words for groups of animals

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Do you know the words used to talk about groups of animals? For example:A pride of lionsA murder of crowsA troop of....A band of....A tribe of.......Please list the ones you know...

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

A troop of....hyenas, baboons.

A band of ... primitive people?

A tribe of...I believe this is a classification term used by zoologists.

A gaggle of ... grammarians?

While this is fun to discuss here, I hope you realize that terms like 'a murder of crows' are not part of normal, modern English.

(Same thing for words for groups of fruits and vegetables, like 'a hand of bananas'.)

Best wishes, Clive

LanguageLover · Answer

school of fish

Nona the brit · Answer

Herd of cows/horses/deer/elephants/zebras....herd is very common for groups of large animals

Flock of sheep/hens

Gaggle of geese

LanguageLover · Answer

And flock of birds, thanks to you Nona.

LanguageLover · Answer

Here are two detailed lists:

http://www.indianchild.com/babyanimalnames.htm

Pyewacket · Answer

oops made a mispost....

Pyewacket · Answer

LanguageLover
school of fish

a colony of ants

a swarm of bees

a litter of kittens

a pack of dogs

....

What more do you know?

Pyewacket · Answer

LanguageLoverHere are two detailed lists:

http://dictionary.reference.com/writing/styleguide/animal.html

http://www.indianchild.com/babyanimalnames.htm

Cool sites LanguageLover!!!

Anonymous · Answer

A Cete of Badgers
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cete

A bussiness of Ferrits

Clive · Answer

Hi,

As I noted earlier, many words of this type are not part of modern English.

Clive

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