A nest / litter of rabbit

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Which is correct? A nest / litter of rabbit

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

a litter of rabbits - the babies
a nest of rabbits - their home

Vincent Teo · Answer

If I say:

Her uncle gave her a nest / litter of rabbits on her birthday.

Mister Micawber · Answer

Her uncle gave her a litter of rabbits on her birthday.

Vincent Teo · Answer

Thanks, but I just do some searching from the Internet, I found that:

What is the Collective noun for rabbits and hares?

Some collective nouns for rabbits are:

a "bury" of rabbits
a "colony" of rabbits
a "down" of rabbits
a "drove" of rabbits
a "husk" of rabbits
a "leash" of rabbits
a "trace" or rabbits
a "trip" of rabbits
a "warren" of rabbits
a "nest" of rabbits
a "bevy" of rabbits.

Vincent Teo · Answer

It's quite hard to find " a litter of rabbits" from the Internet. Why?

CalifJim · Answer

Vincent TeoIt's quite hard to find " a litter of rabbits" from the Internet. Why?

That's funny. I got almost 23,000 hits on Google.

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&biw=1067&bih=713&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22litter+of+rabbits%22&oq=%22litter+of+rabbits%22&gs_l=hp.3..0j0i30j0i5j0i5i30.2962.7277.0.7534.19.19.0.0.0.1.764.3102.1j15j2j6-1.19.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.z_igj_8Ol9E&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=db0b38b4eae32139

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Mister Micawber · Answer

Vincent TeoSome collective nouns for rabbits are: a "bury" of rabbitsa "colony" of rabbitsa "down" of rabbitsa "drove" of rabbitsa "husk" of rabbitsa "leash" of rabbitsa "trace" or rabbitsa "trip" of rabbitsa "warren" of rabbitsa "nest" of rabbitsa "bevy" of rabbits.

Most of the collective nouns you find in those lists are literary, archaic or imaginative, Vincent, not ones we use in real English.

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