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COLLECTIVE NOUN

A collective noun (or collective name) is a name which denotes or represents a number of individual items. For example, a number of sheep together is known as a 'flock'. The word 'flock' is the collective noun for a number of sheep. Some items have multiple collective nouns, for example a collection of goats can be known as a 'herd', a 'tribe' or a 'trip'.

• Ambush is the collective noun for a group of tigers.


• Army is the collective noun for a group of frogs, ants,


• Array is the collective noun for a group of hedgehogs.


• Badelynge is the collective noun for a group of ducks on the ground.


• Bale is the collective noun for a group of turtles.


• Barren is the collective noun for a group of mules.


• Basket is the collective noun for a group of plums.


• Battery is the collective noun for a group of barracuda.


• Bazaar is the collective noun for a group of guillemots.


• Bed is the collective noun for a group of clams.


• Bench is the collective noun for a group of bishops, magistrates.


• Bevy is the collective noun for a group of quail, roes, swans, pheasants, ladies.


• Brace is the collective noun for a group of bucks.


• Brood is the collective noun for a group of chickens.


• Building is the collective noun for a group of rooks.


• Bunch is the collective noun for a group of grapes, flowers.


• Bundle is the collective noun for a group of asparagus.


• Business is the collective noun for a group of ferrets.


• Caravan is the collective noun for a group of camels.


• Cast is the collective noun for a group of hawks, falcons.


• Cete is the collective noun for a group of badgers.


• Charm is the collective noun for a group of goldfinches.


• Chatter is the collective noun for a group of budgerigars.


• Chattering is the collective noun for a group of choughs.


• Chine is the collective noun for a group of polecats.


• Clamour is the collective noun for a group of rooks.


• Clous is the collective noun for a group of gnats.


• Clowder is the collective noun for a group of cats.


• Clump is the collective noun for a group of trees.


• Cluster is the collective noun for a group of grapes, spiders.


• Clutch is the collective noun for a group of eggs.


• Clutter is the collective noun for a group of spiders.


• Colony is the collective noun for a group of gulls, frogs, penguins, ants, beavers.


• Company is the collective noun for a group of widgeon, parrots.


• Congregation is the collective noun for a group of plovers.


• Convocation is the collective noun for a group of eagles.


• Covert is the collective noun for a group of coots.


• Covey is the collective noun for a group of partridges, grouse.


• Crash is the collective noun for a group of rhinoceros.


• Crowd is the collective noun for a group of ibis.


• Cry is the collective noun for a group of hunting dogs.


• Deceit is the collective noun for a group of lapwings.


• Den is the collective noun for a group of snakes.


• Descent is the collective noun for a group of woodpeckers.


• Dole is the collective noun for a group of turtles.


• Dopping is the collective noun for a group of sheldrakes.


• Dout is the collective noun for a group of wild cats.


• Down is the collective noun for a group of hares.


• Drift is the collective noun for a group of swine.


• Drove is the collective noun for a group of donkeys, cattle, pigs.


• Dryet is the collective noun for a group of swine.


• Earth is the collective noun for a group of foxes.


• Erst is the collective noun for a group of bees.


• Exaltation is the collective noun for a group of larks in flight.


• Fall is the collective noun for a group of woodcock.


• Family is the collective noun for a group of sardines.


• Fesnyng is the collective noun for a group of ferrets.


• Flight is the collective noun for a group of dunlins.


• Fling is the collective noun for a group of oxbirds, sandpipers.


• Float is the collective noun for a group of crocodiles.


• Flock is the collective noun for a group of sheep, birds, swifts.


• Gaggle is the collective noun for a group of geese on the ground - rather than in flight.


• Galaxy is the collective noun for a group of beauties


• Gam is the collective noun for a group of whales, porpoises, dolphins.


• Gang is the collective noun for a group of elk.


• Gang is the collective noun for a group of slaves, prisoners, thieves.


• Gleam is the collective noun for a group of herring.


• Grist is the collective noun for a group of bees.


• Haras is the collective noun for a group of horses.


• Herd is the collective noun for a group of deer, goats, cattle, antelope, seals, swans, curlews.


• Hill is the collective noun for a group of ruffs.


• Hive is the collective noun for a group of bees.


• Hover is the collective noun for a group of trout.


• Husk is the collective noun for a group of hares.


• Kennel is the collective noun for a group of dogs.


• Kindle is the collective noun for a group of kittens.


• Knab is the collective noun for a group of toads.


• Knot is the collective noun for a group of toads.


• Labour is the collective noun for a group of moles.


• Leap is the collective noun for a group of leopards.


• Leash is the collective noun for a group of bucks.


• Litter is the collective noun for a group of pups, whelps, pigs, cubs.


• Murder is the collective noun for a group of crows.


• Murmuration is the collective noun for a group of starlings.


• Muster is the collective noun for a group of peacocks.


• Mutation is the collective noun for a group of thrush.


• Mute is the collective noun for a group of hounds.


• Nest is the collective noun for a group of ants, mice, rabbits, wasps.


• Nye is the collective noun for a group of pheasants.


• Pace is the collective noun for a group of asses.


• Pack is the collective noun for a group of hounds, wolves, grouse.


• Paddling is the collective noun for a group of ducks in water.


• Parliament is the collective noun for a group of owls.


• Pit is the collective noun for a group of snakes.


• Pitying is the collective noun for a group of turtle doves.


• Plump is the collective noun for a group of woodcock, wildfowl.


• Pod is the collective noun for a group of peas, whiting, whales, seals.


• Pride is the collective noun for a group of lions.


• Pump is the collective noun for a group of ducks in flight.


• Punnet is the collective noun for a group of strawberries.


• Rafter is the collective noun for a group of turkeys.


• Rag is the collective noun for a group of colts.


• Richesse is the collective noun for a group of martens.


• Roost is the collective noun for a group of pigeons.


• Rope is the collective noun for a group of onions.


• Run is the collective noun for a group of poultry.


• Rush is the collective noun for a group of pochards.


• School is the collective noun for a group of porpoises, whales, dolphins.


• Sedge is the collective noun for a group of cranes, bitterns, herons.


• Shoal is the collective noun for a group of fish.


• Show is the collective noun for a group of dogs.


• Shrewdness is the collective noun for a group of apes.


• Siege is the collective noun for a group of cranes, bitterns, herons.


• Skein is the collective noun for a group of geese in flight.


• Skulk is the collective noun for a group of foxes.


• Sleuth is the collective noun for a group of bears.


• Sloth is the collective noun for a group of bears.


• Smuck is the collective noun for a group of jellyfish.


• Sord is the collective noun for a group of wildfowl.


• Sounder is the collective noun for a group of swine, boars.


• Spinney is the collective noun for a group of trees.


• Spring is the collective noun for a group of teals.


• String is the collective noun for a group of race horses.


• Stud is the collective noun for a group of mares.


• Sute is the collective noun for a group of bloodhounds, wildfowl.


• Swarm is the collective noun for a group of ants, gnats, bees, flies.


• Team is the collective noun for a group of ducks in flight, oxen.


• Thicket is the collective noun for a group of trees.


• Tiding is the collective noun for a group of magpies.


• Tower is the collective noun for a group of giraffes.


• Tribe is the collective noun for a group of goats.


• Trip is the collective noun for a group of goats.


• Troop is the collective noun for a group of baboons, monkeys, kangaroos.


• Troubling is the collective noun for a group of goldfish.


• Unkindness is the collective noun for a group of ravens.


• Venue is the collective noun for a group of vultures.


• Volery is the collective noun for a group of birds.


• Walk is the collective noun for a group of snipe.


• Watch is the collective noun for a group of nightingales.


• Wing is the collective noun for a group of plovers.


• Wisp is the collective noun for a group of snipe.


• Yoke is the collective noun for a group of oxen.

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