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List of collective nouns for fish, invertebrates, and plants
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The checkmarks, √, below signify a widespread usage in both North American English and British English.
| SUBJECT | COLLECTIVE TERM | | |
| ants | A colony of ants | | |
| ants | A swarm of ants | | |
| ants | An army of ants | | |
| bacteria | A culture of bacteria | | |
| beans | A hill of beans | | |
| bees | A grist of bees | | |
| bees | A hive of bees | | |
| bees | A swarm of bees | | |
| blackfish | A grind of blackfish | Uncertain | |
| butterflies | A kaleidoscope of butterflies | Uncertain | |
| butterflies | A rabble of butterflies | Uncertain | |
| butterflies | A rainbow of butterflies | | |
| caterpillars | An army of caterpillars | | |
| clams | A bed of clams | | |
| cockroaches | An intrusion of cockroaches | Uncertain | |
| cod | A lap of cod | Uncertain | |
| crow | A murder of crows | | |
| eels | A fry of eels | Uncertain | |
| eels | A swarm of eels | | |
| figs | A newton of figs | Spurious | |
| fish | A draught of fish | | |
| fish | A drift of fish | | |
| fish | A scale of fish | | |
| fish | A school of fish | | |
| fish | A shoal of fish | | |
| flowers | A bouquet of flowers | | |
| flowers | A patch of flowers | | |
| flies | A business of flies | | |
| flies | A swarm of flies | | |
| gnats | A cloud of gnats | | |
| gnats | A clout of gnats | Uncertain | |
| gnats | A horde of gnats | | |
| grapes | A bunch of grapes | | |
| grasshoppers | A cloud of grasshoppers | | |
| grasshoppers | A cluster of grasshoppers | | |
| herrings | A glean of herrings | | |
| jellyfish | A fluther of jellyfish | | |
| jellyfish | A smack of jellyfish | | |
| kangaroos | A mob of kangaroos | Colloquial | |
| locusts | A plague of locusts | | |
| midges[?] | A bite of midges | Uncertain | |
| mites | A mite of mites | Uncertain | |
| mosquitoes | A scourge of mosquitoes | | |
| owls | A parliament of owls | | |
| oysters | A bed of oysters | | |
| raven | A kindness of raven |
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| salmon | A bind of salmon | | |
| salmon | A run of salmon | | |
| snails | A rout of snails | | |
| spiders | A cluster of spiders | | |
| spiders | A clutter of spiders | | |
| trees | A grove of trees | | |
| trees | A copse of trees | | |
| trees | A stand of trees | | |
| trees | A thicket of trees | | |
| trout | A hover of trout | | |
| worms | A clew of worms | Uncertain |
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