Collective Nouns - Creatures

List 3 - Collective Nouns

CREATURES
Noun

Collective Noun

Noun

Collective Noun

animals (wild) menagerie/zoo

insects

cloud/ plague/ swarm

antelopes

herd

kittens

kindle/litter

ants

army/colony/nest/swarm

lions

pride/troop

bees

hive/ swarm

litter

birds

flight/flock

locusts

buffaloes

herd

mice

cubs
cloud/flight/plague/
swarm
nest

camels

caravan/train

monkeys

troop

cattle

drove/herd

oxen

team

chickens

brood/flock

partridges

covey

chicks

brood

peacocks

muster

deer

herd

penguins

rookery

dolphins

school

piglets

litter

dogs

pack

porpoises

school

doves

flight

puppies

litter

elephants

herd

quail/s

bevy

fish

catch/haul/shoal

rabbits

nest

flies

cloud/swarm

seals

pod/rookery

foxes

skulk

sheep

drove/flock

geese

flock/gaggle

sparrows

host

geese in flight skein

swallows

flight

goats

flock/ herd

swine

herd

gulls

colony

termites

colony

herrings

school

turtles

rookery

horses

drove/string/stud/ team

whales

pod/school

hounds

pack

wolves

pack/rout

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