We are all familiar with the names of certain groups of animals. For example, a "pack" of dogs, a "herd" of cows, a "flock" of birds, a"school" of fish are all well-known collective nouns that we use all the time.
But I'll bet you are not familiar with many other names for groups of certain animals.......such as:
---A GROUPING of aardvarks
---A CONGREGATION of alligators
---A SHREWDNESS of apes
---An ARRANGEMENT of armadillos
---A TROOP of baboons
---A SLEUTH of bears
---A SOUNDER of boars
---A RABBLE of butterflies
---A COALITION of cheetahs
---A QUIVER of cobras
---An INTRUSION of cockroaches
---A BASK of crocodiles
---A MURDER of crows
---A GULP of cormorants
---A TEAM of dolphins
---A COTE of doves
---A CLUSTER of dragonflies
---A CONVOCATION of eagles
---A GANG of elk
---A GROSS of falcons
---A BUSINESS of ferrets
---A LEASH of foxes
---A COLONY of frogs
---A JOURNEY of giraffes
---A GAGGLE of geese
---A HORDE of hamsters
---An ARRAY of hedgehogs
---A BLOAT of hippotamus
---A CACKLE of hyenas
---A SHADOW of jaguars
---A MOB of kangaroos
---A COLONY of koalas
---An EXALTATION of larks
---A PLOT of lemurs
---A LEAP of leopards
---A RISK of lobsters
---A TIDING of magpies
---A CLAN of meerkats
---A LABOUR of moles
---A SCOURGE of mosquitoes
---A BARREN of mules
---A WATCH of nightingales
---A ROMP of otters
---A PARLIAMENT of owls
---A PARTY of peafowl
---A SCOOP of pelicans
---A ROOKERY of penguins
---A PUDDLE of platypus
---A PRICKLE of porcupines
---A WARREN of rabbits
---A NURSERY of raccoons
---A CONGRESS of ravens
---A CRASH of rhinoceros
---A MAELSTROM of salamanders
---A FRENZY of sharks
---A SURFEIT of skunks
---A ROUNDUP of squid
---An INTRUSION of stinkbugs
---A STREAK of tigers
---A KNOT of toads
---A CREAM of turkeys
---A BALE of turtles
---A SNEAK of weasels
---A WISDOM of wombats
Well, these are just a sampling. Colorful, no?
Call these the music, poetry, fact and fiction of a dreamer....Call this LYRICS of LOVE and LORE.
Oh what goodness! What I don't learn blogging!! So interesting...
ReplyDeleteWhat an excellent list, they say we learn something everyday well from your post I learnt alot.
ReplyDeleteHave a good day.
Yvonne.
some of those are just too funny! a rabble of butterflies?! sounds rough! i knew murder, gaggle and warren and that was it!
ReplyDeleteYou beat me to it, Clint. After reading Cindy's post I remembered that a former home care patient of mine gave me an index card with what he titled "Nouns of a Multitude" typed on it. One of which was "a murder of crows". I have it in my file somewhere and thought, "my, what a good idea for a blog post later today." Glad you beat me to it, Clint. I'll find something else to post. Enjoy your day.
ReplyDeleteAnanymous aka Carol B.
P.S. hakuna matata
A large group of in-laws= a pain in the a$$
ReplyDeleteVery interesting, but I'd love to know how the identifiers were assigned. I hope you have a great day. Blessings...Mary
ReplyDeleteYes, indead. Have a nice week.
ReplyDeleteGreetings Sabine
love these! "a prickle of porcupines" =)
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing.
i just came up with one - a slobber of sloths.=)
Amazing! A "congregation" of alligators? lol Yikes! I'd rather not sit in that congregation!
ReplyDeleteLove this post, I have always found these collective nouns to be so interesting.
ReplyDeleteThere must not be a special collective noun for a group of people:
A crowd of people.
A mass of people.
A congregation of people would fit people better than alligators!
I knew a few only because my parents used to play a game with them. I always thought a murder of crows should be a book title.
ReplyDeleteArkansas Patti
These are all like.... real...???
ReplyDeleteoh wow...
Thanks for sharing though!
Leontien
Clint, While I had heard of a few of these, most of them were "news to me." :)
ReplyDeleteWHERE did you find them all? Lots of fun.
Interesting...
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Ken
Very interesting! Gosh, who knew?
ReplyDeleteYes, that was really interesting. Very often we hear sentences and phrases but we do not think about it.
ReplyDeleteIt really makes fun to read your blog.
Thanks Clint!!
Have a beautiful day and a lot of greetings
Cool man, oops I am still thinking of Blessings for the elements post.
ReplyDeleteI love this Clint imagination makes the world go round.B
A congress of ravens, eh? So fitting in so many ways :P
ReplyDelete"A MURDER of crows" and "A NURSERY of raccoons" are so cool!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, you make my day! :)