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collective nouns

By collective nouns, I mean the quaint custom in English of giving fanciful names of groups of animals, e. g. instead of a group of tigers, an ambush of tigers, an exaltation of larks, an outback of Aussies, known as the art of venery..

quaint plurals, collective nouns from the medievaral art of venery.
Collective Nouns: The Art of Venery : Singular × Collective
Singular	Collectives
Aussie	outback
Englishman	pound
Pole	solidarity
aardvark	aarmory
actor	cast
albatross	rookery
alligator	congregation
alpaca	flock	herd
angel	chorus	host
ant	army	bike	colony	nest	swarm
antelope	cluster	herd
ape	shrewdness	troop
arrow	quiver
ass	coffle	drove	herd	pace
asteroid	belt
auk	colony	flock	raft
baboon	congress	flange	tribe	troop
bachelor	score
bacteria	culture
badger	cete	colony	company	set
barracuda	battery
bas	shoal
bass	fleet	shoal
bassoonist	flatulence
bat	cloud	colony
bear	maul	sleuth	sloth	slought
bear cub	litter
beauty queen	rictus
beaver	colony	family	lodge
bee	cluster	colony	grist	hive	hum	nest	swarm
beetle	swarm
belly dancer	convulsion
best-selling author	royalty
bird	aviary	brace	cast	dissimulation	fleet	flight	flock	knob	parcel
	plump	volary	volery
bison	gang	herd	thunder	troop
bittern	flock	sedge	siege
bloodhound	sute
boar	herd	singular	sounder
bobolink	chain
book	stack
bovine	herd
bride	thrill
buffalo	gang	herd	obstinacy	troop
bullfinch	bellowing
bullock	drove
butterfly	flight	flutter	rabble	swarm
buzzard	flock	wake
camel	caravan	flock	herd	train
caribou	herd
cat	clowder	cluster	clutter	colony	destruction	dout	glaring	glorying	nuisance
	pounce
cat kitten	intrigue	kindle	litter
caterpillar	army	nest
cattle	drove
cheetah	coalition
chick	brood	chattering	clutch
chicken	battery	brood	clutch	flock	hatching	peep
chimpanzee	cartload
chinchilla	colony
clam	bed	flaccidity
clause	insanity
cobra	quiver
cockroach	intrusion	swarm
cod	lap	school
colt	rag	rage	rake
cony	bury
coot	cover
cormorant	gulp
cow	bow	bunch	draft	drift	drove	flink	herd	kine	mob
	pack	team
coyote	band	pack	rout
crab	cast
crane	flock	herd	sedge	siege
credit card	quicksand
cricket	orchestra
critic	shrivel
crocodile	bask	congregation	float	nest
crow	horde	hover	murder	muster	parcel
cur	cowardice
curlew	herd
deer	bevy	brace	bunch	clash	game	gang	herd	leash	mob
	parcel	quarry
dermatologist	rash
dog	cowardice	cry	gang	kennel	legion	mute	pack
dolphin	herd	pod	school	team
donkey	drove	herd	pace
dotterel	trip
dove	arc	bevy	cote	dole	duet	dule	flight	paddling	pitying
	troop
duck	badling	brace	bunch	flock	gaggle	paddling	raft	team	waddling
eagle	aerie	brood	convocation
earthworm	herd
eel	bed	draft	fry	knot	swarm	wisp
egg	clutch
elephant	flock	herd	host	memory	parade
elk	gang	herd
emu	mob
falcon	cast	passager
ferret	business	cast	fesnying
finch	charm	chirm	trembling	trimming
fish	cast	catch	draft	draught	drift	drought	haul	nest	run
	school	shoal
flamingo	flamboyance	stand
fly	business	cloud	community	grist	hatch	swarm
flying fish	glide
footnote	tedium
fowl	plump
fox	earth	lead	leash	skulk	troop
frog	army	colony	froggery	knot
game	gazebo
gerbil	horde
giraffe	corps	group	herd	stretch	tower	troop
gnat	cloud	horde	plague	swarm
gnu	herd	implausibility
goat	drove	flock	herd	tribe	trip
goldfinch	charm	chattering	drum	troubling	vein
goldfish	glint	troubling
goon	plunder
goose	flock	gaggle	line	nide	skein	wedge
gorilla	band	troop
grasshopper	cloud	cluster
greyhound	gallop	leash
grouse	brace	covey	drumming	pack
guinea pig	group
gull	colony	pack
hamster	horde
hare	down	drove	flick	husk	kindle	leap	leash	warren
hawk	aerie	boil	cast	kettle	leash	mews	nye
hedgehog	array	nest	prickle
hen	battery	brood	mews	parcel	roost
heron	hedge	sedge	siege
herring	army	glean	shoal
hippopotamus	bloat	herd	huddle	pod
hog	drift	drove	herd	parcel	passel
hornet	bike	nest	swarm
horse	band	field	harras	herd	mob	pair	stable	string	stud
	team	troop
hound	brace	cry	kennel	mute	pack
hummingbird	charm	chattering	drum	hover	troubling
hyena	cackle	clan
impala	herd
impressionist	blur
information	wealth
insect	horde	nest	plague	rabble	swarm
island	archipelago	chain
jackrabbit	husk
jay	band	party	scold
jellyfish	brood	fluther	smack	smuck	smuth
jewel	cache
juggler	neverthriving
kangaroo	herd	mob	troop
key	ring
kitten	intrigue	kendle	kindle	litter
knight	banner	rout
lady	bevy
lamb	fall
lapwing	deceit	desert
lark	ascension	bevy	exaltation	flight
lemur	group
leopard	leap	prowl
leper	colony
lice	flock
lion	pride	sault	sowse	tribe	troop
lizard	lounge
llama	herd
locust	cloud	host	plague	swarm
lorry	convoy
louse	colony	flock	infestation	lice
mackerel	school	shoal
magpie	charm	flock	gulp	murder	tiding	tittering
mallard	brace	flush	puddling	sord
manatee	herd
map	atlas
marten	richness
mathematician	number	set
men	band
mice	nest
midge	bite
minnow	shoal	steam	swarm
model	slouch
mole	company	labor	labour	movement
money	wad
monitor	bank
monkey	barrel	carload	cartload	mission	tribe	troop
moose	herd
mosquito	scourge	swarm
mountain	range
mouse	colony	harvest	horde	mischief	nest
mule	barren	pack	rake	span
mystery writer	enigma
native	tribe
nighthawk	kettle
nightingale	flock	match	route	watch
noun	collective
nudist	hangout
nun	superfluity
object	collection
onlooker	crowd
orangutan	buffoonery
ostrich	flock
otter	bevy	family	lodge	raft	romp
owl	parliament	stare
ox	drove	herd	nye	span	team	yoke
oyster	bed	cast	culch	hive
parrot	company	flock	pandemonium	prattle
partridge	bew	covey	pandemonium
peacock	muster	ostentation	pride
pearl	rope
pekinese	pomp
pelican	pod
penguin	colony	creche	huddle	parade	parcel	rookery
performer	troupe
pheasant	bouquet	brood	covey	nest	nide	nye
philosopher	ponder
pig	drift	drove	flock	herd	hoggery	litter	parcel	passel	singular
	sounder	team
pigeon	dropping	flight	flock	kit	loft
piglet	farrow	litter
pilchard	shoal
pistol	brace
plover	congregation	leash	wing
polar bear	aurora	pack
polecat	chine
pony	string
porcupine	family	prickle
porn star	mount
porpoise	crowd	herd	pod	school	shoal
possum	passel
prairie dog	coterie	town
preacher	converting
priest	mass
programmer	brace	curse	prickling
prose	anthology
ptarmigan	covey
publisher	providence
puppy	litter
quail	bevy	covey	drift
quarterback	pocket
quote	blizzard
rabbit	bevy	bury	colony	drove	herd	nest	trace	trip	warren
rabbit kitten	litter	nest	wrack
raccoon	gaze	mask	nursery
raptor	cauldron	kettle
rat	colony	horde	mischief	pack	plague	rabble	swarm
rattlesnake	rhumba
raven	congress	conspiracy	parliament	unkindness
rebuttal	quiver
reindeer	herd
rhinoceros	crash	herd	stubbornness
robin	round
roebuck	bevy
romance writer	bosum
rook	building	clamor	clamour	congregation	pack	parliament	shoal
ruff	hill
sadomasochist	rack
sailor	crew
salmon	bind	gib	run	school	shoal
sandpiper	fling
sardine	can	family
scorpion	bed	colony	nest
sea bird	wreck
sea fowl	cloud
sea horse	herd
seagull	flock
seal	bob	harem	herd	pod	rookery	school	spring	team	trip
senator	house
shark	school	shiver	shoal
sheep	down	drift	drove	flock	fold	herd	hurtle	mob	pack
	trip
sheldrake	doading
ship	armada	fleet	flotilla
skunk	stench	surfeit
sloth	bed
snail	escargatoire	rout	walk
snake	bed	den	knot	nest	pit	slither	swarm
snipe	walk	wisp
soldier	brigade	company	division	platoon	squad
sparrow	flight	host	quarrel	tribe	ubiquity
spider	cluster	clutter	venom
springbok	herd
squirrel	colony	dray	scurry
stair	flight
star	galaxy
starling	chattering	cloud	clutter	murmuration
stick	fagot
stoat	pack	trip
stork	flight	muster	mustering
student	class
submarine	pack
swallow	flight	gulp	rush	swoop
swan	ballet	bank	bevy	flight	flock	game	herd	regatta	team
	wedge
swift	flock
swine	drift	herd	sounder
swordfish	flotilla
tart	jam
task	agenda
teal	diving	spring
tennis game	set
termite	brood	colony	nest	swarm
test	battery
texter	abbreviation
thief	den	skulk
thing	bunch
thrush	mutation
tiger	ambush	hide	streak
toad	knab	knob	knot	lump	nest
tortoise	creep
toucan	durante
tourist	flock
trash	heap
tree	grove	stand	thicket
troop	parel
trout	hover	leash	troup
truck	convoy
turkey	dole	flock	gang	posse	raffle	rafter
turtle	bale	bevy	dole	dule	nest	turn
turtle dove	piteousness	pitying
tweeter	chirp
undertaker	unction
unicorn	blessing
vicar	prudence
viper	den	generation	nest
vulture	wake
wager	book
wallaby	mob
walrus	herd	huddle	pod	ugly
wasp	bike	colony	knot	nest	pail	swarm
waterfowl	plump
weasel	colony	gang	pack	sneak
whale	gam	grind	herd	mob	pod	school	shoal
widgeon	coil	company
widow	ambush
wikipedian	page
wild boar	sounder
winning	purse
witch	coven
wolf	horde	pack	rout	route
wombat	mob	warren	wisdom
woodcock	covey	fall	plump
woodpecker	descent	gatling
worm	bed	bunch	clat	clew
worshiper	congregation
wren	herd
yak	herd
yeomen	fellowship
young lady	bevy
young oyster	set
zebra	cohort	cohorts	crossing	herd	stripe	zeal

quaint plurals, collective nouns from the medievaral art of venery.
Collective Nouns: The Art of Venery : Collective × Singular
Collective	Singulars
aarmory	aardvark
abbreviation	texter
aerie	eagle	hawk
agenda	task
ambush	tiger	widow
anthology	prose
arc	dove
archipelago	island
armada	ship
army	ant	caterpillar	frog	herring
array	hedgehog
ascension	lark
atlas	map
aurora	polar bear
aviary	bird
badling	duck
bale	turtle
ballet	swan
band	coyote	gorilla	horse	jay	men
bank	monitor	swan
banner	knight
barrel	monkey
barren	mule
bask	crocodile
battery	barracuda	chicken	hen	test
bed	clam	eel	oyster	scorpion	sloth	snake	worm
bellowing	bullfinch
belt	asteroid
bevy	deer	dove	lady	lark	otter	quail	rabbit	roebuck	swan
	turtle	young lady
bew	partridge
bike	ant	hornet	wasp
bind	salmon
bite	midge
blessing	unicorn
blizzard	quote
bloat	hippopotamus
blur	impressionist
bob	seal
boil	hawk
book	wager
bosum	romance writer
bouquet	pheasant
bow	cow
brace	bird	deer	duck	grouse	hound	mallard	pistol	programmer
brigade	soldier
brood	chick	chicken	eagle	hen	jellyfish	pheasant	termite
buffoonery	orangutan
building	rook
bunch	cow	deer	duck	thing	worm
bury	cony	rabbit
business	ferret	fly
cache	jewel
cackle	hyena
can	sardine
caravan	camel
carload	monkey
cartload	chimpanzee	monkey
cast	actor	bird	crab	falcon	ferret	fish	hawk	oyster
catch	fish
cauldron	raptor
cete	badger
chain	bobolink	island
charm	finch	goldfinch	hummingbird	magpie
chattering	chick	goldfinch	hummingbird	starling
chine	polecat
chirm	finch
chirp	tweeter
chorus	angel
clamor	rook
clamour	rook
clan	hyena
clash	deer
class	student
clat	worm
clew	worm
cloud	bat	fly	gnat	grasshopper	locust	sea fowl	starling
clowder	cat
cluster	antelope	bee	cat	grasshopper	spider
clutch	chick	chicken	egg
clutter	cat	spider	starling
coalition	cheetah
coffle	ass
cohort	zebra
cohorts	zebra
coil	widgeon
collection	object
collective	noun
colony	ant	auk	badger	bat	beaver	bee	cat	chinchilla	frog
	gull	leper	louse	mouse	penguin	rabbit	rat	scorpion	squirrel
	termite	wasp	weasel
community	fly
company	badger	mole	parrot	soldier	widgeon
congregation	alligator	crocodile	plover	rook	worshiper
congress	baboon	raven
conspiracy	raven
converting	preacher
convocation	eagle
convoy	lorry	truck
convulsion	belly dancer
corps	giraffe
cote	dove
coterie	prairie dog
coven	witch
cover	coot
covey	grouse	partridge	pheasant	ptarmigan	quail	woodcock
cowardice	cur	dog
crash	rhinoceros
creche	penguin
creep	tortoise
crew	sailor
crossing	zebra
crowd	onlooker	porpoise
cry	dog	hound
culch	oyster
culture	bacteria
curse	programmer
deceit	lapwing
den	snake	thief	viper
descent	woodpecker
desert	lapwing
destruction	cat
dissimulation	bird
diving	teal
division	soldier
doading	sheldrake
dole	dove	turkey	turtle
dout	cat
down	hare	sheep
draft	cow	eel	fish
draught	fish
dray	squirrel
drift	cow	fish	hog	pig	quail	sheep	swine
dropping	pigeon
drought	fish
drove	ass	bullock	cattle	cow	donkey	goat	hare	hog	ox
	pig	rabbit	sheep
drum	goldfinch	hummingbird
drumming	grouse
duet	dove
dule	dove	turtle
durante	toucan
earth	fox
enigma	mystery writer
escargatoire	snail
exaltation	lark
fagot	stick
fall	lamb	woodcock
family	beaver	otter	porcupine	sardine
farrow	piglet
fellowship	yeomen
fesnying	ferret
field	horse
flaccidity	clam
flamboyance	flamingo
flange	baboon
flatulence	bassoonist
fleet	bass	bird	ship
flick	hare
flight	bird	butterfly	dove	lark	pigeon	sparrow	stair	stork	swallow
	swan
fling	sandpiper
flink	cow
float	crocodile
flock	alpaca	auk	bird	bittern	buzzard	camel	chicken	crane	duck
	elephant	goat	goose	lice	louse	magpie	nightingale	ostrich	parrot
	pig	pigeon	seagull	sheep	swan	swift	tourist	turkey
flotilla	ship	swordfish
flush	mallard
fluther	jellyfish
flutter	butterfly
fold	sheep
froggery	frog
fry	eel
gaggle	duck	goose
galaxy	star
gallop	greyhound
gam	whale
game	deer	swan
gang	bison	buffalo	deer	dog	elk	turkey	weasel
gatling	woodpecker
gaze	raccoon
gazebo	game
generation	viper
gib	salmon
glaring	cat
glean	herring
glide	flying fish
glint	goldfish
glorying	cat
grind	whale
grist	bee	fly
group	giraffe	guinea pig	lemur
grove	tree
gulp	cormorant	magpie	swallow
hangout	nudist
harem	seal
harras	horse
harvest	mouse
hatch	fly
hatching	chicken
haul	fish
heap	trash
hedge	heron
herd	alpaca	antelope	ass	bison	boar	bovine	buffalo	camel	caribou
	cow	crane	curlew	deer	dolphin	donkey	earthworm	elephant	elk
	giraffe	gnu	goat	hippopotamus	hog	horse	impala	kangaroo	llama
	manatee	moose	ox	pig	porpoise	rabbit	reindeer	rhinoceros	sea horse
	seal	sheep	springbok	swan	swine	walrus	whale	wren	yak
	zebra
hide	tiger
hill	ruff
hive	bee	oyster
hoggery	pig
horde	crow	gerbil	gnat	hamster	insect	mouse	rat	wolf
host	angel	elephant	locust	sparrow
house	senator
hover	crow	hummingbird	trout
huddle	hippopotamus	penguin	walrus
hum	bee
hurtle	sheep
husk	hare	jackrabbit
implausibility	gnu
infestation	louse
insanity	clause
intrigue	cat kitten	kitten
intrusion	cockroach
jam	tart
kendle	kitten
kennel	dog	hound
kettle	hawk	nighthawk	raptor
kindle	cat kitten	hare	kitten
kine	cow
kit	pigeon
knab	toad
knob	bird	toad
knot	eel	frog	snake	toad	wasp
labor	mole
labour	mole
lap	cod
lead	fox
leap	hare	leopard
leash	deer	fox	greyhound	hare	hawk	plover	trout
legion	dog
lice	louse
line	goose
litter	bear cub	cat kitten	kitten	pig	piglet	puppy	rabbit kitten
lodge	beaver	otter
loft	pigeon
lounge	lizard
lump	toad
mask	raccoon
mass	priest
match	nightingale
maul	bear
memory	elephant
mews	hawk	hen
mischief	mouse	rat
mission	monkey
mob	cow	deer	emu	horse	kangaroo	sheep	wallaby	whale	wombat
mount	porn star
movement	mole
murder	crow	magpie
murmuration	starling
muster	crow	peacock	stork
mustering	stork
mutation	thrush
mute	dog	hound
nest	ant	bee	caterpillar	crocodile	fish	hedgehog	hornet	insect	mice
	mouse	pheasant	rabbit	rabbit kitten	scorpion	snake	termite	toad	turtle
	viper	wasp
neverthriving	juggler
nide	goose	pheasant
nuisance	cat
number	mathematician
nursery	raccoon
nye	hawk	ox	pheasant
obstinacy	buffalo
orchestra	cricket
ostentation	peacock
outback	Aussie
pace	ass	donkey
pack	cow	coyote	dog	grouse	gull	hound	mule	polar bear	rat
	rook	sheep	stoat	submarine	weasel	wolf
paddling	dove	duck
page	wikipedian
pail	wasp
pair	horse
pandemonium	parrot	partridge
parade	elephant	penguin
parcel	bird	crow	deer	hen	hog	penguin	pig
parel	troop
parliament	owl	raven	rook
party	jay
passager	falcon
passel	hog	pig	possum
peep	chicken
pit	snake
piteousness	turtle dove
pitying	dove	turtle dove
plague	gnat	insect	locust	rat
platoon	soldier
plump	bird	fowl	waterfowl	woodcock
plunder	goon
pocket	quarterback
pod	dolphin	hippopotamus	pelican	porpoise	seal	walrus	whale
pomp	pekinese
ponder	philosopher
posse	turkey
pounce	cat
pound	Englishman
prattle	parrot
prickle	hedgehog	porcupine
prickling	programmer
pride	lion	peacock
providence	publisher
prowl	leopard
prudence	vicar
puddling	mallard
purse	winning
quarrel	sparrow
quarry	deer
quicksand	credit card
quiver	arrow	cobra	rebuttal
rabble	butterfly	insect	rat
rack	sadomasochist
raffle	turkey
raft	auk	duck	otter
rafter	turkey
rag	colt
rage	colt
rake	colt	mule
range	mountain
rash	dermatologist
regatta	swan
rhumba	rattlesnake
richness	marten
rictus	beauty queen
ring	key
romp	otter
rookery	albatross	penguin	seal
roost	hen
rope	pearl
round	robin
rout	coyote	knight	snail	wolf
route	nightingale	wolf
royalty	best-selling author
run	fish	salmon
rush	swallow
sault	lion
school	cod	dolphin	fish	mackerel	porpoise	salmon	seal	shark	whale
scold	jay
score	bachelor
scourge	mosquito
scurry	squirrel
sedge	bittern	crane	heron
set	badger	mathematician	tennis game	young oyster
shiver	shark
shoal	bas	bass	fish	herring	mackerel	minnow	pilchard	porpoise	rook
	salmon	shark	whale
shrewdness	ape
shrivel	critic
siege	bittern	crane	heron
singular	boar	pig
skein	goose
skulk	fox	thief
sleuth	bear
slither	snake
sloth	bear
slouch	model
slought	bear
smack	jellyfish
smuck	jellyfish
smuth	jellyfish
sneak	weasel
solidarity	Pole
sord	mallard
sounder	boar	pig	swine	wild boar
sowse	lion
span	mule	ox
spring	seal	teal
squad	soldier
stable	horse
stack	book
stand	flamingo	tree
stare	owl
steam	minnow
stench	skunk
streak	tiger
stretch	giraffe
string	horse	pony
stripe	zebra
stubbornness	rhinoceros
stud	horse
superfluity	nun
surfeit	skunk
sute	bloodhound
swarm	ant	bee	beetle	butterfly	cockroach	eel	fly	gnat	hornet
	insect	locust	minnow	mosquito	rat	snake	termite	wasp
swoop	swallow
team	cow	dolphin	duck	horse	ox	pig	seal	swan
tedium	footnote
thicket	tree
thrill	bride
thunder	bison
tiding	magpie
tittering	magpie
tower	giraffe
town	prairie dog
trace	rabbit
train	camel
trembling	finch
tribe	baboon	goat	lion	monkey	native	sparrow
trimming	finch
trip	dotterel	goat	rabbit	seal	sheep	stoat
troop	ape	baboon	bison	buffalo	dove	fox	giraffe	gorilla	horse
	kangaroo	lion	monkey
troubling	goldfinch	goldfish	hummingbird
troup	trout
troupe	performer
turn	turtle
ubiquity	sparrow
ugly	walrus
unction	undertaker
unkindness	raven
vein	goldfinch
venom	spider
volary	bird
volery	bird
wad	money
waddling	duck
wake	buzzard	vulture
walk	snail	snipe
warren	hare	rabbit	wombat
watch	nightingale
wealth	information
wedge	goose	swan
wing	plover
wisdom	wombat
wisp	eel	snipe
wrack	rabbit kitten
wreck	sea bird
yoke	ox
zeal	zebra

Books

recommend book⇒An Exaltation of Larks, the Ultimate Edition

James Lipton

978-0-14-017096-2

paperback

birth

1926-09-19 age:91

978-0-670-30044-0

hardcover

publisher

Penguin

published

1993-11-01

Not only does this book teach you the proper group names, e.g. a pride of lions, an ambush of tigers, an exaltation of larks, it teaches you the history of how this quaint collective name system got started. In medieval times knights would haze their pages making them memorise these fanciful group names hooting with laughter at any mistakes.

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