Names of Groups of Insects and Animals

Albatross: a rookery

Badgers: a cete, a set, a company

Bloodhounds: a sute

Alligators: a congregation

Bats: a camp, a colony, a cloud

Buffalo: a gang, a troop, or an obstinacy

Apes: a shrewdness or a troop

Bears: a sleuth, a sloth

Butterflies: a flight, a flutter

Ants: a colony, a swarm, a nest

Bear cubs: a litter

Buzzards: a wake

Baboons: a troop, a flange

Bees: a swarm, a hive, a grist

Camels: a caravan, a train

Bacteria: a colony

Birds: a flock (ground), a wreck (sea)

Caterpillars: an army

Cats: a clowder, a glaring, a nuisance, a clutter

Cormorants: a gulp

Dolphins: a pod

Kittens: a litter or a kindle

Crocodiles: a bask

Donkeys: a drove

Wildcats: a destruction

Coyotes: a band

Doves: a dole, a paddling

Chickens: a brood or a peep

Crows: a murder, a hoard, a parcel

Eagles: a convocation, an aerie

Chinchillas: a colony

Deer (buck): a brace, a clash

Eels: a swarm, a fry

Clams: a bed

Dogs: a kennel

Elephants: a parade, a memory

Cobras: a quiver

Puppies: a litter

Elk: a gang or a herd

Cockroaches: an intrusion

Dogs: a pack, a cry (hounds), a mute (hounds)

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Falcons: a cast

Frogs: an army, a colony

Gorillas: a band, a troop

Ferrets: a business, a cast

Fox: a charm, a leash, a troop

Grasshoppers: a cloud

Fish: a school, a shoal

Geese: a gaggle, a flock

Greyhounds: a leash

Flamingoes: a stand, a flamboyance

Giraffes: a tower

Guinea fowl: a confusion

Flies: a business, a swarm, a cloud

Gnats: a swarm, a cloud

Hawks: a kettle (flight), a boil (spiraling)

Hippopotamuses: a bloat

Hornets: a nest, a bike

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Horses: a team, a stable, a rag (colts), a string (ponies), a herd

Jellyfish: a smack, a brood

Locusts: a plague

Hummingbirds: a charm

Kangaroos: a troop or a mob

Magpies: a tiding, a charm, a murder

Hyenas: a cackle

Lemurs: a conspiracy

Mice: a mischief

Insects: a nest, a swarm, a plague

Leopards: a leap

Moles: a labor, a movement

Jaguars: a shadow

Lions: a pride, a troop

Monkeys: a barrel or a troop

Moose: a herd

Peacocks: a pride, a muster

Raccoons: a gaze, a plague

Mosquitoes: a scourge

Pelicans: a pod

Rats: a colony, a pack, a swarm

Mules: a pack, a rake, a span

Pigeons: a flight, a flock

Rattlesnakes: a rhumba

Otters: a bevy, a raft, a family, a barren

Pigs: a drift or a drove or a sounder (boars)

Ravens: an unkindness, a storytelling

Oxen: a team or a yoke

Porcupines: a prickle

Reindeer: a herd

Owls: a parliament, a stare

Porpoises: a herd, a pod, a shoal

Rhinoceroses: a crash

Oysters: a bed

Quail: a bevy

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Parrots: a pendemonium

Rabbits: a colony, a warren, a herd (domestic), a litter (young)

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Salamanders: a congress

Squirrels: a dray, a scurry

Turtles: a bale or a nest

Salmon: a run

Stingrays: a fever

Vultures: a venue, a kettle (circling)

Scorpions: a bed, a nest

Swans: a bevy, a gam, a wedge

Weasels: a colony or a gang, or a pack

Sharks: a shiver, a school

Tigers: an ambush or a streak

Whales: a pod a school or a gam

Sheep: a pack, a flock, a trip

Toads: a knot

Wolves: a pack, a route (in movement)

Snails: a escargatoire, a walk

Trout: a hover

Worms: a bed, a bunch

Skunk: a stench

Turkeys: a gang or a rafter

Zebras: a zeal, a crossing, a dazzle, a herd

Spiders: a cluster

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