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List of collective nouns by collective term A-K

Collective noun
List of collective nouns
List of collective nouns by collective term

COLLECTIVE TERM	COLLECTIVE PHRASE	STATUS
aarmory	An aarmory of aardvarks	Spurious
abomination	An abomination of monks (see note)	Spurious
agenda	An agenda of tasks[?]	√
ambush	An ambush of widows	Spurious
ambush	An ambush of tigers	√
anthology	An anthology of prostitutes (see note)	Spurious
anthology	An anthology of prose	√
archipelago	An archipelago of islands	√
armada	An armada of ships	√
army	An army of ants	√
army	An army of caterpillars	√
army	An army of frogs	√
ascension	An ascension of larks	√
asylum	An asylum of programmers	Spurious
audit	An audit of bookkeepers[?]	√
aurora	An aurora of polar bears	√
babble	A babble of barbers	Spurious
balance	A balance of accountants	Uncertain
bale	A bale of turtles	√
band	A band of jays	√
band	A band of men	√
band	A band of gorillas	√
bank	A bank of monitors	√
bank	A bank of swans	√
banner	A banner of knights	√
barren	A barren of mules	√
bask	A bask of crocodiles	√
batch	A batch of bread	√
bavin	A bavin of brush (wood)[?]	√
bazaar	A bazaar of guillemots	√
bed	A bed of snakes	√
bed	A bed of clams	√
bed	A bed of oysters	√
bellowing	A bellowing of bullfinches	√
belt	A belt of asteroids	√
bench	A bench of show dogs	Uncertain
bevy	A bevy of roes	√
bevy	A bevy of beauties	√
bevy	A bevy of quail	√
bevy	A bevy of swans	√
bevy	A bevy of ladies[?]	√
bew	A bew of partridges	Uncertain
bind	A bind of salmon	√
bite	A bite of midges[?]	Uncertain
blast	A blast of strumpets[?]	Spurious
blessing	A blessing of unicorns	√
bloat	A bloat of bureaucrats[?]	Spurious
bloat	A bloat of hippopotami	Uncertain
body	A body of pathologists	Spurious
bond	A bond of secret agents	Spurious
book	A book of wagers[?]	√
bouquet	A bouquet of pheasants	√
bouquet	A bouquet of flowers	√
brace	A brace of orthodontists[?]	Spurious
brigade	A brigade of soldiers	√
brood	A brood of hens	√
building	A building of rooks	√
bunch	A bunch of things	√
bunch	A bunch of grapes	√
bury	A bury of rabbits	√
bury	A bury of conies	√
business	A business of flies	√
business	A business of ferrets	√
cache	A cache of jewels	√
cast	A cast of actors	√
cast	A cast of falcons	√
cast	A cast of hawks	√
catalogue	A catalogue of librarians	Spurious
cavalcade	A cavalcade of horsemen	√
cete	A cete of badgers	√
chain	A chain of islands	√
charm	A charm of hummingbirds	√
charm	A charm of finches	√
chattering	A chattering of choughs	√
chine	A chine of polecats[?]	√
chorus	A chorus of angels	√
clamour	A clamour of rooks	√
clan	A clan of hyenas	√
class	A class of students	√
clattering	A clattering of choughs	√
clew	A clew of worms	Uncertain
closet	A closet of homosexuals	√
cloud	A cloud of grasshoppers	√
cloud	A cloud of gnats	√
cloud	A cloud of sea fowl[?]	√
clout	A clout of gnats	Uncertain
clowder	A clowder of cats	√
cluster	A cluster of spiders	√
cluster	A cluster of cats	√
cluster	A cluster of grasshoppers	√
clutch	A clutch of mechanics[?]	Spurious
clutch	A clutch of eggs	√
clutch	A clutch of chicks	√
clutter	A clutter of cats	√
clutter	A clutter of spiders	√
coil	A coil of widgeon[?]	√
collective	A collective of nouns	√
colony	A colony of ants	√
colony	A colony of bats	√
colony	A colony of beavers	√
colony	A colony of gulls	√
colony	A colony of penguins	√
colony	A colony of rats	√
colony	A colony of lepers	√
colony	A colony of rabbits	√
company	A company of actors	√
company	A company of moles	√
company	A company of parrots	√
company	A company of soldiers	√
complex	A complex of psychoanalysts	Spurious
conflagration	A conflagration of arsonists[?]	√
conglomerate	A conglomerate of geologists	Spurious
congregation	A congregation of worshipers[?]	√
congregation	A congregation of plovers	√
congress	A congress of baboons	√
conspiracy	A conspiracy of ravens	√
constellation	A constellation of satellites	√
converting	A converting of preachers	√
convocation	A convocation of eagles	√
convoy	A convoy of lorries	√
convoy	A convoy of trucks	√
corps	A corps of giraffe	√
corps	A corps of anatomists	Spurious
cortege	A cortege of mourners	√
court	A court of kangaroos (see note)	Spurious
coven	A coven of witches	√
cover	A cover of coots[?]	√
covey	A covey of partridges	√
covey	A covey of pheasants	√
covey	A covey of quail	√
covey	A covey of grouse	√
cowardice	A cowardice of curs[?]	√
crash	A crash of rhinoceroses	√
crash	A crash of hippopotami	√
creche	A creche of penguins	√
crew	A crew of sailors	√
crowd	A crowd of onlookers[?]	√
cruft	A cruft of hackers	Spurious
cry	A cry of dogs	√
cry	A cry of hounds	√
culture	A culture of bacteria	√
deceit	A deceit of lapwings	√
deck	A deck of cards	√
den	A den of thieves	√
den	A den of snakes	√
descent	A descent of woodpeckers	√
descent	A descent of relatives[?]	Spurious
desert	A desert of lapwings	√
destruction	A destruction of cats (feral or wild)	√
dilation	A dilation of pupils	Spurious
disguising	A disguising of tailors[?]	√
dissimulation	A dissimulation of birds	√
disworship	A disworship of \|scots	√
diving	A diving of teal	√
division	A division of soldiers	√
doading	A doading of sheldrakes[?]	√
doctrine	A doctrine of doctors	√
dole	A dole of doves	√
donut	A donut of data	Spurious
dopping	A dopping of ducks (diving)	√
down	A down of hares	√
draught	A draught of fish	√
dray	A dray of squirrels	√
drift	A drift of swine	√
drift	A drift of hogs	Uncertain
drift	A drift of fish	√
drove	A drove of pigs	√
drove	A drove of cattle	√
drum	A drum of goldfinches	√
drunken ship	A drunken ship of cobblers	√
dule	A dule of turtles	√
dule	A dule of doves	√
embarrassment	A embarrassment of riches	√
exaggeration	An exaggeration of fishermen	Spurious
exaltation	An exaltation of larks	√
eyrar	An eyrar of swans	Uncertain
faculty	A faculty of academics[?]	√
fall	A fall of lambs	√
farrow	A farrow of piglets	√
fellowship	A fellowship of yeomen	√
fesnying	A fesnying of ferrets	√
field	A field of theoretical physicists	Spurious
field	A field of racehorses	√
flange	A flange of baboons	√
fleet	A fleet of mudhen[?]	Uncertain
fleet	A fleet of ships	√
flight	A flight of swallows	√
flight	A flight of goshawks[?]	√
flight	A flight of doves	√
flight	A flight of cormorants	√
fling	A fling of sandpipers	√
fling	A fling of dunlin[?]	√
flink	A flink of cows	√
flock	A flock of sheep	√
flock	A flock of tourists	√
flock	A flock of geese	√
flock	A flock of camels	√
flock	A flock of seagulls	√
flotilla	A flotilla of ships	√
flush	A flush of plumbers	Spurious
flush	A flush of ducks	√
fluther	A fluther of jellyfish	√
flutter	A flutter of cardiologists	Spurious
fry	A fry of eels	Uncertain
gaggle	A gaggle of women	√
gaggle	A gaggle of geese	√
galaxy	A galaxy of starlets	√
galaxy	A galaxy of stars	√
gam	A gam of whales	√
gang	A gang of elk	√
gang	A gang of hoodlums[?]	√
gaze	A gaze of raccoons	√
geek	A geek of engineers	Spurious
giggle	A giggle of girls	√
glaring	A glaring of cats	√
glean	A glean of herrings	√
graft	A graft of tree surgeons[?]	Spurious
grind	A grind of blackfish	Uncertain
grist	A grist of bees	√
grove	A grove of trees	√
gulp	A gulp of swallows	Spurious
hangout	A hangout of nudists	Spurious
harass	A harass of horses	√
head	A head of curlews	√
heap	A heap of trash[?]	√
heard	A heard of harlots	√
herd	A herd of fairies	√
herd	A herd of cattle	√
herd	A herd of elephants	√
herd	A herd of zebra	√
herd	A herd of cows	√
herd	A herd of chamois[?]	√
herd	A herd of walruses	√
herd	A herd of pigs	√
herd	A herd of deer	√
herd	A herd of antelope	√
herd	A herd of whales	√
herd	A herd of buffalo	√
hill	A hill of beans	√
hill	A hill of ruffs[?]	√
hive	A hive of bees	√
horde	A horde of misers[?]	Spurious
horde	A horde of gnats	√
host	A host of sparrows	√
host	A host of angels	√
house	A house of senators	√
hover	A hover of trout	√
hover	A hover of crows	√
huddle	A huddle of lawyers	√
huddle	A huddle of penguins	√
husk	A husk of hares	√
illusion	An illusion of painters	√
indifference	An indifference of waiters[?]	Spurious
intrusion	An intrusion of cockroaches	Uncertain
kaleidoscope	A kaleidoscope of butterflies	Uncertain
kettle	A kettle of hawks	√
kindle	A kindle of kittens (cats)	√
kine	A kine of cattle	√
kit	A kit of pigeons	Uncertain
knob	A knob of waterfowl	Uncertain
knot	A knot of toads	√

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