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Animal Group Names
Albatross: Rookery
Alligators: Congregation
Antelope: Herd
Ant: Colony, Swarm, Army
Ape: Shrewdness
Asses: Pace
Auks: Colony, Flock or Raft
Baboons: Troop, Flange
Bacteria: Culture
Badger: Cete, Colony, Set, Company
Barracudas: Battery
Bass: Shoal
Bats: Colony, Cloud
Bears (general) Sleuth, Sloth
Bears (cubs): Litter
Beaver: Colony
Bee: Swarm, Grist, Hive
Bird: Flock, Flight, Congregation, Volery
Birds (chicks): Brood or clutch
Birds (flight): Flight
Birds (ground): Flock, Dissimulation
Birds (sea): Wreck
Bitterns: Sedge, Seige
Bloodhounds: Sute
Boar: Sounder
Bobolinks: Chain
Buffalo: Herd
Bullfinches: Bellowing
Bullocks: Drove
Buck: Brace, Clash
Bunch: Of panties
Butterflies: Flight, Flutter (many more)
Buzzards: Wake
Camels: Caravan or Train
Caribou: Herd
Caterpillar: Army
Cat: Clowder, Clutter
Cats (general): Clowder, Clutter, Pounce, Dout, Nuisance or glorying
Cats (kittens): Kindle, litter or intrigue
Cats (wild): Destruction
Cattle: Herd, Drove, Team
Cheetah: Coalition
Chicken (general): Brood, Peep
Chickens (chicks): Clutch, Chattering
Chinchilla: Colony
Clam: Bed
Cobra: Quiver
Cockroaches: Intrusion
Cod: Lap
Colt: Rag
Coots: Cover
Cormorants: Gulp
Cow: Kine (twelve cows are A Flink)
Coyote: Band
Crabs: Cast
Crane: Sedge, Siege
Crocodile: Bask, Float
Crow: Murder, Horde, Parcel
Cub: Litter
Curlew: Herd
Cur: Cowardice
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
Donkey: Herd, Pace of asses
Dotterel: Trip
Doves (general): Dule, Bevy, Cote, Dole, Padding
Doves (turtle): Pitying, Piteousness
Dragonfly:
Ducks (flight): Flock
Ducks (ground): Brace, Badling
Ducks (water): Raft, team, paddling
Eagles: Convocation
Eels: Swarm, bed, fry
Elephant: Herd or memory
Elk: Gang
Emus: Mob
Ferret: Business, Cast or Fesnyng
Finches: Charm
Fish (general): Draft, Nest , Shoal, School
Fish (caught): Catch, Drought, Haul
Flamingos: Stand
Flies: Business, Swarm
Fox: Skulk, Leash, Earth, Lead
Frog: Army, Colony
Geese (general): Flock
Geese (flight): Skein
Geese (ground): Gaggle
Giraffes: Tower
Gnat: Cloud, Horde, Swarm
Gnu: Implausibility
Goat: Tribe, Trip, Drove
Goldfince: Charm
Goldfish: Glint, Troubling
Gorilla: Band
Grasshoppers: Cloud
Greyhound: Leash
Grouse: Pack
Gulls: Colony
Mallards (general): Brace
Mallards (flight): Sord
Hare: Down, Husk
Martens: Richness
Hawks (general): Cast
Hawks (flight): Kettle
Hawks (spiraling): Boil
Hedgehogs: Array
Hen: Brood
Heron: Sedge, Siege, Hedge
Herring: Army
Midges: Bite
Minnows: Shoal, Steam, Swarm
Hippopotamuses: Bloat
Hog: Drift, Parcel
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
Hound: Pack, Mute, Cry
Hyenas: Cackle
Impalas: Herd
Insects: Horde, nest, swarm, rabble, plague
Jays: Party, Scold
Jellyfish: Smack
Kangaroo: Troop, Mob
Kitten: Kindle, Litter
Lapwings: Deceit
Lark: Ascension, Exultation
Leopard: Leap (Leep)
Lice: Flock
Lion: Pride, Sault, Troop
Lizards: Lounge
Locust: Plague
Magpies: Tiding, gulp, murder, charm
Mallard: Sord
Mandrill: Horde
Mare: Stud of mares
Marten: Richness of martens
Minnows: Shoal, Steam or Swarm
Mole: Labour, company or movement
Monkey: Troop, barrel, carload or tribe
Moose: Herd
Mosquitoes: Scourge
Mule: Pack, span, barren or rake
Nightingales: Watch
Otters: Romp, bevy or family
Owls: Parliament or stare
Oxen: Yoke, Drove, Team, Herd
Oyster: Bed
Parrot: Company
Partridge: Covey, Pandemonium
Peacock: Muster, Ostentation
Peep: Litter
Pekingese: Pomp
Pelican: Pod
Penguin: Colony, Rookery
Pheasant (general): Nest, Nye (Nide), perhaps a Bouquet
Pheasants (brood): Nide
Pheasants (take-off): Bouquet
Pigeon: 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
Pony: String
Porcupines: Prickle
Porpoise: Herd, pod
Prairie Dogs: Coterie
Ptarmigans: Covey
Quail: Covey or Bevy
Rabbits (general): Colony, Warren, Bury, Trace, Trip
Rabbits (domestic): Herd
Rabbits (hares): Down, Husk
Rabbits (young): Litter, Nest
Rabbit: Nest
Raccoons: Gaze
Rats: Colony, Pack, Plague, Swarm
Rattlesnakes: Rhumba
Raven: Unkindness
Reindeer: Herd
Rhino: Crash, Stubborness (possible a Herd)
Roebuck: Bevy
Rook: Building, Clamour
Salmon Run
Sardines: Family
Scorpions: Bed, Nest
Seal: Herd, Pod, Harem
Sharks: Shiver
Sheep: Drove, Flock, Down, Hurtle, Fold
Snails: Escargatoire, Rout, Walk
Snake: Den, Nest, Pit
Snipe: Walk, Wisp
Sparrow: Host
Spider: Cluster, Clutter
Springbok: Herd
Squirrel: Dray, Scurry
Starling: Murmuration
Stoats: Pack, Trip
Stork: Mustering
Swallow: Flight, Gulp
Swans (general): Bevy
Swans (flight) Wedge
Swift: Flock
Swine: Sounder, Drift
Teal: Spring
Termites: Colony, Nest, Swarm, Brood
Thrush: Mutation
Tiger: Streak, Ambush
Toad: Knot, Knab
Trout: Hover
Turkey: Rafter, Gang, Posse
Turtledove: Pitying, Dule
Turtle: Pitying, Bale, Nest, Turn, Dole
Viper: Nest, Generation
Walrus: Pod, Herd
Wasps: Nest, Swarm
Whale: School, Gam, Pod
Widgeons: Company
Wolf (general): Pack
Wolf (Moving): Route, Rout
Wombats: Wisdon
Woodcock: Fall
Woodpecker: Descent
Worms: Bed, Clew, Bunch, Clat
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