Animal Collective Nouns List



This animal collective nouns list are terms used for describing groups of animals EG. A Pride of Lions.


These descriptive words are known as collective nouns or assemblage ...

Animal / Collective Nouns

A-B Animal Collective Nouns

Albatross / Rookery
Alligators / Congregation
Apes / Shrewdness, Troop
Antelope / Herd
Ants / Colony, Army, Swarm, Nest
Asses / Pace, Herd, Drove
Auks / Colony, Flock, Raft
Baboons / Troop, Flange
Bacteria / Culture
Badgers / Cete, Colony, Set, Company
Barracudas / Battery
Bats / Colony, Cloud
Bass / Shoal
Bears (General) / Sloth, Sleuth
Bears (Cubs) / Litter
Beavers / Colony, Family
Bees / Grist, Hive, Swarm, Nest
Birds (Chicks) / Brood, Clutch
Birds (Flight) / Flight
Birds (Game) / Volary, Brace, Plump, Knob
Birds (Ground) / Flock, Dissimulation
Birds (Sea) /Wreck
Bison / Herd
Bitterns /Sedge, Seige
Bloodhounds / Sute
Bobolinks / Chain
Buffalo / Herd, Troop, Gang, Obstinancy
Bullfinches / Bellowing
Bullocks / Drove
Butterflies / Flight, Flutter
Buzzards / Wake

C-D Animal Collective Nouns

Camels / Caravan, Train, Flock
Capons / Mews
Caribou / Herd
Caterpillars / Army
Cats (General) / Clowder, Cluster, Pounce, Dout, Nuisance, Glorying, Glare
Cats (Kittens) / Kindle, Litter, Intrigue
Cats (Wild) / Destruction
Cattle / Drove, Herd, Team
Cheetahs / Coalition
Chickens (General) / Brood, Peep
Chickens (Chicks) / Clutch, Chattering
Chinchilla / Colony
Choughs / Clattering
Clams / Bed
Cobras / Quiver
Cockroaches / Intrusion
Cod / Lap
Coots / Cover, Raft
Cormorants / Gulp
Cows / Kine
Coyotes / Band
Crabs / Cast
Cranes / Sedge, Seige
Crocodiles / Bask, Float
Crows / Murder, Horde, Parcel, Storytelling
Curlews / Herd
Deer (General) / Herd, Leash, Gang
Deer (Buck) / Brace, Clash
Deer (Roe) / Bevy
Dogs (General) / Kennel
Dogs (Curs) / Cowardice
Dogs (Hounds) / Cry, Mute, Pack
Dogs (Puppies) / Litter
Dogs (Wild) / Pack
Dolphins / Pod
Donkeys / Drove, Pace, Herd
Dotterel / Trip
Doves (General) / Dule, Bevy, Cote, Dole, Paddling
Doves (Turtle) / Pitying, Piteousness
Ducks (Flight) / Flock
Ducks (Ground) / Brace, Badling
Ducks (Water) / Raft, Team, Paddling
Dunlins / Fling

E-H Animal Collective Nouns

Eagles / Convocation, Aerie
Eels / Swarm, Bed, Fry
Elephants / Herd, Memory
Elk / Gang, Herd
Emus / Mob
Falcons / Cast
Ferrets / Business, Cast, Fesnying
Finches / Charm
Fish (General) / Draft, Nest, Shoal, School
Fish (Caught) / Catch, Drought, Haul
Flamingoes / Stand, Flamboyance
Flies / Business, Swarm, Cloud
Frogs / Army, Colony, Knot
Fox / Leash, Skulk, Earth, Lead, Troop
Geese (General) / Flock
Geese (Flight) / Skein
Geese (Ground) / Gaggle, Herd, Corps
Giraffes / Tower, Herd
Gnats / Cloud, Horde, Swarm
Gnus / Implausibility
Goats / Tribe, Trip, Drove, Herd, Flock
Goldfinches / Charm
Goldfish / Glint, Troubling
Gorillas / Band, Troop
Goshawks / Flight
Grasshoppers / Cloud
Greyhounds / Leash
Grouse / Pack, Covey
Guillemots / Bazaar
Gulls / Colony, Screech
Guinea Fowl / Confusion
Hawks (General) / Cast
Hawks (Flight) / Kettle
Hawks (Spiraling) / Boil
Hedgehogs / Array
Herons / Sedge, Siege, Hedge
Herring / Army, Shoal
Hippopotamuses / Bloat, Herd
Hornets / Nest, Bike
Horses (General) / Team, Harras, Stable, Troop, Stud (a group belonging to one owner)
Horses (Colts) / Rag, Rake
Horses (Ponies) / String
Horses (Wild) / Herd
Hummingbirds / Charm
Hyenas / Cackle

I-N Animal Collective Nouns

Impalas / Herd
Insects / Horde, Nest, Swarm, Rabble, Plague
Jays / Party, Scold, Band
Jellyfish / Smack, Brood
Kangaroos / Troop, Mob, Herd
Lapwings / Deceit
Larks / Exaltation, Ascension
Leopards / Leap
Lice / Flock
Lions / Pride, Sault, Troop
Lizards / Lounge
Locusts / Plague
Magpies / Tiding, Gulp, Murder, Charm
Mallards (General) / Brace
Mallards (Flight) / Sord
Martens / Richness
Mice / Mischief
Midges / Bite
Minnows / Shoal, Steam, Swarm
Moles / Labor, Company, Movement
Monkeys / Troop, Barrel, Carload, Cartload, Tribe
Moose / Herd
Mosquitoes / Scourge
Mudhens / Fleet
Mules / Pack, Span, Barren, Rake
Nightingales / Watch

O-Q Animal Collective Nouns

Ostrich / Flock
Otters / Romp, Bevy, Family, Raft
Owls / Parliament, Stare
Oxen / Team, Yoke, Drove
Oysters / Bed
Parrots / Company, Pandemonium
Partridge / Covey, Bew
Peacocks / Muster, Ostentation, Pride
Pekingese / Pomp
Pelicans / Pod
Penguins (General) / Colony, Rookery, Huddle
Penguins (Nursery) / Crèche
Pheasants (General) / Nest, Nye
Pheasants (Brood) / Nide
Pheasants (Take-Off) / Bouquet
Pigeons / Flight, Flock, Kit
Pigs (General) / Drift, Drove
Pigs (Boars) / Singular, Sounder
Pigs (Hogs) / Team, Passel, Drift, Parcel
Pigs (Piglets) / Litter, Farrow
Pigs (Swine) / Sounder
Pilchards / Shoal
Plovers (General) / Congregation
Plovers (Flight) / Wing
Polecats / Chine
Porcupines / Prickle
Porpoises / Herd, Pod, School, Crowd, Shoal
Prairie Dogs / Coterie
Ptarmigans / Covey
Quail / Bevy, Covey

R-S Animal Collective Nouns

Rabbits (General) / Colony, Warren, Bury, Trace, Trip
Rabbits (Domestic) / Herd
Rabbits (Hares) / Down, Husk
Rabbits (Jackrabbit) / Husk
Rabbits (Young) / Litter, Nest
Raccoons / Gaze
Rats / Colony, Pack, Plague, Swarm
Rattlesnakes / Rhumba
Ravens / Unkindness, Storytelling
Reindeer / Herd
Rhinoceroses / Crash, Stubbornness
Roebucks / Bevy
Rooks / Building, Clamor, Parliament
Ruffs / Hill
Salmon / Run
Sandpipers / Fling
Sardines / Family
Scorpions / Bed, Nest
Seabirds / Wreck
Seals / Pod, Bob, Harem, Herd, Rookery
Sharks / Shiver, School, Shoal
Sheep / Drove, Flock, Down, Hurtle, Fold, Pack, Trip
Sheldrakes / Doading
Skylarks / Exultation
Squirrels / Dray, Scurry
Snails / Escargatoire, Rout, Walk
Snakes / Den, Nest, Pit, Bed, Knot
Snipe / Walk, Wisp
Sparrows / Host
Spiders / Cluster, Clutter
Springbok / Herd
Squirrels / Dray, Scurry
Starlings / Murmuration, Chattering
Stingrays / Fever
Stoats / Pack, Trip
Storks / Mustering, Muster
Swallows / Flight, Gulp
Swans (General) / Bevy, Bank, Herd
Swans (Flight) / Wedge, Flight
Swifts / Flock

T-Z Animal Collective Nouns

Teal / Spring
Termites / Colony, Nest, Swarm, Brood
Thrush / Mutation
Tigers / Streak, Ambush
Toads / Knot, Knab, Nest
Trout / Hover
Turkeys / Rafter, Gang, Posse
Turtles / Bale, Nest, Turn, Dole
Turtle Doves / Pitying, Dule
Vipers / Generation, Nest
Vultures / Venue
Vultures (Circling) / Kettle
Walruses / Herd, Pod
Wasps / Nest, Swarm
Waterfowl / Knob, Plump
Weasles / Gang, Colony, Pack
Whales / Pod, Gam, Herd, School, Mod
Widgeons / Company
Wildfowl / Plump
Wolves (General) / Pack
Wolves (Moving) / Route, Rout
Wombats / Wisdom
Woodcocks / Fall
Woodpeckers / Descent
Worms / Bed, Clew, Bunch, Clat
Wrens / Herd
Zebras / Zeal, Cohorts, Herd


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