35 Collective Nouns for Animals

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Collective nouns are often quite humorous, and none are as good as the collective nouns for animals. Here are 35 of the best:

1. An army of frogs.
2. A band of gorillas.
3. A bevy of swans.
4. A business of ferrets.
5. A charm of bees.
6. A convocation of eagles.
7. A corps of giraffes.
8. A descension of woodpeckers.
9. An exaltation of larks.
10. A flush of ducks.
11. A glaring of cats.
12. A hover of trout.
13. A knot of toads.
14. A labour of moles.
15. A murder of crows.
16. A mute of hounds.
17. A nye of pheasants.
18. An obstinacy of buffalo.
19. A pandemonium of parrots.
20. A parcel of penguins.
21. A parliament of owls.
22. A phalanx of storks.
23. A quarrel of sparrows.
24. A rainbow of butterflies.
25. A richness of martens.
26. A scourge of mosquitoes.
27. A skulk of foxes.
28. A sloth of bears.
29. A trembling of finches.
30. A troop of kangaroos.
31. A troubling of goldfishes.
32. An ugly of walruses.
33. A volery of birds.
34. A wake of buzzards.
35. A yoke of oxen.

Pulled from wikipedia.

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