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Interesting Vocabulary: Interesting Vocabulary: Animals #4

Dennis Oliver

Special Names:
Groups of Animals

English has some very strange names for groups of
particular kinds of animals.

How many of these special names do you know?

 group name

animal

a bed of

clams, oysters

a bevy of

swans

a colony of

 ants, beavers

 a covey of

quail

 a flock of

sheep, goats,
chickens, geese, ducks

 a gaggle of

geese

  a mob of

 kangaroos

   a pack of

   dogs, wolves

   a pod of

   whales

   a pride of

 lions

   a school of

 fish

   a swarm of

 bees, termites

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Special Notes:

1.

A number or other expression of quantity can also
be used with these special names for groups:

two beds of oysters
several prides of lions
many schools of fish
2. You can find a list of even more of these special
words at this collective noun page. (Remember,
however, that many of these special group names
are not commonly used.)
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