Collective noun

clowder or clutter of cats

string of ponies

I had to look them up

cats - no idea and I can't imagine when you'd ever need a word for this...

Horses/ponies - in British English it is a 'herd'. 'string' is used only for a group of horses used in a sport that are owned or trained or ridden specifically by one person/stable. For example all the racehorses trained by one specific trainer/stable, or all the polo ponies owned by one owner.

Well, you'd need the collective noun for cats when you're busy herding them, of course. It's such a common occupation th

I didn't realize that a string of ponies was only for those in a stable. Now I'll have to go apologize to my cowboy buddies.

I like applying collective noun terms to groups of humans. For example, clowder could be used to describe a group of kindergarteners who are acting or behaving like cats. eg "I'm in the middle of a clowder of kindergarteners." Unfortunately, few people would g

Old Man GordonUnfortunately, few people would get it, because clowder is a relatively uncommon word.

"Clutter" isn't, though. This morning, with this discussion fresh in memory, I read http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/01/torture_etc.ph

Thank you everybody. I needed these words for one of my students There is a chapter for collective nouns in his grammar work boo

Horse

no actually i need some unusual collective nouns whichwe don't use it daily

ponies is string and cat is clutter