Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Collective noun List of collective nouns List of collective nouns by subject SUBJECT COLLECTIVE TERM STATUS 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 √ politicians An equivocation of politicians Spurious porpoises A turmoil of porpoises Uncertain possum A passel of possum Uncertain potage A mess of potage Uncertain preachers A converting of preachers √ preachers A pontification of preachers Spurious 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 √ Republicans An oligarchy of Republicans Spurious 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 √ Scots A fifth of Scots Spurious 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 √ senators A pomposity of senators Spurious 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 √ sticks A fagot of sticks √ 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 √ tennis games A set of tennis games √ tests A battery of tests √ thieves A den of thieves √ thieves A Congress of thieves (see also whore) Spurious 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 √ whores A Parliament of whores (also Congress) Spurious 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 √ This article is from Wikipedia. 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