| Albatross | Rookery |
| Antelopes | Herd, cluster, herd |
| Ants | Nest, army, colony, state, swarm, bike |
| Apes | Shrewdness, troop |
| Asses | Pace, drove, herd, coffle |
| Auks | Colony, flock, raft |
| Baboons | Troop, flange |
| Badgers | Cete, colony, set, company |
| Bats | Colony, cloud |
| Bears | Sloth, sleuth, slought |
| Beavers | Family, lodge, colony |
| Bees | Swarm, cluster, nest, hive, erst, bike, cast, college, drift, game, fry, peck, rabble, stand, range, butt, spindle, grist |
| Birds | Battery, cast, congregation, covert, covey, drift, flight, fleet, flock, flush, nest, aviary |
| Bison | Herd |
| Bitterns | Flock, sedge, siege |
| Bloodhounds | Sute |
| Boars | Sounder, singular, herd |
| Buffaloes | Troop, herd, gang, obstinacy |
| Bullfinches | Bellowing |
| Bullocks | Drove |
| Butterflies | Rabble, flight |
| Camels | Flock, train, caravan, herd |
| Caribou | Herd |
| Caterpillars | Army, nest |
| Cats | Clowder, clutter, cluster, colony, glorying, kindle, litter, dout, parliament, seraglio, glaring, destruction (wild cats) |
| Cattle | Drove, herd, bow, bunch, draft, drift, flote, head, diary |
| Chicken | Brood, clutch, hatching, nest, parcel, peep, battery, flock |
| Chinchilla | Colony |
| Clams | Bed |
| Cockroaches | Intrusion |
| Cod | Lap |
| Colts | Rake, rage |
| Cormorants | Colony, flight |
| Cows | Dairy, drove, pack, team |
| Crabs | Cast |
| Cranes | Flock, herd, sedge, siege, sege |
| Crocodiles | Bask, nest |
| Crows | Murder, parcel, hover |
| Deer | Herd, leash, bevy, game, quarry, bunch, mob |
| Dogs | Gang, legion, kennel, pack, stud |
| Dolphins | Team, school |
| Doves | Duet, dule, dole, flight, troop, pitying (of turtle doves) |
| Ducks | Bunch, brood, knob, raft, skein, string, mob, paddling, plump, sord, sore, team, waddling |
| Eagles | Aerie, brood, convocation, cargo |
| Eels | Swarm, bed, bind, draft, fry, wisp |
| Elephants | Herd, flock, parade |
| Elks | Gang, herd |
| Ferrets | Business |
| Finches | Chirm, charm |
| Fish | School, shoal, haul, draught, run, catch, cran, flote, flutter, cast, throw, warp |
| Flies | Business, hatch, grist, swarm, community, fare, rabble, cloud |
| Flamingoes | Stand |
| Foxes | Cloud, skulk, brace, leash, troop, earth |
| Frogs | Army, colony, froggery |
| Geese | Gaggle, clutch, flock, line, skein, nide, wedge |
| Giraffes | Herd, corps, troop, tower |
| Gnats | Swarm, cloud, horde, plague, rabble |
| Goats | Flock, trip, herd, tribe |
| Goldfish | Troubling |
| Gorillas | Band |
| Grasshoppers | Cloud |
| Hares | Down, flick, huske, kindle, tripp, drove, warren, dun |
| Hawks | Aerie, brood, cast, leash, mews, staff |
| Hedgehogs | Nest, array |
| Hens | Battery, brood, parcel, roost, mews, concatenation |
| Hippopotami | Bloat, school, pod, herd |
| Hornets | Nest, bike, swarm |
| Horses | Haras, stud, herd, string, field, set, team, stable, mews, mob, parcel, rag, slate |
| Insects | Horde, nest, swarm, rabble, plague |
| Jackrabbits | Husk |
| Jellyfish | Smuck, fluther, smack, stuck, smuth, brood |
| Kangaroos | Troop, mob, herd |
| Larks | Bevy, exaltation, flight, wisp |
| Leopards | Leap |
| Lice | Flock |
| Lions | Pride, troop, flock, sawt, souse |
| Locusts | Swarm, cloud, plague |
| Magpies | Tiding, tittering |
| Mallard | Flush, lute, puddling, sord, sute |
| Mice | Nest, colony, harvest |
| Midges | Bite |
| Minnows | Shoal, steam, or swarm |
| Moles | Company, labour, citadel (of mole burrows) |
| Monkeys | Troop, cartload, tribe |
| Moose | Herd |
| Mosquitoes | Scourge |
| Mules | Barren, span, mulada, rake |
| Nightingales | Watch, flock, route |
| Otters | Bevy, lodge, family |
| Owls | Parliament, stare |
| Oxen | Team, yoke, drove, or herd |
| Oysters | Bed, cast, clam, hive, set |
| Parrots | Company, flock, pandemonium |
| Peacocks | Pride, muster, ostentation |
| Pekingese | Pomp |
| Penguins | Parcel, rookery |
| Pigeons | Flight, flock, loft |
| Pigs | Drove, fare, litter, flock, hoggery, sounder, nest of trotters |
| Porpoises | School, crowd, herd, shoal, gam, pod, turmoil |
| Quail | Bevy, covey, jug |
| Rabbits | Bevy, bury (of conies), flick, kindle, nest, game, warren, colony |
| Racoons | Nursery |
| Ravens | Unkindness |
| Reindeer | Herd |
| Rhinoceros | Crash, stubbornness, herd |
| Rooks | Building, clamour, congregation, council, pack, shoal, wing |
| Salmon | Run, bind |
| Sardines | Family |
| Scorpions | Bed, nest |
| Seals | Pod, herd, trip, rookery, flock, plump, harem |
| Sharks | School or shoal |
| Sheep | Flock, hirsel, drove trip, drift, fold, hurtle, parcel, mob, down, pack |
| Snails | Escargatoire, rout, walk |
| Snakes | Bed, knot, den, pit |
| Spiders | Cluster, clutter |
| Squirrels | Drey, colony |
| Starlings | Cloud, chattering, murmuration, clattering |
| Stoats | Pack, trip |
| Storks | Flight, mustering, phalanx |
| Swallows | Flight, gulp, rush |
| Swans | Flock, bevy, bank, eyrar, drift, game, herd, sownder, team, wedge |
| Swine | Sounder, drift, herd, trip, drone, singular (of boars) |
| Tigers | Ambush |
| Toads | Knot, nest, knob |
| Trout | Hover, leash, troup |
| Turkeys | Duet, crop, posse, rafter, gang |
| Turtles | Bale, dole, turn, dule |
| Vipers | nest |
| Vultures | Carpets, cast, drove, flock, herd |
| Walruses | Pod, herd, huddle |
| Wasps | Nest, knot, knab, bike, swarm |
| Weasels | Pack |
| Whales | School, gam, mob, pod, herd, plump, run, flote, shoal |
| Wildfowl | Lute, plump, scry, skein, sord, trip |
| Wolves | Rout, route, pack, head, horde |
| Woodpeckers | Descent |
| Worms | Bed, clew, bunch, clat |
| Zebras | Herd, zeal, cohorts |
jueves, 16 de enero de 2014
collective nouns
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