Animal Groups and Their Young

Here are some of the more common collective nouns given to various birds, animals, and their young. Animal Alligator Ant Antelope Ape aboon adger aracudas ass at ears eaver ee eetle irds ison oar Group Congregation Colony Herd #hre$dness Tribe Cete attery #hoal Colony #leuth, #loth (odge, Colony #$arm #$arm "issimulation Herd, Gang #ounder ull Co$ Calf 'iglet Male oar Male Female #o$ Female 'up Cub &itten (arva Grub uc! Male Male oar "oe Female Female #o$ Male Female Young Hatchling Antling Calf %nfant %nfant &it, Cub

utterfly u**ard Camel Cat Caterpillars Cattle Chic!en Chimpan*ee Chinchilla Choughs Clam Cobra Coc!roach Colts Co$ Coyote Crocodile Cro$ "eer

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Caterpillar Chic! Calf &itten

Calf Chic! %nfant &its

(arva-Chiton

(arva

Calf 'up Croc!lets Chic! Fa$n

"og "olphin "on!ey "ove "uc! /agle /el /lephant /l! Ferret Fish Flamingo Fly Fo0 Frog Gerbil Giraffe Gnats Goat

'ac! 'od Herd, "rove "ule race, Team, Floc! Convocation #$arm Herd, 'arade Gang, Herd usiness #chool, #hoal #tand #$arm- usiness #!ul! Army Horde Herd-Corps Cloud Floc!, Herd, Tribe

"og ull .ac!

itch Co$ .enny

'up 'up Foal Chic!

"ra!e

"uc!

"uc!ling /aglet /lver

ull ull Hob

Co$ Co$ .ill

Calf Calf &it Fry Chic! Maggot

"og

1i0en

&it, Cub, 'up Tadpole, 'olli$og

uc! ull Male illy

"oe Co$ Female 2anny

'up Calf (arva &id

Goldfinches Goldfish Goose Gorilla

Charm Troubling Gaggle and Gander Male Goose Female Gosling %nfant

Grasshopper Cloud s Gull Hamsters Hares Ha$! Hedgehog Herring Hippopotamus Hogs Hornet Horse Hummingbird Hyena %nsect .ay Colony Horde Hus! Cast, &ettle Array, 'ric!le Army loat, Herd, Crash "rift, 'assel 2est Herd, Harras Charm Clan, Cac!le #$arm #cold, and, 'arty "og itch #tallion Mare ull oar Co$ #o$ Calf #uc!ling (arva Foal Chic! 'up 2ymph, (arva Chic! oar #o$ uc! uc! "oe "oe Chic! 'up (everet /yas 'iglet

.ellyfish &angaroo &itten (ar! (eopard (ion (ocust (ouse Mallard "uc!s Magpie Martens Mole Mon!ey Moose Mos3uito Mouse Mule 2ightingale

#mac! Mob, Troop (itter-&indle /0altation (eap 'ride 'lague, #$arm Colony #ord Tiding )ichness (abor Troop, Cartload Herd #$arm Hoard, Mischief arren, #pan +atch uc! .ac! "oe Molly Male ull Female Co$ (eopard (ion (eopardess (ioness uc!, .ac!, oomer "oe, .ill, Flier

/phyra .oey

Chic! Cub Cub 'upa 2it "uc!ling Chic!

'up %nfant Calf 2ymph 'in!ie, 'up, &itten Foal Chic!

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.ac!

.ill

.oey Chic!

Male

Female

+help 4$let

ull

Co$

Calf #pat Chic! Chic!

Coc!

Hen

Chic! Chic! Chic!

oar

#o$

'iglet, #uc!ling #3uab

oar oar oar

#o$ #o$ #o$

Cub 'up 'up

'orcupine 'rairie "og 'uppies ,uail )abbit

Chic! uc! "oe unny, &it

)accoon )at )aven )hinoceros #eal #har! #heep #!un! #na!e #parro$ #3uirrel #tor!s #$allo$ #$an #$ine Tiger Toad Trout Tur!ey

2ursery Hoard, Mischief, 'ac! Conspiracy, 5n!indness Crash 'od, Colony #chool, #hiver Floc! #urfeit ed, 2est, 'it Host, Flight #curry, "ray Mustering Flight evy, +edge, Team #ounder Ambush, #trea! &not Hover )after, Floc!, Gang

oar uc!

#o$ "oe

Cub 'in!ie, 'up, &itten Chic!

ull ull

Co$ Co$

Calf 'up 'up

)am

/$e

(amb, (amb!in &it #na!elet

Coc! uc!

Hen "oe

Chic! 'up, &itten Chic! Chic!

Cob oar Tiger

'en #o$ Tigress

Cygnet 'iglet, Garro$ Cub Tadpole Fry, Fingerling

Tom

'oult

Turtle 1iper +alrus +hale +ild +olf oar

ale 2est 'od, Herd 'od #ounder 'ac! ull ull oar "og Co$ Co$ #o$ itch

Hatchling #na!elet 'up Calf oarlet 'up, +help

+oodpec!ers "escent 6ebra Herd, Crossing, 6eal #tallion Mare Foal