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Animal Groups / Animal Babies
A table giving the collective noun for various
animals as well as names given to animal young.
Animal
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Animal Group
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Baby
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Alligator -
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A congregation or pod (young).
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A hatchling.
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Antelopes -
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A herd.
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A calf.
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Ants -
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A colony.
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Apes -
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A shrewdness.
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A baby.
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Asses -
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A herd or pace.
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Badgers -
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A cete.
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A kit or cub.
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Bats -
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A colony.
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A pup.
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Bears -
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A sloth or sleuth.
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A cub.
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Beavers -
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A colony of beavers.
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A pup or kitten.
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Bees -
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A grist, hive, swarm, drift or bike.
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A larva.
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Birds -
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A flock, flight or parcel. A pod (small flock). A volary (in an
aviary).
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A hatchling or chick.
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Bison -
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A herd.
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A calf.
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Bitterns -
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A sedge.
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Boar -
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A sounder or singular.
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A piglet, shoat or farrow.
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Buffalo -
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A herd, gang or obstinacy.
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A calf.
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Bullocks -
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A drove.
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Butterflies -
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A flutter.
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A caterpillar, larve, pupa or chrysalis
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Buzzards -
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A wake.
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Camels -
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A caravan.
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A calf.
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Caterpillars -
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An army.
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Cattle -
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A herd, drove or drift. A mob (U.S. and Australia)
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A calf.
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Cats -
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A clowder or pounce. A litter, kindle or intrigue (kittens).
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A kitten.
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Chickens -
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A brood or clutch.
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A chick, pullet or cockrell.
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Clams -
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A bed.
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A larva.
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Cockroaches -
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An intrusion.
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A nymph.
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Crocodiles -
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A bask.
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Crows -
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A murder or horde.
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A chick.
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Cubs -
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A litter.
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Deer -
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A herd of mob.
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A fawn.
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Dogs -
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A pack (wild dogs) or kennel. A litter of puppies.
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A pup.
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Dolphins -
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A school.
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A pup or calf.
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Donkeys -
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A herd.
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A colt or foal.
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Doves -
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A flight, dule or dole.
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A squab or chick.
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Ducks -
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A raft or bunch (ducks on water). A team, brace or flock (ducks in
flight).
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A duckling.
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Eagles -
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A convocation.
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A fledgling or eaglet.
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Elephants -
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A herd or parade.
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A calf.
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Elk -
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A herd or gang (US).
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A calf.
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Ferrets -
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A business.
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A kit.
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Finches -
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A charm.
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A chick.
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Fish -
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A shoal, draft, nest or school. A run (fish in motion).
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Fry or fingerling.
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Flamingoes -
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A stand.
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Flies -
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A cloud, business or swarm.
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Maggots.
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Foxes -
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A skulk, company, leash or earth.
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A kit, cub or pup.
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Frogs -
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An army.
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A tadpole, polliwog (US) or froglet.
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Geese -
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A gaggle. A skein, team or wedge (geese in flight).
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A gosling.
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Giraffes -
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A herd or tower.
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A calf.
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Gnats -
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A cloud or horde.
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Larva.
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Goats -
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A flock, herd or tribe.
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A kid or billy.
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Goldfinches -
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A charm.
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Gorillas -
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A band.
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An infant.
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Grasshoppers -
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A cloud.
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A nymph.
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Grouse -
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A pack or covey.
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Gulls -
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A colony.
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A chick.
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Hares -
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A husk, down or mute.
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A leveret.
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Hawks -
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A cast. A kettle (flying in large numbers). A boil (two or more).
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An eyas.
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Hedgehogs -
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An array.
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A piglet or pup.
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Hens -
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A brood.
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Herons -
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A siege or sedge.
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A chick.
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Herring -
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An army.
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Hippopotami -
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A bloat.
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A calf.
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Hornets -
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A nest.
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Larva.
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Horses -
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A stud. A string (breeding). A team, harras or rag.
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A foal or colt (male), a filly (female)
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Hounds -
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A pack, kennel, mute or cry.
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A pup.
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Hyenas -
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A cackle or clan.
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A cub.
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Insects -
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A swarm.
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Jellyfish -
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A smack.
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Ephyna.
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Kangaroos -
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A mob or troop.
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A joey.
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Koala
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A joey.
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Kittens -
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A kindle or litter.
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Larks -
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A bevy.
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Leopards -
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A leap.
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A cub.
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Lions -
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A pride.
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A cub.
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Llama -
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A herd.
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A cria.
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Locusts -
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A plague or swarm.
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Louse -
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A colony or infestation.
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Nymph.
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Magpies -
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A tittering, tiding, gulp, murder or charm.
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A chick.
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Mallards -
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A sord or brace.
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A duckling.
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Martens -
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A richness.
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Moles -
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A labour.
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A pup.
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Monkeys -
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A troop or barrel.
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An infant.
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Moose -
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A herd.
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A calf.
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Mosquito -
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A swarm.
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A nymph, wriggler or tumbler.
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Mouse -
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A horde or mischief.
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A pup, pinkie or kitten.
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Mules -
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A barren, pack or span.
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A foal.
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Nightingales -
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A watch.
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A chick.
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Opossum -
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A joey.
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Ostrich -
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A flock.
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A chick.
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Otters -
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A family or romp.
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A whelp or pup.
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Owls -
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A parliament.
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An owlet.
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Oxen -
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A team or yoke.
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A stot or calf.
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Oysters -
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A bed.
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A spat.
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Panda -
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A cub.
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Parrots -
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A pandemonium or company.
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A chick.
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Partridges -
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A covey.
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Peafowl -
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A muster or ostentation.
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A peachick.
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Penguins -
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A rookery or colony.
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A chick.
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Pheasants -
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A head, nye, nest, bouquet, nide or bevy.
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A chick.
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Pigeons -
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A kit. (Flying together)
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A squab or squeaker.
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Pigs -
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A herd or litter. A drift, drove or sounder (swine). A team or passel
(hogs).
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A piglet, shoat or farrow.
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Platypus -
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A puggle.
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Ponies -
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A drove.
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Porcupines -
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A prickle.
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Porpoises -
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A herd, school or pod.
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A calf.
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Pups -
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A litter.
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Quail -
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A bevy, drift or covey.
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A chick.
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Rabbits -
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A bury, colony, warren, nest or herd. A litter (young rabbits).
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A kitten, bunny or kit.
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Raccoons -
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A nursery.
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A cub.
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Racehorses -
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A string.
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Rats -
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A colony.
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A pup, pinkie or kitten.
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Ravens -
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An unkindness.
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Rhinos -
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A crash.
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A calf.
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Seals -
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A herd or rookery.
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A pup.
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Sharks -
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A shiver.
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A pup.
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Sheep -
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A flock, herd, drove or trip.
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A lamb, lambkin or cosset.
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Skunk -
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A surfeit.
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A kit.
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Snakes -
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A bed, nest or pit.
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A snakelet, neonate or hatchling.
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Sparrows -
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A host.
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Spider -
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A spiderling.
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Squid -
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A school.
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Squirrels -
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A dray or scurry.
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A pup, kit or kitten.
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Starlings -
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A murmation.
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Storks -
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A mustering.
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Swallows -
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A flight or gulp.
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Swans -
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A game, herd or bevy.
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A cygnet or flapper.
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Tigers -
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An ambush or streak.
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A cub or whelp.
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Toads -
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A knot.
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A tadpole.
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Trout -
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A hover.
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Turkeys -
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A rafter or gang.
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A poult.
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Turtles -
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A bale, nest or turn.
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A hatchling.
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Wallaby -
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A mob.
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A joey.
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Walrus -
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A herd or pod.
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A cub or pup.
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Wasp -
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A colony.
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Larva.
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Weasel -
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A gang.
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A kit.
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Whales -
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A school, herd, grind, pod or gam.
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A calf.
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Wolves -
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A pack or rout.
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A pup or whelp.
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Wombat -
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A mob.
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A joey.
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Yak -
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A herd.
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A calf.
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Zebras -
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A zeal.
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A colt or foal.
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Last Updated: 4th October
2006
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