Birds

(alternatives in brackets) A colony of auks (flock, raft) A colony of avocets pod, volary, ) A sedge of bitterns (siege) A chain of bobolinks A bellowing of bullfinches A flock of bustards A wake of buzzards A tok of capercaillies A muse of capons A brood of chickens (cletch, clutch, peep) A chattering of choughs (clattering) A covert of coots ( commotion, cover, fleet, flock, pod, rasp, swarm) A flight of cormorants (gulp) A sedge of cranes (herd, sedge, siege) A murder of crows ( hover, muster, parcel) A head of curlews (herd) A trip of dotterels A dole of doves ( dule, flight, piteousness, pitying, prettying) flock, paddling, plump, raft, safe, skein, sord, string, team) A flight of dunbirds (rush) A fling of dunlins A convocation of eagles (aerie) A cast of falcons A charm of finches (chirm, trembling, trimming) A stand of flamingos A gaggle of geese (flock, plump, skein, team, wedge) A charm of goldfinches (chattering, drum, troubling) A dopping of goosanders A flight of goshawks A covey of grouse (brace, brood, flight, pack) A bazaar of guillemots A colony of gulls A fleet of mudhens A watch of nightingales (match, pray) A parliament of owls (stare) A fling of oxbirds A company of parrots (flock, pandemonium, psittacosis) A covey of partridges (bevy, bew, clutch, warren) A muster of peacocks (ostentation, pride) A pod of pelicans (scoop) A colony of penguins (parcel, rookery) A cadge of peregrines A nye of pheasants (bouquet, head, nide, warren, ) A flight of pigeons (flock, kit, passel, ) A knob of pintails [small number] A congregation of plovers (band, flight, leash, stand, wing) A rush of pochards (flight, knob[small number]) A run of poultry A covey of ptarmigans A bevy of quails (covey, drift) An unkindness of ravens (aerie, conspiracy) A crowd of redwings shoal, wing) A hill of ruffs A fling of sandpipers A cloud of seafowls A squabble of seagulls A dopping of sheldrakes (doading) A walk of snipes (wisp) A host of sparrows (meinie, quarrel, tribe, ubiquity) A murmuration of starlings (chattering, cloud, congregation, clutter) A mustering of storks (flight, phalanx) A flight of swallows (gulp) A herd of swans (bank, bevy, drift, eyrar, game, herd, lamentation, sownder, squadron, team, wedge, whiteness, whiting) A flock of swifts A spring of teals (bunch, coil, knob, raft)

A flock of birds (dissimulation, fleet, flight, parcel, A pride of ostriches (flock)

A flush of ducks (badelynge, brace, bunch, dopping, A parliament of rooks (building, clamour, congregation,

A mews of hawks (aerie, cast, kettle, mew, moulting, screw, stream) A brood of hens A sedge of herons (flight, hedge, rookery, siege) A charm of hummingbirds (chattering, drum, troubling) A colony of ibises A band of jays (party, scold) A desert of lapwings (deceit) A parcel of linnets An exaltation of larks (ascension, bevy, flight) A congregation of magpies (charm, flock, gulp, murder, tiding, tittering, tribe, ) A sord of mallards (flush, puddling, sute) A plump of moorhens

A mutation of thrushes A flock of turkeys (dole, dule, raffle, raft, rafter, posse) A pitying of turtledoves A colony of vultures (committee, wake) A plump of waterfowls (bunch, knob, raft) A company of widgeons (bunch, coil, flight, knob, trip) A trip of wildfowls (bunch, knob, lute, plump,scry, skein, sord, sute) A fall of woodcocks (covey, flight, plump) A descent of woodpeckers A herd of wrens (flock)

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Mammals
(alternatives in brackets) A cluster of antelopes (herd, tribe) A shrewdness of apes (troop) A pace of asses (drove, coffle, herd) A congress of baboons (flange, troop) A cete of badgers (colony) A cloud of bats (colony) A sloth of bears (sleuth) A colony of beavers (family, lodge) A herd of bisons (gang) A sute of bloodhounds A herd of boars (singular) A sounder of (wild) boars [12+] A herd of bucks (leash) A gang of buffalos (herd, obstinacy) A drove of bullocks A flock of camels (caravan, herd, train) A herd of caribous A clowder of cats (glaring, cluster, clutter) A destruction of (wild) cats (dout, dowt) A herd of cattle (drift, drove, mob) A herd of chamois A coalition of cheetahs A colony of chinchillas A rake of colts (rack, rag) A husk of jackrabbits A mob of kangaroos (troop) A kindle of kittens (litter) A fall of lambs A leap of leopards (lepe) A kindle of leverets A pride of lions (flock, sault, sawt, sowse, troop) A herd of llamas A stud of mares A richness of martens (richesse) A mischief of mice (horde, nest, trip) A labour of moles (company, movement) A band of mongooses (pack) A troop of monkeys (cartload, mission, tribe, wilderness) A herd of moose A barren of mules (pack, rake, span) A family of otters (bevy, raft, romp) A team of oxen (drove, herd, meinie, span, yoke) A pomp of pekingese A drove of pigs (drift, flock, herd) A doylt of (tame) pigs A sounder of (wild) pigs A farrow of piglets (litter) An aurora of polar bears (pack)

A bury of conies (game) A flink of cows [12+] A pack of coyotes (band, rout) A litter of cubs A cowardice of curs A herd of deers (bunch, leash, mob, parcel, rangale) A pack of dogs (kennel) A pod of dolphins (flock, school, team) A herd of donkeys (drove) A herd of elands A herd of elephants (parade) A gang of elks (herd) A business of ferrets (cast, fesnying) A skulk of foxes (earth, lead, leash, troop) A brace of geldings A horde of gerbils A journey of giraffes (corps, group, herd, tower) A herd of gnus (implausibility) A trip of goats (flock, herd, trip, tribe) A band of gorillas (whoop) A leash of greyhounds A group of guinea pigs A horde of hamsters A drove of hares (down, flick, herd, husk, kindle, leash, trace, trip) A herd of harts A herd of hartebeests A array of hedgehogs (prickle) A parcel of hinds thunder) A drift of hogs (drove, parcel) A stable of horses (drove, harras, herd, remuda, string, stud, team) mute, stable, sute) A clan of hyenas A herd of ibexes A couple of impalas

A chine of polecats A string of ponies (herd) A prickle of porcupines A school of porpoises (herd, pod) A coterie of prairie dogs (town) A litter of pups A colony of rabbits (bury, drove, flick, kindle, leash, nest, trace, warren, wrack) A field of racehorses (string) A nursery of raccoons (gaze) A colony of rats (horde, mischief, swarm) A crash of rhinoceroses (herd, stubbornness) A bevy of roe deers A colony of seals (harem, herd, pod, rookery, spring) A flock of sheep (down, drift, drove, fold, herd, meinie, mob, parcel, trip) A surfeit of skunks A dray of squirrels (colony) A pack of stoats (trip) A drove of swine (herd) A doylt of (tame) swine (drift, trip) A sounder of (wild) swine [12+] An ambush of tigers (streak) A blessing of unicorns A colony of voles A huddle of walruses (herd, ugly) A mob of wallabyies A sneak of weasels (gang, pack) A grind of bottle-nosed whales A school of whales (float, gam, herd, mob, pod, run, A destruction of wildcats (dout) A herd of wildebeests A pack of wolves (herd, rout) A mob of wombats A cohort of zebras (herd, zeal)

A bloat of hippopotami (crash, herd, pod, school, shoal, troup)

A pack of hounds (cry, hunt, kennel, leash, meet, A herd of yaks

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Invertebrates

(alternatives in brackets) A culture of bacteria A stuck of jellyfish (fluther, smack, smuth) A clew of worms

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Insects and Arachnids

(alternatives in brackets) A colony of ants (army, bike, swarm) rabble, stand) A bike of (wild) bees A flight of butterflies (kaleidoscope, rabble, swarm) An army of caterpillars An intrusion of cockroaches A swarm of flies (business, cloud, grist, hatch) A cloud of gnats (horde, rabble, swarm) A cloud of grasshoppers (cluster, swarm) A bike of hornets (nest, swarm) swarm) A flock of lice (colony, infestation) A plague of locusts (cloud, swarm) A scourge of mosquitoes (swarm) A clutter of spiders (cluster) A colony of termites (swarm) A colony of wasps (bike, nest) A swarm of bees (bike, cast, cluster, drift, erst, game, grist, hive, A flight of insects (horde, plague, rabble,

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Molluscs
A bed of clams A bed of cockles A bed of mussels A bed of oysters (hive) An escargatoire of snails (rout, walk)

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Fish
(alternatives in brackets) A company of angel fish A company of archer fish A battery of barracudas A shoal of barbels A fleet of bass (shoal) A grind of blackfish A school of butterfly fish A school of cod A swarm of dragonet fish A troop of dogfish A swarm of eels A shoal of fish (catch, draught, fray, haul, run, school) A pack of perch A shoal of pilchards (school) A cluster of porcupine fish A party of rainbow fish A shoal of roach A bind of salmons(draught, leap, run, school, shoal) A family of sardines A herd of seahorses A shoal of shads A shiver of sharks (school, shoal) A troupe of shrimps A quantity of smelts A shoal of sticklebacks (spread)

A glide of flying fish A glint of goldfish (troubling) A glean of herrings (army, shoal) A shoal of mackerels A shoal of minnows (steam, stream, swarm)

A flotilla of swordfish A hover of trouts (shoal) A float of tunas (troup) A pod of whitings

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Amphibians and Reptiles

(alternatives in brackets) A quiver of cobras A bask of crocodiles (congregation, float, nest) A herd of dinosaurs (pack) A flight of dragons (weyr, wing) An army of frogs (colony, froggery, knot) A mess of iguanas A rhumba of rattlesnakes A den of snakes (bed, knot, nest, pit, trogle) A knot of toads (knob, nest) A bale of turtles (dule, turn) A nest of vipers (generation)

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People
(alternatives in brackets) A faculty of academics A troupe of acrobats A cast of actors/players (company, cry) A bench of aldermen A conflagration of arsonists A troupe of artistes A team of athletes A tabernacle of bakers A babble of barbers A promise of barmen A thought of barons A squad of beaters A bevy of beauties (galaxy) A bench of bishops (psalter) A blush of boys A troop of boy scouts A feast of brewers A pack of Brownies A shuffle of bureaucrats A goring of butchers A sneer of butlers A slate of candidates A chapter of canons (dignity) An eloquence of lawyers A colony of lepers An audience of listeners An illusion of magicians A bench of magistrates A riches of matrons A morbidity of majors A band of men A faith of merchants A diligence of messengers A troupe of minstrels A side of morris dancers A cortege of mourners An orchestra of musicians A tribe of natives A superfluity of nuns A crowd of onlookers A curse of painters (illusion, misbelieving) A malapertness of pedlars A crowd of people (audience, congregation, mob) A troupe of performers (troup) A skirl of pipers (poverty) A posse of police

A company of capitalists (syndicate) A congregation of churchgoers A school of clerks A cutting of cobblers (drunkship) A hastiness of cooks A shrivel of critics A cowardice of curs A troupe of dancers A decanter of deans (decorum) A caravan of desert travelers A board of directors An obstruction of dons A staff of employees A panel of experts A stalk of foresters A talent of gamblers A company of girl guides A galaxy of governesses A conjunction of grammarians A herd of harlots A melody of harpists An observance of hermits A gang of hoodlums A cavalcade of horsemen A blast of hunters A bench of judges (sentence) A neverthriving of jugglers A banner of knights (rout) A gang of labourers A bevy of ladies

A converting of preachers A pity of prisoners (gang) A band of robbers A crew of sailors A scolding of seamstresses A house of senators A subtlety of sergeants at law An obeisance of servants A posse of sheriffs A blackening of shoemakers A choir of singers A squad of soldiers (army, brigade, company, division, muster, platoon, troop) A picket of strikers A class of students A simplicity of subalterns A disguising of tailors A glozing of taverners A den of thieves (gang) A board of trustees A flock of tourists An unction of undertakers A prudence of vicars An ambush of widows A coven of witches A gaggle of women A gang of workmen A congregation of worshippers A worship of writers A fellowship of yeomen

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Miscellaneous
(alternatives in brackets) A wing of aircraft (flight) A host of angels (chorus) A quiver of arrows A bundle of asparagus A belt of asteroids A bunch of bananas (hand) A grove of bayonets A carillon of bells (change, peal) A library of books A rouleau of coins A collective of nouns A bank of monitors A range of mountains A troop of mushrooms A rope of onions A coterie of orchids A ream of paper A budget of papers

A batch of bread (caste) A bavin of brushwood A fleet of cars A pack of cards (deck, hand) A network of computers A dossier of documents A clutch of eggs A bundle of firewood A bed of flowers (bouquet, bunch, patch) A colony of fungi A pantheon of gods A bunch of grapes (cluster) A battery of guns A budget of inventions A chain of islands (archipelago) A cache of jewels A ring of keys A fleet of lorries (convoy)

A string of pearls (rope) A pod of peas A phantasmagoria of phantoms An anthology of poems A rosary of quotations (mellificium) A clump of reeds A rabble of remedies A nest of rumours A fleet of ships (armada, flotilla) A pair of shoes A shrubbery of shrubs A flight of stairs A galaxy of stars (constellation) An anthology of stories An arcana of tarot cards An agenda of tasks A stand of trees (clump, forest, grove)

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Some That Might Be

A balance of accountants A bevy of alcoholics A corps of anatomists A conflagration of arsonists An audit of bookkeepers A rascal of boys A clutch of breasts A clutch of car mechanics A load of cobblers An unease of compromises A galaxy of cosmologists An intrigue of council members A box of cricketers An incredulity of cuckolds A brace of dentists A bodge of DIYers A grid of electricians An exaggeration of fishermen A revelation of flashers A fraid of ghosts A giggle of girls An expectation of heirs A shower of meteorologists An expectation of midwives A horde of misers An annoyance of neighbours A row of oarsmen A body of pathologists A virtue of patients A ponder of philosophers A clique of photographers A nucleus of physicists A breakdown of plans A flush of plumbers A complex of psychologists A following of stalkers A portfolio of stockbrokers A fanfare of strumpets A pack of suitcases A flight of yesterdays A jam of tarts A hug of teddy bears A ring of telephones A bunch of things

A vagary of impediments A diffidence of introverts A wealth of information A scoop of journalists A flush of lavatories A stack of librarians A babble of linguists A number of mathematicians A compromise of mediators An amalgamation of metallurgists

A promise of tomorrows A twinkling of todays A cancellation of trains An anorak of trainspotters A linkage of webmasters A break of winds An impatience of wives A yearning of yesterdays An optimism of youths