Monday, February 11, 2008

Collective Nouns - Mammals

Mammals

Species

Collective Term
(most usual first)

Antelopes

Herd

Apes

Shrewdness

Asses

Pace, Drove, Herd

Baboons

Flange, Troop

Badgers

Cete, Colony

Bears

Sloth, Sleuth

Boars

Sounder, Herd, Singular

Buffalo

Herd

Camels

Flock

Cats

Clowder, Cluster, Glaring
(kittens) Kindle, Litter
(wild cats) Destruction

Cattle

Herd, Drove

Chamois

Herd

Cheetahs

Coalition

Colts

Rake, Rag

Conies

Bury

Deer

Herd, Leash. Parcel

Dogs

Pack, Kennel

Dolphins

Pod, Flock

Donkeys

Herd, Drove

Elephants

Herd

Elk

Gang

Ferrets

Business, Cast, Fesnying

Foxes

Skulk, Lead, Leash

Giraffes

Tower, Corps

Goats

Trip, Flock, Herd, Tribe

Gorillas

Band

Hamsters

Horde

Hares

Drove, Down, Husk, Leash, Trace, Trip

Hedgehogs

Prickle, Array

Hippopotami

Bloat

Hogs

Drift

Horses

Drove, Harass, Herd, Stable, Team

Hounds

Pack, Mute

Kangaroos

Mob (only correct terminology)

Leopards

Leap, Lepe

Lions

Pride, Sault, Sowse, Troop

Mares

Stud

Martens

Richness

Moles

Labour, Company, Movement

Monkeys

Troop, Cartload, Tribe, Mission

Mice

Nest

Mules

Barren, Pack, Rake

Otters

Family, Bevy

Oxen

Team, Yoke, Span

Pigs

Drove, Herd, Sounder
(Piglets) Farrow, Litter

Polecats

Chine

Ponies

String

Porpoises

School

Puppies

Litter

Rabbits

Colony, Bury, Nest
(young rabbits) Wrack

Racehorses

String

Rats

Colony

Rhinoceroses

Crash

Roe Deer

Bevy

Seals

Colony, Harem, Herd, Pod, Spring

Sea Otters

Raft

Sheep

Flock, Drove, Fold

Squirrels

Dray

Stoats

Pack

Swine

Sounder

Tigers

Streak, Ambush

Unicorns

Marvel

Walruses

Herd

Weasels

Sneak, Pack

Wild Cats

Dout

Wild Pigs

Sounder

Whales

School, Herd, Gam, Pod

Wolves

Pack

Zebra

Herd, Zeal


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