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#20048 - Thu Nov 01 2001 09:30 AM Animal Group Terminology
gillyharold Offline
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Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999
Posts: 6167
Loc: Michigan USA
ants: colony
bears: sleuth, sloth
bees: grist, hive, swarm
birds: flight, volery
cattle: drove
cats: clutter, clowder
chicks: brood, clutch
clams: bed
cranes: sedge, seige
crows: murder
doves: dule
ducks: brace, team
elephants: herd
elks: gang
finches: charm
fish: school, shoal, draught
foxes: leash, skulk
geese: flock, gaggle, skein
gnats: cloud, horde
goats: trip
gorillas: band
hares: down, husk
hawks: cast
hens: brood
hogs: drift
horses: pair, team
hounds: cry, mute, pack
kangaroos: troop
kittens: kindle, litter
larks: exaltation
lions: pride
locusts: plague
magpies: tidings
mules: span
nightingales: watch
oxen: yoke
oysters: bed
parrots: company
partridges: covey
peacocks: muster, ostentation
pheasants: nest, bouquet
pigs: litter
ponies: string
quail: bevy, covey
rabbits: nest
seals: pod
sheep: drove, flock
sparrows: host
storks: mustering
swans: bevy, wedge
swine: sounder
toads: knot
turkeys: rafter
turtles: bale
vipers: nest
whales: gam, pod
wolves: pack, route
woodcocks: fall

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#20049 - Thu Nov 01 2001 04:17 PM Re: Animal Group Terminology
thejazzkickazz Offline
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Registered: Fri Apr 14 2000
Posts: 3232
Loc: Utah USA
Here are two favorites....a smack of jellyfish and a leap of leopards!

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#20050 - Fri Nov 02 2001 01:33 PM Re: Animal Group Terminology
Copago Offline
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Registered: Tue May 15 2001
Posts: 14384
Loc: Australia
I always thought a "murder of crows" was spot on, they are horrible birds.

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