
army of soldiers
array of eels
array of hedgehogs
array of numbers
arrogance of MPs	seems like it
ascension of larks
attitude of teenagers
aurora of polar bears		livejournal.com
austentation of peacocks
avenue of explorers
awfulot of ocelots	:)
babble of barbers
badling of ducks		Time Magazine
bag of spanners
bale of turtles
band of coyotes
band of gorillas
band of men
band of pirates
banditry of tits	as in birds
bank of elevators
barful of detectorists
barn of animals
barrel of monkeys
barren of mules
bask of crocodiles
battery of barracudas
battle of wills	yes that works
bazaar of guillemots
bed of clams
bed of oysters
bed of roses
bench of magistrates
bevy of beauties
bevy of larks
bevy of quails
bevy of roe deer
bevy of swans
bew of partridges
bike of bees
billing of consultants
birdsong of tweets	or just song
blank of crossword puzzlers
blessing of unicorns
bloat of Hippopotamuses	hippopotami hippos
block of Flats
bloodstock of thoroughbred horses
blush of boys
board of directors
body of coroners
body of pathologists
bonus of bankers	ironic
boogle of weasels
book of matches
bouquet of flowers
bouquet of pheasants
box of chocolates		"Forrest Gump" movie
box of frogs
box of tricks	yes, though that could be literally aswell
brace of sheiks
brace of ducks	actually 2 ducks
brace of pheasants	actually 2 pheasants
briefcase of guns
brood of chickens
brood of chicks
brood of grouse	of one family
brood of hens
bubble of scuba divers
budgie of smugglers
buffoonery of orangutans		Mindprod
building of rooks
bumcrack of builders
bunch of grapes
bunch of flowers
bunch of grapes
bunch of lies
bunch of widgeon
bundle of faggots
bundle of hay
bundle of notes	http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?lextype=3&search=wad
bunting of flags
bunting of flags
bushel of corn
bushel of crabs
business of ferrets
byte of bits
cackle of hyenas
cacophony of hadadas
cacophony of kids	:)
canteen of cutlery	good one - added
caravan of camels
cast of hawks
catalogue of librarians
catchword of crossword solvers
cathedral of larks	birds
cete of badgers
chain of bobolinks
chain of events
chain of islands
chain of mountains	Fathima Sakeena
chaos of children
charlotte of web pages	nice
charm of finches
charm of goldfinches
charm of hummingbirds
chatter of budgerigars
chattering of choughs
Chest of Drawers
chest of beauties	Bob
chime of wrens
choir of hummingbirds		Rebecca's Blog
choir of singers
chore of churchwardens	from a rev so must be true
circus of puffins
clash of bucks
class of pupils
class of students
clatter of cutlery	Jim
clattering of choughs
claw of panthers
clique of girls
cloud of gnats
cloud of grasshoppers
cloud of sea fowl
clous of bats
clowder of cats		AskOxford
cluster of bees
cluster of computers
cluster of stars
clutch of cars
clutch of eggs
clutch of eggs
clutch of misers
clutter of spiders
coalition of cheetahs
collection of stamps
collective of nouns
colony of ants
colony of bats
colony of beavers
colony of frogs
colony of gulls
colony of penguins
colony of rats
column of numbers
comfort of cats
committee of organizers	ok
commotion of grandchildren
company of owls
Complaint of Wives	or a nag of wives?
Complication of Diabetics
compromise of union reps	unlikely !
concentration of kingfishers
confrontation of pacifists	may be a deference or an ocean of pacifists
confusion of weasels
congregation of crocodiles
congregation of eagles
congregation of plovers
congress of baboons
consolidation of accountants	or sum accountants
conspiracy of ravens
constellation of stars
convention of fogeys
convocation of eagles
convocation of eagles
convulsion of bird-watchers
copse of park rangers		The Thin Green Line: A Copse of Park Rangers
corps of giraffes
coven of vampires
coven of witches	of course
cover of coots
covey of grouse
covey of partridges
covey of quail
cowardice of curs
crash of applications	or a crash of apps
crash of debts		G K Chesterton, Father Brown Mysteries, "Secret garden "
crash of elephants
crash of rhinos
crash of software
crawl of tortoises
creep of tortoises	a bit of a creepy one, probably undeserved, anything brighter?	Wikipaedia
crew of sailors
crocodile of children		Cambridge Dictionaries Online
crown of kingfishers
crunch of cockroaches	yuk
cry of hounds
cuddle of aunts
culture of bacteria
curiosity of mongooses	i like that one
darkening of jackdaws
dazzle of zebra	sounds good
dazzle of zebras
deceit of lapwings
descent of woodpeckers
development of film processors
diligence of messengers
display of dolphins
dissimulation of birds
doading of sheldrakes
dopping of sheldrakes
down of hares
dray of squirrels	This is a nest of squirrels.
dread of terns
drift of bees
drift of ideas
drift of ideas
drift of swans
drove of asses
drove of oxen
drum of goldfinches
dule of doves
earth of foxes
elevation of hammocks
embarrassment of chavs
erst of bees
exaggeration of estate agents	Andrew Davis (ex est ag)
exaltation of angels
exaltation of larks
expectation of midwives
fall of woodcocks
falling of dominoes
family of beavers
fanfare of strumpets	prostitutes - but is strumpet plural anyway eg lots of crumpet
farrowing of piglets
fesnyng of ferrets	unusual one	independent.co.uk
fever of stingrays
field of racehorses	hmm doesn't sound right
fistful of dollars
flamboyance of flamingoes
flange of baboons	Not the Nine O'Clock News
fleet of cars
fleet of printers
fleet of ships
flight of birds
flight of birds
flight of cormorants
flight of goshawks
flight of swallows
fling of dunlins
flink of cows	12 cows
float of crocodiles
flock of parrots
flock of sheep
flock of swifts
flotilla of bluebottles	bit like fluther
flotilla of boats		google def
flourish of trumpets	Thomas Moore, poem
flush of mallards	on land
fluther of bluebottles	apparently
fluther of jellyfish
flutter of butterflies
fortress of moles		Weird World of Adam
fraid of ghosts
Fuss of Grandmothers
gaggle of geese	on the water or land
gaggle of women	yes
gam of whales
game of swans
gang of labourers
gang of elk	used in United States
gang of thieves
gathering of yurts		14degrees.com
giggle of schoolgirls
glister of goldfinches
glut of beer drinkers	or a gut
gobshite of australians	naughty
grind of bottle nose whales
grist of bees
groan of teachers
gulp of cormorants
gust of enthusiasts
hamper of snags
hand of bananas
hedge of bushes	and a pain of hedges when you have to trim them
helping of maids
herd of pigs
herd of antelopes
herd of asses
herd of bison
herd of caribou
herd of cows
herd of cows
herd of curlew
herd of deer
herd of donkeys
herd of elephants	Oops yes
herd of elk
herd of giraffes
herd of goats
herd of horses
herd of tourists		Merriam Webster
herd of wrens
hill of ruffs
hive of bees
horde of crows
host of sparrows
host of sparrows
hover of crows
huddle of bricklayers
huddle of penguins		online-literature.com
hunch of detectives	hmm ok or an investigation
husk of hares
illusion of magicians	or a sleight
implausability of gnus
implausibility of wildebeest	apparently so
implausibilty of gnu
index of librarians	hmm maybe, a section of librarians, or a hush of librarians?
Insanity of Psychiatrists
intrigue of kittens
intrusion of cockroaches
journey of giraffes
joy of children	also a scourge of children.
kaleidoscope of butterflies
kennel of dogs
kettle of fish
kettle of hawks
kettle of vultures	when circling in the air
kindle of kittens
kine of cows
kit of pigeons	in flight
knab of toads
knit of paper clips
knot of hawks
labour of moles
lamentation of swans		from a Morse episode
league of nations
leap of leopards
leash of greyhounds
leash of gulls
leash of merlins
library of books
list of hulks
litter of cubs
litter of kittens
litter of puppies
load of old cobblers
loveliness of ladybirds
magnificence of mayors	or maybe a chain of mayors
match of nightingales
measure of surveyors
melt of snowmen	cool :)
menagerie of animals
mischief of kittens
mischief of mice		Online-Literature.com
moan of zombies	or a groan or a shuffle of zombies maybe
mob of cattle	used in United States
mob of emus
mob of kangaroos
mob of sheep	used in Australia
muff of lesbians	lesbians
multipack of penguins	yes as in biscuits ; ) Ho ho
murder of crows
murmuration of starlings
muster of peacocks
muster of storks
mustering of storks
mutation of thrushes
mute of hares
necklace of pearls
nest of bees
nest of rabbits
nest of vipers
net of footballs
never-thriving of jugglers		Oxford English Dictionary
nide of geese
nide of pheasants
nod of frogs
nuisance of snowboarders	sat in the middle of a piste
number of accountants	of course
nye of pheasants
obstinacy of buffalo
orchestra of musicians
ostentation of peacocks
pace of asses
pace of donkeys
pack of flies
pack of cards	Game Day, eh?
pack of coyotes
pack of dogs	wild dogs
pack of grouse
pack of gulls
pack of wolves
palette of colours
pandemonium of pandas	do they ever move that fast to use that
pandemonium of parrots
parade of elephants
parcel of birds
parliament of owls
parliament of rooks
party of jays
passel of hogs
peep of chickens
peloton of cyclists	yes the main body of cyclists in a race
phase of electricians
phlegm of slugs	yuk
pitying of turtledoves
plague of locusts
plump of waterfowl
pod of birds	small flock
pod of dolphins
pod of hippos	ok also float
pounce of cats
predominance of possessions	bit of a mouthful	made it up
prickle of porcupines
pride of lions
pride of peacocks
pride of sheep
puddling of mallards	on water
pulchritude of peacocks	the latin for beautiful is pulchra
quarrel of sparrows
quiver of cobras
raft of auks	at sea yes
raft of hippos	Used in South Africa
raft of penguins	in water
raft of puffins
raft of turkeys
rafter of turkeys
rag of colts
rake of mules
range of mountains
ranting of old gits
ream of paper
regatta of captains
rhumba of rattlesnakes
richesse of martens
ride of cyclists	p-ride may be
ring of cell phones
ring of doughnuts
rookery of penguins
round of beer drinkers
round of drinks
run of cowards
run of fish
sawt of lions
school of dolphins	not sure about this
school of fish
school of whales
scintillation of starlings	sounds good
scold of jays
scolding of nuns
scope of doctors
scourge of mosquitoes	ok
screech of tyres
scurry of squirrels
sedge of bitterns
sedge of cranes
sedge of herons
selection of cheeses	yes works with lots of things
set of tyres	or a set of tires
sheaf of wheat		sheaf of wheat
shedload of garden tools
shimmer of butterflies
shimmer of hummingbirds
shiver of sharks	ooh yes good one
shoal of fish
shock of electricians	or a jolt
shower of meteorologists		The Thimble
shower of meteors
shrewdness of apes
siege of cranes
siege of herons
singular of wild boar
skank of mistresses		Peter Sagal
skein of geese	in flight
skulk of foxes
sleuth of bears
slime of slugs
slither of snakes
sloth of bears
smack of jellyfish		smackofjellyfish.com
smarm of salesmen	:)
sneak of weasels
sord of mallards
sounder of swine
sounder of warthogs	good one
sounder of wild boar
souse of lions
span of oxen
sparkle of electrical engineers	spark or sprinkle
spotlight of actors	yes sort of works
spread of nymphomaniacs
spring of teal
sprint of panthers
squabble of seagulls
squabble of siblings
squadron of flying fish
squadron of ships
squadron of swans
squeal of piglets
squiggle of tadpoles	yes I like this
stand of flamingoes
stare of owls
state of ants
steam of minnows
streak of tigers
stretch of giraffes	I like it especially if they stretch into the distance
stride of pedestrians
string of pearls
string of ponies
string of ponies
succession of heirs	Nice
suit of clothes
suite of furniture
sulk of teenagers
surplice of clergy
sute of mallards	on land
swarm of ants
swarm of bees
swarm of bees
swarm of flies
swarm of insects
swift of tigers
swirling of snowflakes
team of athletes
team of ducks
team of oxen
team of players
thicket of idiots	also village which I will add
throng of tourists	may be thong : ) ?
tickle of feathers
tidings of magpies
tittering of magpies
tok of capercaillies
torus of doughnuts	may be a doh of doughnuts as well	(none - invented)
tower of giraffes
train of camels
trembling of finches
tribe of goats
tribe of sparrows
trimming of finches
trip of dotterel
trip of goats
trip of wildfowl
troop of baboons
troop of dogfish
troop of monkeys
Troop of Monkeys
troop of soldiers
troubling of goldfinches
troubling of goldfish
troupe of actors
troupe of minstrels
trouser of ferrets
tuft of grass
unkindness of ravens
vein of vampires	bloody good one Jez.
venue of vultures
vice of rabbits	Rob Brett
view of televisions	Derek Hindson
village of idiots
volery of birds	in a cage
volt of generators	or vault :) ?
wad of notes
wad of notes	http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?lextype=3&search=wad
waddle of penguins	on dry land
wake of buzzards
wake of vultures
walk of snipe	or snipes not sure
watch of nightingales
wedge of geese	flying in a v shape
wedge of swans	flying in a v shape
wedge of underpants	nice
whinge of headteachers		http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_collective_noun_for_teachers
whinge of pilots	they have nothing to whinge about
whirl of windmills	cool
whirlagust of woodpeckers		California Digital Newspaper
whiteness of swans
whoa of hippies	also a stink of hippies	Uncyclopedia Hippy Entry
willow of wasps
windbag of politicians
wing of pilots	NOT winge
wing of plovers
wisp of snipe	or snipes not sure
wunch of bankers
yoke of oxen
zeal of zebras
zoo of animals

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