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A
A herd of antelope
A colony or an army of ants
A shrewdness of apes
A herd or pace of asses

B
A culture of bacteria
A cete of badgers
A shoal of bass
A sleuth or sloth of bears
A colony of beavers
A swarm, grist or hive of bees
A flock, flight, congregation or volery of birds
A sedge or siege of bitterns
A sounder of boars
A herd of buffalo
A brace or clash of bucks

C
An army of caterpillars
A clowder or clutter of cats
A herd or drove of cattle
A brood or peep of chickens
A clutch or chattering of chicks
A bed of clams
A quiver of cobras
A rag of colts
A cover of coots
A kine of cows (twelve cows are a flink)
A band of coyote
A sedge or siege of cranes
A float of crocodiles
A murder of crows
A litter of cubs
A herd of curlews
A cowardice of curs

D
A herd of deer
A pack of dogs
A dule of doves
A brace, paddling or team of ducks

E
A clutch of eggs
A herd of elephants
A pod of elephant seals
A weaner pod is yearling elephant seals
A gang of elks
A mob of emus

F
A business or fesnyng of ferrets
A charm of finches
A school, shoal, run, haul, catch or draught of fish
A swarm of flies
A skulk or leash of foxes
An army or colony of frogs

G
A flock, gaggle or skein (in flight) of geese
A cloud or horde of gnats
A herd, tribe or trip goats
A charm of goldfinches
A band of gorillas
A leash of greyhounds

H
A down or husk of hares
A cast or kettle of hawks
A brood of hens
A hedge of herons
A drift, or parcel of hogs
A team, pair or harras of horses
A pack, mute or cry of hounds

J
A smack or fluther of jellyfish
        

K
A troop or mob of kangaroos
A kindle or litter of kittens

L
An ascension or exaultation of larks
A leap (leep) of leopards
A pride of lions
A plague of locusts

M
A tiding of magpies
A sord of mallards
A stud of mares
A richness of martens
A labour of moles
A troop of monkeys
A barren or span of mules

O
A parliament of owls
A yoke, drove, team or herd of oxen
A bed of oysters

P
A company of parrots
A covey of partridges
A muster or ostentation of peacocks
A litter of peeps
A nest, nide (nye) or bouquet of pheasants
A flock or flight of pigeons
A litter of pigs
A wing or congregation of plovers
A string of ponies
A pod of porpoises

Q
A covey or bevy of quail

R
A nest of rabbits
A pack or swarm of rats
A rhumba of rattlesnakes
An unkindness of ravens
A crash or herd of rhinos
A bevy of roebucks
A building or clamour of rooks

S
A herd or pod of seals
A drove or flock of sheep
A nest of snakes
A walk or wisp of snipe
A host of sparrows
A dray of squirrels
A murmuration of starlings
A mustering of storks
A flight of swallows
A bevy, herd, lamentation or wedge of swans
A flock of swifts
A sounder or drift of swine

T
A spring of teal
A knot of toads
A hover of trout
A rafter of turkeys
A pitying or dule of turtledoves
A bale of turtles

W
A pod of walrus
A school, gam or pod of whales
A nest of vipers
A pack or route of wolves
A fall of woodcocks
A descent of woodpeckers
Some Collective Animal Nouns:
A
A faculty of academics
A troupe of acrobats
A cast/company of actors/players
A bench of aldermen
A conflagration of arsonists
A troupe of artistes
A team of athletes

B
A tabernacle of bakers
A babble of barbers
A promise of barmen
A thought of barons
A squad of beaters
A bevy/galaxy of beauties
A bench/psalter of bishops
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

C
A slate of candidates
A chapter/dignity of canons
A company/syndicate of capitalists
A congregation of churchgoers
A school of clerks
A cutting/drunkship of cobblers
A hastiness of cooks
A shrivel of critics
A cowardice of curs

D
A troupe of dancers
A decanter/decorum of deans
A board of directors
An obstruction of dons

E
A staff of employees
A panel of experts

F
A stalk of foresters

G
A talent of gamblers
A company of girl guides
A galaxy of governesses
A conjunction of grammarians

H
A herd of harlots
A melody of harpists
An observance of hermits
A gang of hoodlums
A cavalcade of horsemen
A blast of hunters

J
A bench/sentence of judges

K
A banner/rout of knights

L
A bevy of ladies
An eloquence of lawyers
A colony of lepers
An audience of listeners
        

M
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 cortege of mourners
An orchestra of musicians

N
A tribe of natives
A superfluity of nuns

O
A crowd of onlookers

P
A curse/illusion/misbelieving of painters
A malapertness of pedlars/peddler
A crowd/audience/congregation/mob of people
A troupe/troup of performers
A skirl of pipers
A posse of police
A converting of preachers
A pity/gang of prisoners

R
A band of robbers

S
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
An army/brigade/company/division/muster/
platoon/troop of soldiers
A class of students
A simplicity of subalterns

T
A disguising of tailors
A glozing of taverners
A den/gang of thieves
A board of trustees
A flock of tourists

U
An unction of undertakers

V
A prudence of vicars

W
An ambush of widows
A coven of witches
A gaggle of women
A gang of workmen
A congregation of worshippers
A worship of writers

Y
A fellowship of yeom
Some Collective People Nouns:
Turkeys
Turkey Vultures
Statuary
Skunks
Signage
Red Foxes
Raccoons
Rabbits
Ponds & Fountains
Pheasants
Perennials
Owls
Mushrooms
Moose
Magical Farmstead
Hawks
Goats
Geese
Gardens & Grounds
Frogs
Fisher Cats
Egg Stand
Eggs
Ducks
Deer
Bungalow
Coyotes
Cairns
Chickens
Cougars
Birds
Bears
Bats
Aviary
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