SUBJECT | COLLECTIVE TERM | |
aardvarks | An aarmory of aardvarks | Spurious |
antelope | A herd of antelope | |
apes | A shrewdness of apes | |
asses | A pace of asses | |
baboons | A congress of baboons | |
baboons | A flange of baboons | |
badgers | A cete of badgers | |
bats | A colony of bats | |
bears | A sloth of bears | |
beavers | A colony of beavers | |
beavers | A lodge of beavers | |
boars | A singular of boars | |
boars | A sounder of boars | |
boys | A rascal of boys | |
buffalo | A herd of buffalo | |
buffalo | An obstinacy of buffalo | |
camels | A flock of camels | |
cats (feral or wild) | A destruction of cats (feral or wild) | |
cats | A clowder of cats | |
cats | A cluster of cats | |
cats | A clutter of cats | |
cats | A glaring of cats | |
cats | A pounce of cats | |
kittens (cats) | A kindle of kittens (cats) | |
cattle | A herd of cattle | |
cattle | A kine of cattle | |
chamois | A herd of chamois | |
cattle | A drove of cattle | |
cows | A flink of cows | |
cows | A herd of cows | |
curs | A cowardice of curs | |
deer | A herd of deer | |
deer | A leash of deer | |
deer | A parcel of deer | |
roes | A bevy of roes | |
hounds | A cry of hounds | |
puppies | A litter of puppies | |
show dogs | A bench of show dogs | Uncertain |
dolphins | A pod of dolphins | |
elephants | A herd of elephants | |
elephants | A parade of elephants | |
elk | A gang of elk | |
ferrets | A business of ferrets | |
ferrets | A fesnying of ferrets | |
foxes | A leash of foxes | |
foxes | A skulk of foxes | |
giraffes | A corps of giraffes | |
giraffes | A tower of giraffes | Uncertain |
goats | A tribe of goats | |
goats | A trip of goats | |
gorillas | A band of gorillas | |
gorillas | A woop of gorillas | |
hares | A down of hares | |
hares | A husk of hares | |
hares | A leap of hares | |
hares | A trace of hares | |
hares | A trip of hares | |
hedgehogs | A prickle of hedgehogs | |
hippopotami | A bloat of hippopotami | Uncertain |
hippopotami | A crash of hippopotami | |
colts | A rag of colts | |
colts | A rake of colts | |
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 cry of hounds | |
hounds | A mute of hounds | |
hounds | A pack of hounds | |
hyenas | A clan of hyenas | |
kangaroos | A court of kangaroos (see note) | Spurious |
kangaroos | A mob of kangaroos | |
kangaroos | A troop of kangaroos | |
leopards | A leap of leopards | |
lions | A pride of lions | |
lions | A sault of lions | |
lions | A sowse of lions | |
moles | A company of moles | |
moles | A labour of moles | |
moles | A movement of moles | |
monkeys | A mission of monkeys | |
monkeys | A tribe of monkeys | |
mice | A mischief of mice | |
mice | A nest of mice | |
mules | A barren of mules | |
mules | A Rake of mules | |
oxen | A span of oxen | |
oxen | A team of oxen | |
oxen | A yoke of oxen | |
pandas | A pandemonium of pandas | Spurious |
pekinese | A pomp of pekinese | |
hogs | A drift of hogs | Uncertain |
hogs | A parcel of hogs | |
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 | |
polar bears | An aurora of polar bears | |
polecats | A chine of polecats | |
porpoises | A turmoil of porpoises | Uncertain |
possum | A passel of possum | Uncertain |
conies | A bury of conies | |
kittens (rabbits) | A wrack of kittens (rabbits) | |
rabbits | A bury of rabbits | |
rabbits | A colony of rabbits | |
rabbits | A nest of rabbits | |
raccoons | A gaze of raccoons | |
rats | A colony of rats | |
rats | A pack of rats | |
rats | A rabble of rats | |
rats | A swarm of rats | |
rhinoceroses | A crash of rhinoceroses | |
seals | A plum of seals | Uncertain |
seals | A pod of seals | |
seals | A spring of seals | |
lambs | A fall of lambs | |
sheep | A flock of sheep | |
sheep | A trip of sheep | |
squirrels | A dray of squirrels | |
swine | A drift of swine | |
swine | A sounder of swine | |
tigers | A streak of tigers | |
tigers | An ambush of tigers | |
walruses | A herd of walruses | |
walruses | An ugly of walruses | |
weasels | A sneak of weasels | |
whales | A gam of whales | |
whales | A herd of whales | |
whales | A pod of whales | |
whales | A school of whales | |
wolves | A pack of wolves | |
wolves | A rout of wolves | |
zebra | A herd of zebra | |
zebra | A zeal of zebra | |
Notes:
The phrase "A court of kangaroos" is frequently thought to be legitimate, given the (quite unrelated) expression "a kangaroo court". There is no known evidence of its legitimacy as a collective noun, however.