Time for a bit of fun. A long, long time ago, a list began of terms used to describe groups of animals or people. For the educated few, these are ‘collective nouns’. The below are just a few highlights.
- A shrewdness of apes
- A murder of crows
- A mob of kangaroos
- A pandemonium of parrots
- A bevy of ladies
- A blush of boys
- A faith of merchants
- A hastiness of cooks
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A herd of moose
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A colony of ants
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A cauldron of bats
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An army of frogs
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A tower of giraffes
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A band of gorillas
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A barrel of monkeys
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A waddle of penguins
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A school of fish
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A drift of pigs
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A skulk of foxes
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A flock of geese
I particularly love it when the collective noun dishes out a rich visual in my mind. A waddle of penguins. Just picture it.
