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List of collective nouns by subject I-Z
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 | |
| idiots | A thicket of idiots | Spurious |
| impediments[?] | A vagary of impediments | Uncertain |
| infantry | A creche of infantry | Spurious |
| information | A wealth of information | |
| islands | A chain of islands | |
| islands | An archipelago of islands | |
| jays | A party of jays | |
| jays | A scold of jays | Uncertain |
| jays | A band of jays | |
| jellyfish | A fluther of jellyfish | |
| jellyfish | A smack of jellyfish | |
| jewels | A cache of jewels | |
| jugglers | A neverthriving of jugglers | |
| kangaroos | A court of kangaroos (see note) | Spurious |
| kangaroos | A mob of kangaroos | |
| kangaroos | A troop of kangaroos | |
| keys[?] | A ring of keys | |
| knights | A rout of knights | |
| knights | A banner of knights | |
| ladies[?] | A bevy of ladies | |
| lambs | A rack of lambs | Spurious |
| lapwings | A desert of lapwings | |
| lapwings | A deceit of lapwings | |
| larks | An ascension of larks | |
| larks | An exaltation of larks | |
| lawyers | A huddle of lawyers | Uncertain |
| leopards | A leap of leopards | |
| lepers | A colony of lepers | |
| librarians | A catalogue of librarians | Spurious |
| lions | A pride of lions | |
| lions | A sowse of lions | |
| lions | A sault of lions | |
| lizards | A lounge of lizards | Spurious |
| locusts | A plague of locusts | |
| lorries | A convoy of lorries | |
| magpies | A tiding(s) of magpies | |
| mallards | A sord of mallards | |
| mallards | A lute of mallards | Uncertain |
| men | A band of (merry) men | |
| maps | An atlas of maps | |
| martens[?] | A richness of martens | |
| mathematicians | A number of mathematicians | |
| mathematicians | A set of mathematicians | |
| matrons[?] | A riches of matrons | Uncertain |
| mechanics[?] | A clutch of mechanics | Spurious |
| meteorologists | A shower of meteorologists | Spurious |
| midges[?] | A bite of midges | Uncertain |
| misers[?] | A horde of misers | Spurious |
| mites | A mite of mites | Uncertain |
| moles | A labour of moles | |
| moles | A company of moles | |
| moles | A movement of moles | |
| money | A wad of money | |
| riches | An embarrassment of riches | Uncertain |
| winnings | A purse of winnings | |
| monitors | A bank of monitors | |
| monks | An abomination of monks (see note) | Uncertain |
| monkeys | A tribe of monkeys | |
| monkeys | A mission of monkeys | |
| mosquitoes | A scourge of mosquitoes | |
| mountains | A range of mountains | |
| mice | A nest of mice | |
| mice | A mischief of mice | |
| mudhen[?] | A fleet of mudhen | Uncertain |
| mules | A barren of mules | |
| mules | A Rake of mules | |
| natives[?] | A tribe of natives | |
| nightingales | A watch of nightingales | |
| nouns | A collective of nouns | |
| nudists | A hangout of nudists | Spurious |
| nuns | A superfluity of nuns | |
| objects | A collection of objects | |
| onlookers[?] | A crowd of onlookers | |
| orthodontists[?] | A brace of orthodontists | Spurious |
| owls | A parliament of owls | |
| owls | A stare of owls | |
| oxen | A team of oxen | |
| oxen | A yoke of oxen | |
| oxen | A span of oxen | |
| oysters | A bed of oysters | |
| young oysters | A set of young oysters | |
| painters | An illusion of painters | Uncertain |
| paper | A ream of paper (see note) | Spurious |
| parrots | A pandemonium of parrots | Uncertain |
| parrots | A company of parrots | |
| partridges | A covey of partridges | |
| partridges | A bew of partridges | Uncertain |
| pathologists | A body of pathologists | Spurious |
| peacocks | A pride of peacocks | |
| peacocks | A muster of peacocks | |
| peacocks | An ostentation of peacocks | |
| pekinese[?] | A pomp of pekinese | |
| penguins | A parcel of penguins | Uncertain |
| penguins | A rookery of penguins | Spurious |
| penguins | A creche of penguins | |
| penguins | A huddle of penguins | |
| penguins | A colony of penguins | |
| performers[?] | A troupe of performers | |
| pheasants | A covey of pheasants | |
| pheasants | A nye of pheasants | |
| pheasants | A bouquet of pheasants | |
| philosophers | A ponder of philosophers | |
| physicists | A nucleus of physicists | Spurious |
| physicians | A college of physicians | Spurious |
| theoretical physicists | A field of theoretical physicists | Spurious |
| hogs | A parcel of hogs | |
| hogs | A drift of hogs | Uncertain |
| hogs | A passel of hogs | |
| piglets | A farrow of piglets | |
| piglets | A litter of piglets | |
| pigs | A drove of pigs | |
| pigs | A herd of pigs | |
| pigs | A sounder of pigs | |
| pigeons | A kit of pigeons | Uncertain |
| pigeons | A loft of pigeons | |
| pistols[?] | A brace of pistols | |
| plovers | A congregation of plovers | |
| polar bears | An aurora of polar bears | Uncertain |
| polecats[?] | A chine of polecats | |
| porpoises | A turmoil of porpoises | Uncertain |
| possum | A passel of possum | Uncertain |
| potage[?] | A mess of potage | Uncertain |
| preachers | A converting of preachers | |
| prelates | A pontifica of prelates | Uncertain |
| princes | A state of princes | Uncertain |
| prose | An anthology of prose | |
| harlots | A heard of harlots | Uncertain |
| prostitutes | An anthology of prostitutes (see note) | Uncertain |
| psychoanalysts | A complex of psychoanalysts | Spurious |
| quail | A covey of quail | |
| quail | A bevy of quail | |
| conies | A bury of conies | |
| kittens (rabbits) | A wrack of kittens (rabbits) | |
| rabbits | A colony of rabbits | |
| rabbits | A bury of rabbits | |
| rabbits | A nest of rabbits | |
| raccoons | A gaze of raccoons | |
| rats | A pack of rats | |
| rats | A colony of rats | |
| rats | A swarm of rats | |
| rats | A rabble of rats | |
| ravens | An unkindness of ravens | |
| ravens | A conspiracy of ravens | |
| rebuttals | A quiver of rebuttals | |
| rhinoceroses | A crash of rhinoceroses | |
| rooks | A building of rooks | |
| rooks | A clamour of rooks | |
| ruffs[?] | A hill of ruffs | |
| salmon | A run of salmon | |
| salmon | A bind of salmon | |
| sandpipers | A fling of sandpipers | |
| satellites | A constellation of satellites | Uncertain |
| Scots | A disworship of Scots | |
| sea fowl[?] | A cloud of sea fowl | |
| seagulls | A flock of seagulls | |
| seals | A spring of seals | |
| seals | A pod of seals | |
| seals | A plum of seals | Uncertain |
| senators | A house of senators | |
| servants | An obesiance of servants | Uncertain |
| lambs | A fall of lambs | |
| sheep | A flock of sheep | |
| sheep | A trip of sheep | |
| sheldrakes[?] | A doading of sheldrakes | |
| sailors | A crew of sailors | |
| ships | A flotilla of ships | |
| ships | A fleet of ships | |
| ships | An armada of ships | |
| snails | A rout of snails | |
| snakes | A den of snakes | |
| snakes | A bed of snakes | |
| snakes | A pit of snakes | |
| snakes | A nest of snakes | |
| snakes | A slither of snakes | |
| snipe | A walk of snipe | |
| snipe | A wisp of snipe | |
| soldiers | A company of soldiers | |
| soldiers | A brigade of soldiers | |
| soldiers | A squad of soldiers | |
| soldiers | A platoon of soldiers | |
| soldiers | A division of soldiers | |
| sparrows | A ubiquity of sparrows | |
| sparrows | A quarrel of sparrows | |
| sparrows | A host of sparrows | |
| spiders | A clutter of spiders | |
| spiders | A cluster of spiders | |
| squirrels | A dray of squirrels | |
| stairs[?] | A flight of stairs | |
| stars | A galaxy of stars | |
| starlings | A murmuration of starlings | |
| storks | A muster of storks | |
| storks | A phalanx of storks | Uncertain |
| students | A class of students | |
| swallows | A flight of swallows | |
| swallows | A gulp of swallows | Spurious |
| swans (flying) | A wedge of swans (flying) | |
| swans | A whiteness of swans | Uncertain |
| swans | A bevy of swans | |
| swans | A bank of swans | |
| swans | An eyrar of swans | Uncertain |
| swine | A sounder of swine | |
| swine | A drift of swine | |
| submarines | A pack of submarines | |
| tailors[?] | A disguising of tailors | Uncertain |
| tasks[?] | An agenda of tasks | |
| teal | A spring of teal | |
| teal | A diving of teal |
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| tennis games | A set of tennis games |
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| tests | A battery of tests | |
| thieves | A den of thieves | |
| things | A bunch of things | |
| thrushes | A mutation of thrushes | |
| tigers | A streak of tigers | |
| tigers | An ambush of tigers | |
| toads | A knot of toads | |
| tourists | A flock of tourists | |
| trash[?] | A heap of trash | |
| trees | A grove of trees | |
| trees | A thicket of trees | |
| trees | A stand of trees | |
| troops | A parel of troops | |
| trout | A hover of trout | |
| trucks | A convoy of trucks | |
| turkeys | A rafter of turkeys | |
| turkeys | A raffle of turkeys | |
| turtles | A turn of turtles | |
| turtles | A dule of turtles | |
| turtles | A bale of turtles | |
| turtledoves[?] | A pitying of turtledoves | |
| unicorns | A blessing of unicorns | |
| vicaries (vicars) | A prudence of vicaries (vicars) | |
| vipers | A nest of vipers | |
| wagers[?] | A book of wagers | |
| walruses | A herd of walruses | |
| walruses | An ugly of walruses | |
| waterfowl | A plump of waterfowl | |
| waterfowl | A knob of waterfowl | Uncertain |
| weasels | A sneak of weasels | |
| whales | A school of whales | |
| whales | A herd of whales | |
| whales | A pod of whales | |
| whales | A gam of whales | |
| widgeon[?] | A coil of widgeon | |
| wikipedians | A page of wikipedians | |
| witches | A coven of witches | |
| wolves | A pack of wolves | |
| wolves | A rout of wolves | |
| women | A gaggle of women | Uncertain |
| woodpeckers | A descent of woodpeckers | |
| worms | A clew of worms | Uncertain |
| worshipers[?] | A congregation of worshipers | |
| yeomen | A fellowship of yeomen | |
| zebra | A zeal of zebra | |
| zebra | A herd of zebra | |
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