Below is a glossary of collective nouns for different groups of animals.
You can also find a list of common names for baby animals here.
Animal | Group |
|---|---|
Ass | Herd |
Congregation Pod (Young) | |
Herd | |
Army Bike Colony Nest Swarm State | |
Herd | |
Ape | Shrewdness |
Pack | |
Baboon | Congress Flange Tribe Troop |
Sett | |
Colony Cloud Cauldron | |
Sleuth Sloth | |
Beaver | Colony |
Bike Drift Grist Hive Swarm (inflight) | |
Swarm | |
Bird | Fleet Flight Flock Parcel Pod Volery |
Gang Herd | |
Boar | Shoat Farrow - (singular) Sounder |
Rabble Swarm | |
Wake | |
Flock | |
Herd | |
Clutter Clowder Litter - (young) Kindle - (kittens) | |
Drift Drove Herd Mob | |
Chamois | Herd |
Coalition | |
Flock Brood (hens) Clutch (chicks) Peep (chicks) | |
Clam | Bed |
Cockroach | Intrusion |
Codfish | School |
Rout Pack | |
Crow | Murder Muster |
Herd Mob | |
Litter (pups) Pack (wild) Kennel | |
Herd Pod School | |
Donkey | Drove Herd |
Brace Bunch (water) Flock Team | |
Brood Convocation Aerie | |
Cell Pipe Swarm | |
Herd Parade | |
Gang Herd | |
Mob | |
Falcon | Cast |
Ferret | Business Fesynes |
Draft Run School Shoal | |
Charm | |
Flamboyance Stand | |
Fly | Cloud Swarm |
Leash Skulk | |
Army Knot | |
Gerbil | Horde |
Corps Group Herd Tower | |
Gnat | Cloud Horde |
Herd | |
Herd Tribe | |
Flock Gaggle Skein (in flight) Wedge ('V' flight) | |
Band | |
Swarm | |
Group | |
Colony | |
Horde | |
| Â | |
Boil Cast Kettle | |
Array | |
Siege | |
Bloat Herd | |
Nest | |
Hog | Drove Herd Litter (young) |
Herd Stable Team | |
Hummingbird | Charm |
Cackle Clan | |
Herd Mob Troop | |
Leap Prowl | |
Pride | |
Herd | |
Mallard | Brace Flush Lute Puddling Sord |
Herd | |
Mink | - |
Labour | |
Troop | |
Herd | |
Horde Mischief | |
Mule | Barren Rake Pack Span |
Flock Troop | |
Family Raft Romp | |
Parliament Stare Wisdom | |
Ox | Drove Herd Nye Team Yoke |
Amalgamation | |
Rookery | |
Sounder | |
Chine | |
Herd Pod School | |
Colony Drove Leash Nest Trace Warren | |
Gaze Nursery | |
Horde Mischief | |
Herd | |
Crash | |
Sea Lion | Pod Colony Crash Flock Harem Herd Rookery Team Hurdle |
Herd Pod Rookery Harem | |
Pack | |
School Shoal Shiver Slew | |
Flock Herd | |
Skunk | Odour |
Bed Nest Pit | |
Cluster Clutter | |
Dray Scurry | |
Swan | Flock Herd Team Wedge ('V' flight) |
Termite | Colony Swarm (in flight) |
Ambush Streak | |
Knot Lump | |
Turkey | Flock Rafter |
Bale Dule Herd | |
Mob | |
Walrus | Herd Pod |
Colony | |
Gang | |
Herd Pod School | |
Pack | |
Mob | |
Woodpecker | Descent |
Yak | Herd |
Dazzle Herd |