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Animal Collective Nouns
Animal Collective Nouns
During lock down, we did a lot of quizzes over Zoom with friends and family, animal collective nouns came up a few times. The kids and I have been talking about them and have researched to find the ones that amused us. Do you have any to add?!
Alligators or crocodiles: a congregation
Apes: a shrewdness
Armadillos: a roll
Bats: a camp
Ants or Bees: a bike
Buffalo: a gang
Butterflies: a flutter
Camels: a caravan
Caterpillars: an army
Cats: a glaring
Wild cats: a destruction
Clams: a bed
Cobras: a quiver
Cockroaches: an intrusion
Crows: a murder
Elephants: a parade or memory
Elk: a gang
Ferrets: a business
Flamingos: a stand or flamboyance
Frogs: an army
Geese: a gaggle
Giraffes: a tower
Gorillas: a band
Hamsters: a horde
Hippopotami: a bloat
Hyenas: a cackle
Iguanas: a mess
Jellyfish: a smack
Kangaroos: a mob
Lemurs: a conspiracy
Leopards: a leap
Lions: a pride
Lizards: a lounge
Monkeys: a troop
Otters: a family
Oxen: a team or yoke
Owls: a parliament
Parrots: a pandemonium
Penguins: a huddle
Pigs: a team (older pigs)
Porcupines: a prickle
Puffins: a circus
Rattlesnakes: a rhumba
Ravens: an unkindness
Razorbills: a strop
Rhinoceroses: a crash
Sardines: a family
Shark: a shiver
Skunk: a stench
Squirrels: a scurry
Stingrays: a fever
Tigers: an ambush or streak
Toads: a knot
Walruses: a huddle
Weasels: a gang or pack
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