Collective Names for Groups of Animals

Animal collectives, groups of animals, terms for animal groups

Collective nouns for animals and birds - names for groups of animals and birds ... Ever wondered what the collective noun is for various groups of animals, birds or insects? Here are some of the obvious and not so obvious.

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Common Questions: What Do You Call a Group of...?

Whatever the motivating factor, we have received a spate of questions on collective nouns or group names for all sorts of critters. Perhaps the following, gleaned and compiled from several sources, will help.

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Fun With Words: Collective Nouns

There is great diversity of collective nouns associated with animals, from a sleuth of bears to a murder of crows. The following is a list of the correct terms to describe groups of various types of animals.

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List of animal names - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This lists names of animals used depending on the context. Many species of animals, particularly those domesticated, have been given specific names for the male, the female, and the young of the spe...
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Group Names - Collective Nouns | Animals | Pub Quiz Help

Terms used to describe a group of animals, for example a herd of cows. These descriptive words are known as collective nouns or nouns of assemblage. ... A list of terms relating to groups of animals...

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AskOxford: Collective Terms for Animals

In this section is a pretty comprehensive list of collective terms for animals. Many will be familiar but others will be unheard of, deriving from 15th century witticisms or literary imagination, and some are simply archaic or erroneous. ... There are also some terms for pairs of animals and groups of three animals.

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Animal Groups

Names of the different groups of animals. ... Animals to Their Groups ... Animal Groups to the Animals...

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COLLECTIVE NOUNS: A fun English-Zone.Com Quiz

COLLECTIVE NOUNS: A fun English-Zone.Com Quiz! How well do you know the group names for animals? ... ...the BEST English-Learner's site on the 'Net ... ; COLLECTIVE NOUNS 1 ; Guess the Group!

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Where can I find a list of the names for groups of animals, such as

So, if you've got a potential collective noun for groups of Internet-related items (web sites, search engines, search results, email, web surfers, etc.), then drop us a line at nouns@yahoo-inc.com. The best entries will, naturally, make their way into a future Ask Yahoo! column. ... Animals, Insects, & Pets...

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