Isn't the English language amazing? We have terms for groups of things depending on what they are. They call these collective nouns. Here are a few for various animals:
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Groups of animals, groups of birds, collective nouns of birds, collective nouns of animals.
- Badgers - A cete of badgers
- Bats - A colony of bats
- Bears - A sloth of bears
- Bees - A grist, hive, swarm, drift of bees
- Birds - A flock, flight, parcel of birds
- Bitterns - A sedge of bitterns
- Budgerigars - A chatter of budgerigars
- Butterflies - A swarm, rabble of butterflies
- Buzzards - A wake of buzzards
- Caterpillars - An army of caterpillers
- Cubs - A litter of cubs
- Dear - A herd of dear
- Dogs - A pack of dogs
- Doves - A flight of doves
- Eagles - A convocation
- Elk - A herd of elk
- Finches - A charm of finches
- Fish - A shoal, school of fish
- Flies - A cloud
- Geese - A gaggle, flock of geese
- Grasshoppers - A cloud of grasshoppers
- Hares - A husk of hares
- Hedgehogs - An array of hedgehogs
- Horses - A stud, string of horses
- Hounds - A pack of hounds
- Rabbits - A husk of jackrabbits
- Jellyfish - A brood of jellyfish
- Larks - A bevy of larks
- Moose - A herd of moose
- Mosquitoes - A herd of mosquitoes
- Nightingales - A watch of nightingales
- Partridges - A covey of partridges
- Pelicans - A pod of pelicans
- Ponies - A drove of ponies
- Rats - A colony, pack, swarm of rats
- Seagulls - A flock of seagulls
- Snakes - A den, bed of snakes
- Tortoises - A creep of tortoises
- Walruses - A herd of walruses
- Whale - A school, pod or whales
- Worms - A clew of worms
- Wrens - A herd of wrens
- Zebras - A herd of zebras
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Groups of animals, groups of birds, collective nouns of birds, collective nouns of animals.
