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List of collective nouns by collective term L-Z

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

labour A labour of moles
lap A lap of cod Uncertain
leap A leap of hares
leap A leap of leopards
leash A leash of deer
leash A leash of foxes
lek A lek of grouse Uncertain
library A library of books
lick A lick of lesbians
litter A litter of piglets
litter A litter of puppies
lodge A lodge of beavers
loft A loft of pigeons
lot A lot of automobile dealers Spurious
lounge A lounge of lizards Spurious
lute A lute of mallards Uncertain
melody A melody of harpers[?]
mews A mews of capons[?]
mine A mine of toddlers Spurious
mischief A mischief of mice
mission A mission of monkeys
mite A mite of mites Uncertain
mob A mob of kangaroos
movement A movement of moles
multiply A multiply of husbands
murder A murder of crows
murmuration A murmuration of starlings
muster A muster of storks
muster A muster of peacocks
mutation A mutation of thrushes
mute A mute of hounds
nest A nest of mice
nest A nest of rabbits
nest A nest of vipers
nest A nest of snakes
network A network of computers
neverthriving A neverthriving of jugglers
newton A newton of figs Spurious
nide A nide of geese
nucleus A nucleus of physicists Spurious
number A number of mathematicians
nye A nye of pheasants
obesiance An obesiance of servants
obstinacy An obstinacy of buffalo
ostentation An ostentation of peacocks
pace A pace of asses
pack A pack of hounds
pack A pack of rats
pack A pack of wolves
pack A pack of grouse
paddling A paddling of ducks (on water)
pan A pan of critics Spurious
pandemonium A pandemonium of parrots Uncertain
pandemonium A pandemonium of pandas Spurious
panel A panel of experts
parade A parade of elephants
parcel A parcel of hogs
parcel A parcel of deer
parcel A parcel of penguins Uncertain
parel A parel of troops
parliament A parliament of owls
party A party of jays
passel A passel of hogs
passel A passel of possum Uncertain
patch A patch of flowers
peep A peep of chickens
phalanx A phalanx of storks Uncertain
pit A pit of snakes
piteousness A piteousness of doves
pitying A pitying of turtledoves[?]
pitying A pitying of doves
plague A plague of locusts
platoon A platoon of soldiers
plum A plum of seals Uncertain
plump A plump of waterfowl
plump A plump of ducks (flying)
pod A pod of whales
pod A pod of seals
pod A pod of dolphins
pomp A pomp of pekinese[?]
ponder A ponder of philosophers
pontifica A pontifica of prelates
portfolio A portfolio of stockbrokers[?] Spurious
pounce A pounce of cats
poverty A poverty of pipers
prettying A prettying of doves
prickle A prickle of hedgehogs
pride A pride of peacocks
pride A pride of lions
prudence A prudence of vicaries (vicars)
purse A purse of winnings
quarrel A quarrel of sparrows
quiver A quiver of rebuttals
quiver A quiver of arrows
rabble A rabble of butterflies Uncertain
rabble A rabble of rats
raffle A raffle of turkeys
raft A raft of coots[?]
raft A raft of auks Uncertain
raft A raft of ducks
raft A raft of penguins
rafter A rafter of turkeys
rag A rag of colts
rainbow A rainbow of butterflies
rake A rake of colts
Rake A Rake of mules
range A range of mountains
rascal A rascal of boys
riches A riches of matrons[?]
richness A richness of martens[?]
ring A ring of keys
roll A roll of coins
rookery A rookery of penguins Spurious
rouleau A rouleau of coins
rout A rout of wolves
rout A rout of snails
rout A rout of wolves
rout A rout of knights
run A run of salmon
run A run of poultry
sault A sault of lions
scale A scale of fish
school A school of whales
school A school of fish
scold A scold of jays Uncertain
scourge A scourge of mosquitoes
screech A screech of gulls
scull A scull of friars[?]
sedge A sedge of bitterns
sedge A sedge of cranes
set A set of mathematicians
shoal A shoal of fish
shower A shower of meteorologists Spurious
shrewdness A shrewdness of apes
shuffle A shuffle of bureaucrats[?]
siege A siege of bitterns
siege A siege of herons
singular A singular of boars
skein A skein of geese
skulk A skulk of foxes
slew A slew of homework[?]
slither A slither of snakes
sloth A sloth of bears
smack A smack of jellyfish
sneak A sneak of weasels
sord A sord of mallards
sounder A sounder of pigs
sounder A sounder of swine
sounder A sounder of boars
sowse A sowse of lions
span A span of oxen
spring A spring of seals
spring A spring of teal
squad A squad of soldiers
stable A stable of horses
staff A staff of employees[?]
stand A stand of flamingoes
stand A stand of trees
stare A stare of owls
state A state of princes
storytelling A storytelling of crows
streak A streak of tigers
string A string of ponies
stud A stud of mares
superfluity A superfluity of nuns
swarm A swarm of ants
swarm A swarm of bees
swarm A swarm of flies
swarm A swarm of rats
swarm A swarm of eels
team A team of horses
team A team of athletes
team A team of oxen
team A team of ducks
thicket A thicket of trees
thicket A thicket of idiots Spurious
thought A thought of barons
threatening A threatening of courtiers
tiding(s) A tiding(s) of magpies
tower A tower of giraffes Uncertain
trace A trace of hares
trembing A trembing of finches
tribe A tribe of monkeys
tribe A tribe of goats
tribe A tribe of natives[?]
trimming A trimming of finches
trip A trip of sheep
trip A trip of dotterel[?]
trip A trip of hares
trip A trip of goats
troop A troop of kangaroos
troubling A troubling of goldfinches
troupe A troupe of performers[?]
tumult A tumult of tubas (players) Spurious
turmoil A turmoil of porpoises Uncertain
turn A turn of turtles
ubiquity A ubiquity of sparrows
ugly An ugly of walruses
unkindness An unkindness of ravens
vagary A vagary of impediments[?]
volery A volery of birds
wad A wad of money
raft A waddle of penguins
wake A wake of buzzards
walk A walk of snipe
watch A watch of nightingales
wealth A wealth of information
wedge A wedge of geese (flying)
wedge A wedge of swans (flying)
whiteness A whiteness of swans
wing A wing of aircraft
wisdom A wisdom of grandparents[?]
wisp A wisp of snipe
woop A woop of gorillas
wrack A wrack of kittens (rabbits)
yoke A yoke of oxen
zeal A zeal of zebra



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