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by Baba on June 14th, 2009
Herd of Cows
flock of geese
army of ants
mound of termites
by Mikeisha on June 30th, 2009
A school of fish. +6.
by Shatzee coming back? on June 14th, 2009
I believe a group of crows is actually called a murder.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/critters/crow.html
a group of cats is called a clowder
a clutch of chicks
bed of clams
troop of kangaroos
pod of whales
by Tom Slick on August 19th, 2011
by iwnit on July 1st, 2009
1) Some examples:
"Animal
Group Name
Albatross
Rookery
Alligators
Congregation
Apes
Shrewdness, Troop
Antelope
Herd
Ants
Colony, Army, Swarm, Nest
Asses
Pace, Herd, Drove
Auks
Colony, Flock, Raft
Baboons
Troop, Flange
Bacteria
Culture
Badgers
Cete, Colony, Set, Company
Barracudas
Battery"
Source and further information:
http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Pointless/AnimalGroups.html
2) Here you can find some other lists about this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animal_names
- "Animal Group Terminology":
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004725.html
- "Collective Noun":
http://www.pubquizhelp.com/animals/groups.html
- "collective noun is for various groups of animals":
http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/kennel/collectives.htm
lectives.htm
- "What are the Males, Females, Babies, and Groups of Animals Called?":
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/animals/Animalbabies.shtml
- "suggestions and fictitious collective names":
http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/kennel/fictitious%20col
Quizzes:
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/for_children/animals_for_kids/babies__groups*_animal_names_adults.html
http://www.braggingpost.com/Games/group_names/index.html
by dazed on August 19th, 2011
a swarm of bees
by -Icy- on July 5th, 2009
i can think of herd,colony,army,swarm,and family.
by kakskee on July 1st, 2009
Pack of wolves
Coven of witches
Gaggle of geese
by boloman on August 19th, 2011
Wolf's = a wolf pack or a pack or wolf's
by WABOO on August 19th, 2011
a colony of ants
by 'Chengdu on August 19th, 2011
A CLOT of Chinese...(sorry, but I commute daily in China and I HAD to say it!)
by -O-uknow on August 19th, 2011
Too many to start naming.
by Tom Slick on August 19th, 2011
an implausibility of gnus ... (seriously, that's for real ... google it if you don't believe me)
by Theby on July 5th, 2009
I thought it was a murder of crows.
Do you know anyone who uses big words quite often in substitution for semantically equivalent words?
by breakstress on February 11th, 2011
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I need interesting words or phrases that begin with Y.
by Isaac on February 4th, 2011
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when making a pun in a word that ends with -can't, how would you make that word with said suffix plural?
by Matt_B137 on January 2nd, 2011
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Go to the dictionary find a word, write the word and give the definition a "technojargon" effect. let's see what we come up with, best.
by byankno1 on January 13th, 2011
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What's the difference between "nought" and "zero"? Why have two different words when they both refer to the same number?
by mumpsimus on January 6th, 2011
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