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Here are some of the more common collective nouns given to various birds,
animals, and their young.
Animal Group Male Female Young
Alligator Congregation Hatchling
Ant Colony Antling
Antelope Herd Buck Doe Calf
Ape Shrewdness Male Female Infant
Baboon Tribe Male Female Infant
Badger Cete Boar Sow Kit, Cub
Baracudas Battery
Bass Shoal
Bat Colony Male Female Pup
Bears Sleuth, Sloth Boar Sow Cub
Beaver Lodge, Colony Male Female Kitten
Bee Swarm Larva
Beetle Swarm Grub
Birds Dissimulation
Bison Herd, Gang Bull Cow Calf
Boar Sounder Piglet
Butterfly Swarm, Rabble, kaleidoscope Caterpillar
Buzzard Wake Chick
Camel Caravan, Flock Bull Cow Calf
Cat Clowder Tom Queen Kitten
Caterpillars Army
Cattle Herd, Drove, Mob Bull Cow Calf
Chicken Brood Chick
Chimpanzee Cartload Infant
Chinchilla Colony Kits
Choughs Chattering
Clam Bed Larva/Chiton
Cobra Quiver
Cockroach Intrusion Larva
Colts Rag
Cow Herd Calf
Coyote Pack, Shift, Wilieness Dog Bitch Pup
Crocodile Congregation, Bask Crocklets
Crow Murder Chick
Deer Herd, Bevy, Parcel Buck Doe Fawn
Dog Pack Dog Bitch Pup
Dolphin Pod Bull Cow Pup
Donkey Herd, Drove Jack Jenny Foal
Dove Dule Chick
Duck Brace, Team, Flock Duckling
Eagle Convocation Eaglet
Eel Swarm Elver
Elephant Herd, Parade Bull Cow Calf
Elk Gang, Herd Bull Cow Calf
Ferret Business Hob Jill Kit
Fish School, Shoal Fry
Flamingo Stand Chick
Fly Swarm/Business Maggot
Fox Skulk Dog Vixen Kit, Cub, Pup
Frog Army Tadpole, Polliwog
Gerbil Horde Buck Doe Pup
Giraffe Herd/Corps Bull Cow Calf
Gnats Cloud Male Female Larva
Goat Flock, Herd, Tribe Billy Nanny Kid
Goldfinches Charm
Goldfish Troubling
Goose Gaggle Gosling
Gorilla Band Male Female Infant
Grasshoppers Cloud
Gull Colony Chick
Hamsters Horde Buck Doe Pup
Hares Husk Buck Doe Leveret
Hawk Cast, Kettle Eyas
Hedgehog Array, Prickle Boar Sow Piglet
Herring Army
Hippopotamu
Bloat, Herd, Crash Bull Cow Calf
s
Hogs Drift, Passel Boar Sow Suckling
Hornet Nest Larva
Horse Herd, Harras Stallion Mare Foal
Hummingbird Charm Chick
Hyena Clan, Cackle Dog Bitch Pup
Insect Swarm Nymph, Larva
Jay Scold, Band, Party Chick
Jellyfish Smack Ephyra
Kangaroo Mob, Troop Buck, Jack, Boomer Doe, Jill, Flier Joey
Kitten Litter/Kindle
Lark Exaltation Chick
Leopard Leap Leopard Leopardess Cub
Lion Pride Lion Lioness Cub
Locust Plague, Swarm Pupa
Louse Colony Nit
Mallard Ducks Sord Duckling
Magpie Tiding Chick
Martens Richness
Mole Labor Pup
Monkey Troop, Cartload Male Female Infant
Moose Herd Bull Cow Calf
Mosquito Swarm Nymph
Mouse Hoard, Mischief Buck Doe Pinkie, Pup, Kitten
Mule Barren, Span Jack Molly Foal
Nightingale Watch Chick
Opossum Jack Jill Joey
Ostrich Flock Chick
Otter Raft Male Female Whelp
Owl Parliament Owlet
Oxen Yoke Bull Cow Calf
Oyster Bed Spat
Parrot Company Chick
Partridge Covey Chick
Peacocks Muster, Ostentation Cock Hen Chick
Penguin Rookery Chick
Pheasant Bouquet Chick
Pig Sounder Boar Sow Piglet, Suckling
Pigeon Flock/Kit Squab
Polar Bear Pack Boar Sow Cub
Porcupine Prickle Boar Sow Pup
Prairie Dog Coterie Boar Sow Pup
Puppies Litter
Quail Bevy, Covey Chick
Rabbit Nest, Warren Buck Doe Bunny, Kit
Raccoon Nursery Boar Sow Cub
Rat Hoard, Mischief, Pack Buck Doe Pinkie, Pup, Kitten
Raven Conspiracy, Unkindness Chick
Rhinoceros Crash Bull Cow Calf
Seal Pod, Colony Bull Cow Pup
Shark School, Shiver Pup
Sheep Flock Ram Ewe Lamb, Lambkin
Skunk Surfeit Kit
Snake Bed, Nest, Pit Snakelet
Sparrow Host, Flight Cock Hen Chick
Squirrel Scurry, Dray Buck Doe Pup, Kitten
Storks Mustering Chick
Swallow Flight Chick
Swan Bevy, Wedge, Team Cygnet
Swine Sounder Boar Sow Piglet, Garrow
Tiger Ambush, Streak Tiger Tigress Cub
Toad Knot Tadpole
Trout Hover Fry, Fingerling
Turkey Rafter, Flock, Gang Tom Poult
Turtle Bale Hatchling
Viper Nest Snakelet
Walrus Pod, Herd Bull Cow Pup
Whale Pod Bull Cow Calf
Wild Boar Sounder Boar Sow Boarlet
Wolf Pack Dog Bitch Pup, Whelp
Woodpeckers Descent
Zebra Herd, Crossing, Zeal Stallion Mare Foal