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Animal Group Names

  1. Albatross:            Rookery

  2. Alligators:           Congregation

  3. Antelope:            Herd

  4. Ant:                    Colony, Swarm, Army

  5. Ape:                   Shrewdness

  6. Asses:                Pace

  7. Auks:                 Colony, Flock or Raft

  8. Baboons:           Troop, Flange

  9. Bacteria:            Culture

  10. Badger:             Cete, Colony, Set, Company

  11. Barracudas:       Battery

  12. Bass:                  Shoal

  13. Bats:                  Colony, Cloud

  14. Bears (general)  Sleuth, Sloth

  15. Bears (cubs):     Litter

  16. Beaver:             Colony

  17. Bee:                   Swarm, Grist, Hive

  18. Bird:                   Flock, Flight, Congregation, Volery

  19. Birds (chicks):    Brood or clutch

  20. Birds (flight):      Flight

  21. Birds (ground):  Flock, Dissimulation

  22. Birds (sea):       Wreck

  23. Bitterns:           Sedge, Seige

  24. Bloodhounds:   Sute  

  25. Boar:                Sounder

  26. Bobolinks:        Chain

  27. Buffalo:            Herd

  28. Bullfinches:      Bellowing

  29. Bullocks:          Drove

  30. Buck:                Brace, Clash

  31. Bunch:              Of panties

  32. Butterflies:        Flight, Flutter (many more)

  33. Buzzards:          Wake

  34. Camels:             Caravan or Train

  35. Caribou:             Herd

  36. Caterpillar:        Army

  37. Cat:                    Clowder, Clutter

  38. Cats (general):   Clowder, Clutter, Pounce, Dout, Nuisance or glorying

  39. Cats (kittens):     Kindle, litter or intrigue

  40. Cats (wild):        Destruction   

  41. Cattle:                 Herd, Drove, Team

  42. Cheetah:            Coalition

  43. Chicken (general):  Brood, Peep

  44. Chickens (chicks):  Clutch, Chattering

  45. Chinchilla:             Colony

  46. Clam:                     Bed

  47. Cobra:                   Quiver

  48. Cockroaches:        Intrusion

  49. Cod:                      Lap

  50. Colt:                      Rag

  51. Coots:                   Cover

  52. Cormorants:         Gulp

  53. Cow:                    Kine (twelve cows are A Flink)

  54. Coyote:                Band

  55. Crabs:                  Cast

  56. Crane:                 Sedge, Siege

  57. Crocodile:           Bask, Float

  58. Crow:                  Murder, Horde, Parcel

  59. Cub:                     Litter

  60. Curlew:               Herd

  61. Cur:                    Cowardice

  62. Deer (general):   Herd, Leash, Gang

  63. Deer (buck):        Brace, Clash

  64. Deer (roe):          Bevy

  65. Dogs (general):  Kennel

  66. Dogs (curs):        Cowardice

  67. Dogs (hounds):   Cry, Mute, Pack

  68. Dogs (puppies):  Litter

  69. Dogs (wild):        Pack

  70. Dolphins:            Pod

  71. Donkey:              Herd, Pace of asses

  72. Dotterel:             Trip

  73. Doves (general):  Dule, Bevy, Cote, Dole, Padding

  74. Doves (turtle):     Pitying, Piteousness

  75. Dragonfly:          

  76. Ducks (flight):     Flock

  77. Ducks (ground):  Brace, Badling

  78. Ducks (water):    Raft, team, paddling

  79. Eagles:              Convocation

  80. Eels:                  Swarm, bed, fry

  81. Elephant:           Herd or memory

  82. Elk:                    Gang

  83. Emus:                Mob

  84. Ferret:               Business, Cast or Fesnyng

  85. Finches:            Charm

  86. Fish (general):   Draft, Nest , Shoal, School

  87. Fish (caught):    Catch, Drought, Haul

  88. Flamingos:        Stand

  89. Flies:                 Business, Swarm

  90. Fox:                   Skulk, Leash, Earth, Lead

  91. Frog:                  Army, Colony

  92. Geese (general):  Flock

  93. Geese (flight):     Skein

  94. Geese (ground):  Gaggle

  95. Giraffes:             Tower

  96. Gnat:                  Cloud, Horde, Swarm

  97. Gnu:                   Implausibility

  98. Goat:                  Tribe, Trip, Drove

  99. Goldfince:          Charm

  100. Goldfish:            Glint, Troubling

  101. Gorilla:              Band

  102. Grasshoppers:   Cloud

  103. Greyhound:       Leash

  104. Grouse:             Pack

  105. Gulls:                Colony

  106. Mallards (general):  Brace

  107. Mallards (flight): Sord

  108. Hare:                 Down, Husk

  109. Martens:            Richness

  110. Hawks (general): Cast

  111. Hawks (flight):    Kettle

  112. Hawks (spiraling): Boil

  113. Hedgehogs:        Array

  114. Hen:                   Brood

  115. Heron:                Sedge, Siege, Hedge

  116. Herring:              Army

  117. Midges:              Bite

  118. Minnows:           Shoal, Steam, Swarm

  119. Hippopotamuses:  Bloat

  120. Hog:                   Drift, Parcel

  121. Hornets:             Nest, Bike

  122. Horses (general): Team, Harras, Stable, Troop, Stud ( a group belonging to one owner)

  123. Horses (colts):    Rag, rake

  124. Horses (ponies): String

  125. Horses (wild):    Herd

  126. Hound:              Pack, Mute, Cry

  127. Hyenas:             Cackle

  128. Impalas:            Herd

  129. Insects:              Horde, nest, swarm, rabble, plague

  130. Jays:                  Party, Scold

  131. Jellyfish:            Smack

  132. Kangaroo:          Troop, Mob

  133. Kitten:                Kindle, Litter

  134. Lapwings:          Deceit

  135. Lark:                  Ascension, Exultation

  136. Leopard:            Leap (Leep)

  137. Lice:                  Flock

  138. Lion:                  Pride, Sault, Troop

  139. Lizards:              Lounge

  140. Locust:               Plague

  141. Magpies:            Tiding, gulp, murder, charm

  142. Mallard:             Sord

  143. Mandrill:            Horde

  144. Mare:                 Stud of mares

  145. Marten:              Richness of martens

  146. Minnows:           Shoal, Steam or Swarm

  147. Mole:                 Labour, company or movement

  148. Monkey:            Troop, barrel, carload or tribe

  149. Moose:               Herd

  150. Mosquitoes:       Scourge

  151. Mule:                 Pack, span, barren or rake

  152. Nightingales:     Watch

  153. Otters:                Romp, bevy or family

  154. Owls:                 Parliament or stare

  155. Oxen:                Yoke, Drove, Team, Herd

  156. Oyster:               Bed

  157. Parrot:               Company

  158. Partridge:          Covey, Pandemonium

  159. Peacock:           Muster, Ostentation

  160. Peep:                 Litter

  161. Pekingese:        Pomp

  162. Pelican:             Pod

  163. Penguin:            Colony, Rookery

  164. Pheasant (general)Nest, Nye (Nide), perhaps a Bouquet

  165. Pheasants (brood):  Nide

  166. Pheasants (take-off):  Bouquet

  167. Pigeon:               Flight, Flock, Kit

  168. Pigs (general):    Drift, Drove

  169. Pigs (boars):       Singular, Sounder

  170. Pigs (hogs):        Team, Passel, Drift, Parcel

  171. Pigs (Piglets)      Litter, Farrow

  172. Pigs (Swine):      Sounder

  173. Pilchards:           Shoal

  174. Plovers (general):  Congregation

  175. Plovers (flight):   Wing

  176. Polecats:            Chine

  177. Pony:                 String

  178. Porcupines:        Prickle

  179. Porpoise:            Herd, pod

  180. Prairie Dogs:      Coterie

  181. Ptarmigans:        Covey

  182. Quail:                 Covey or Bevy

  183. Rabbits (general):  Colony, Warren, Bury, Trace, Trip

  184. Rabbits (domestic):  Herd

  185. Rabbits (hares):  Down, Husk

  186. Rabbits (young):  Litter, Nest

  187. Rabbit:              Nest

  188. Raccoons:         Gaze

  189. Rats:                 Colony, Pack, Plague, Swarm

  190. Rattlesnakes:    Rhumba

  191. Raven:              Unkindness

  192. Reindeer:          Herd

  193. Rhino:               Crash, Stubborness (possible a Herd)

  194. Roebuck:          Bevy

  195. Rook:                Building, Clamour

  196. Salmon             Run

  197. Sardines:          Family

  198. Scorpions:        Bed, Nest

  199. Seal:                 Herd, Pod, Harem

  200. Sharks:             Shiver

  201. Sheep:              Drove, Flock, Down, Hurtle, Fold

  202. Snails:               Escargatoire, Rout, Walk

  203. Snake:              Den, Nest, Pit

  204. Snipe:               Walk, Wisp

  205. Sparrow:            Host

  206. Spider:               Cluster, Clutter

  207. Springbok:          Herd

  208. Squirrel:             Dray, Scurry

  209. Starling:             Murmuration

  210. Stoats:                Pack, Trip

  211. Stork:                 Mustering

  212. Swallow:           Flight, Gulp

  213. Swans (general): Bevy

  214. Swans (flight)    Wedge

  215. Swift:                 Flock

  216. Swine:               Sounder, Drift

  217. Teal:                  Spring

  218. Termites:           Colony, Nest, Swarm, Brood

  219. Thrush:               Mutation

  220. Tiger:                 Streak, Ambush

  221. Toad:                 Knot, Knab

  222. Trout:                 Hover

  223. Turkey:              Rafter, Gang, Posse

  224. Turtledove:        Pitying, Dule

  225. Turtle:                Pitying, Bale, Nest, Turn, Dole

  226. Viper:                 Nest, Generation

  227. Walrus:              Pod, Herd

  228. Wasps:               Nest, Swarm

  229. Whale:               School, Gam, Pod

  230. Widgeons:          Company

  231. Wolf (general):   Pack

  232. Wolf (Moving):    Route, Rout

  233. Wombats:           Wisdon

  234. Woodcock:         Fall

  235. Woodpecker:     Descent

  236. Worms:              Bed, Clew, Bunch, Clat

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