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List of collective nouns by subject A-H
Collective noun
List of collective nouns
List of collective nouns by subject
List of collective nouns
List of collective nouns by subject
| SUBJECT | COLLECTIVE TERM | |
| aardvarks | An aarmory of aardvarks | Uncertain |
| academics[?] | A faculty of academics | |
| actors | A company of actors | |
| actors | A cast of actors | |
| aircraft | A wing of aircraft | |
| angels | A chorus of angels | |
| angels | A host of angels | |
| ants | An army of ants | |
| ants | A swarm of ants | |
| ants | A colony of ants | |
| antelope | A herd of antelope | |
| apes | A shrewdness of apes | |
| apes | A troop of apes | |
| arrows | A quiver of arrows | |
| arsonists | A conflagration of arsonists | |
| asses | A pace of asses | |
| asteroids | A belt of asteroids | |
| athletes | A team of athletes | |
| auks | A raft of auks | Uncertain |
| baboons | A flange of baboons | |
| baboons | A congress of baboons | |
| bacteria | A culture of bacteria | |
| badgers | A cete of badgers | |
| pipers | A poverty of pipers | |
| barons | A thought of barons | |
| bats | A colony of bats | |
| beans | A hill of beans | |
| bears | A sloth of bears | |
| beauties | A bevy of beauties | |
| beavers | A colony of beavers | |
| beavers | A lodge of beavers | |
| bees | A grist of bees | |
| bees | A hive of bees | |
| bees | A swarm of bees | |
| bills[?] | A wad of bills | |
| birds | A dissimulation of birds | |
| birds | A volery of birds | |
| bitterns | A sedge of bitterns | |
| bitterns | A siege of bitterns | |
| blackfish | A grind of blackfish | Uncertain |
| boars | A singular of boars | |
| boars | A sounder of boars | |
| bomblets[?] | A cluster of bomblets | |
| books | A library of books | |
| bookkeepers[?] | An audit of bookkeepers | Uncertain |
| boys | A rascal of boys | Uncertain |
| bread | A batch of bread | |
| brush (wood)[?] | A bavin of brush (wood) | |
| buffalo | An obstinacy of buffalo | |
| buffalo | A herd of buffalo | |
| bullfinches | A bellowing of bullfinches | |
| bureaucrats[?] | A shuffle of bureaucrats | Uncertain |
| butterflies | A rabble of butterflies | Uncertain |
| butterflies | A rainbow of butterflies | |
| butterflies | A kaleidoscope of butterflies | Uncertain |
| buzzards | A wake of buzzards | |
| camels | A flock of camels | |
| Canadians | A mosaic of Canadians | Spurious |
| Candidates[?] | A slate of candidates | |
| capons[?] | A mews of capons | |
| cards | A deck of cards | |
| caribou | A herd of caribou | |
| cardiologists | A flutter of cardiologists | Spurious |
| cats (feral or wild) | A destruction of cats (feral or wild) | |
| cats | A clowder of cats | |
| cats | A clutter of cats | |
| cats | A glaring of cats | |
| cats | A pounce of cats | |
| cats | A cluster of cats | |
| kittens (cats) | A kindle of kittens (cats) | |
| caterpillars | An army of caterpillars | |
| cattle | A kine of cattle | |
| cattle | A herd of cattle | |
| starlets | A galaxy of starlets | |
| chamois[?] | A herd of chamois | |
| chickens | A peep of chickens | |
| chicks | A clutch of chicks | |
| eggs | A clutch of eggs | |
| hens | A brood of hens | |
| poultry | A run of poultry | |
| chinchillas | A colony of chinchillas | |
| choughs | A clattering of choughs | |
| choughs | A chattering of choughs | |
| circuits | A bank of circuits | |
| clams | A bed of clams | |
| cobblers | A drunken ship of cobblers | |
| cockroaches | An intrusion of cockroaches | Uncertain |
| cod | A lap of cod | Uncertain |
| coins | A roll of coins | |
| coins | A rouleau of coins | |
| computers | A cluster of computers | |
| computers | A network of computers | |
| coots[?] | A cover of coots | |
| coots[?] | A raft of coots | |
| cormorants | A flight of cormorants | |
| courtesans | A harem of courtesans | Spurious |
| courtiers | A threatening of courtiers | |
| cattle | A drove of cattle | |
| cows | A herd of cows | |
| cows | A flink of cows | |
| coyotes | A pack of coyotes | |
| cranes | A sedge of cranes | |
| crocodiles | A bask of crocodiles | |
| crows | A storytelling of crows | |
| crows | A hover of crows | |
| crows | A murder of crows | |
| curs[?] | A cowardice of curs | |
| curlews | A head of curlews | |
| deer | A leash of deer | |
| deer | A herd of deer | |
| deer | A parcel of deer | |
| roes | A bevy of roes | |
| doctors | A doctrine of doctors | Uncertain |
| hounds | A cry of hounds | |
| puppies | A litter of puppies | |
| show dogs | A bench of show dogs | Uncertain |
| dollars | A fistful of dollars | Spurious |
| dolphins | A pod of dolphins | |
| dotterel[?] | A trip of dotterel | |
| doves | A piteousness of doves | |
| doves | A flight of doves | |
| doves | A dule of doves | |
| doves | A pitying of doves | |
| doves | A prettying of doves | |
| doves | A dole of doves | |
| ducks (diving) | A dopping of ducks (diving) | |
| ducks (flying) | A plump of ducks (flying) | |
| ducks (on water) | A paddling of ducks (on water) | |
| ducks | A team of ducks | |
| ducks | A flush of ducks | |
| ducks | A raft of ducks | |
| dunlin[?] | A fling of dunlin | |
| eagles | A convocation of eagles | |
| eels | A swarm of eels | |
| eels | A fry of eels | Uncertain |
| elephants | A herd of elephants | |
| elephants | A parade of elephants | |
| elk | A gang of elk | |
| employees[?] | A staff of employees | |
| experts | A panel of experts | |
| fairies | A herd of fairies | |
| falcons | A cast of falcons | |
| ferrets | A fesnying of ferrets | |
| ferrets | A business of ferrets | |
| finches | A trembing of finches | |
| finches | A charm of finches | |
| finches | A trimming of finches | |
| fish | A draught of fish | |
| fish | A shoal of fish | |
| fish | A scale of fish | |
| fish | A drift of fish | |
| fish | A school of fish | |
| flamingoes | A stand of flamingoes | |
| flowers | A patch of flowers | |
| flowers | A bouquet of flowers | |
| flowers | A garden of flowers | Spurious |
| flies | A business of flies | |
| flies | A swarm of flies | |
| foxes | A skulk of foxes | |
| foxes | A leash of foxes | |
| friars[?] | A scull of friars | |
| frogs | An army of frogs | |
| mourners | A cortege of mourners | |
| giraffes | A corps of giraffe | |
| giraffes | A tower of giraffes | Uncertain |
| girls | A giggle of girls | |
| gnats | A cloud of gnats | |
| gnats | A clout of gnats | Uncertain |
| gnats | A horde of gnats | |
| goats | A trip of goats | |
| goats | A tribe of goats | |
| goldfinches | A drum of goldfinches | |
| goldfinches | A troubling of goldfinches | |
| geese (flying) | A wedge of geese (flying) | |
| geese | A gaggle of geese | |
| geese | A skein of geese | |
| geese | A flock of geese | |
| geese | A nide of geese | |
| gorillas | A band of gorillas | |
| gorillas | A woop of gorillas | |
| goshawks[?] | A flight of goshawks | |
| grapes | A bunch of (sour) grapes | |
| grasshoppers | A cloud of grasshoppers | |
| grasshoppers | A cluster of grasshoppers | |
| grouse | A lek of grouse | Uncertain |
| grouse | A covey of grouse | |
| grouse | A pack of grouse | |
| guillemots | A bazaar of guillemots | |
| gulls | A colony of gulls | |
| gulls | A screech of gulls | |
| hackers | A cruft of hackers | |
| hares | A down of hares | |
| hares | A leap of hares | |
| hares | A husk of hares | |
| hares | A trip of hares | |
| hares | A trace of hares | |
| harpers[?] | A melody of harpers | |
| hawks | A kettle of hawks | |
| hawks | A cast of hawks | |
| hedgehogs | A prickle of hedgehogs | |
| herons | A siege of herons | |
| herrings | A glean of herrings | |
| hippopotami | A bloat of hippopotami | Uncertain |
| hippopotami | A crash of hippopotami | |
| homework[?] | A slew of homework | |
| hoodlums[?] | A gang of hoodlums | |
| colts | A rag of colts | |
| colts | A rake of colts | |
| horsemen | A cavalcade of horsemen | |
| horses | A harass of horses | |
| horses | A stable of horses | |
| horses | A team of horses | |
| mares | A stud of mares | |
| ponies | A string of ponies | |
| racehorses | A field of racehorses | |
| hounds | A pack of hounds | |
| hounds | A mute of hounds | |
| hounds | A cry of hounds | |
| hummingbirds | A charm of hummingbirds | |
| husbands | A multiply of husbands | |
| hyenas | A clan of hyenas | |
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