Today we are going to look at the extensive list of Collective Nouns words used for the group of animals.
A collection of a particular animal species is given a special term which is their group name for example an army of ants, a swarm of bees etc.
Collective Nouns for Animal Groups
Following is the list of collective noun words for group of animals:
| Animal Name | Collective Noun Word / Group Name |
| alligator and crocodile |
bask, congregation |
| alpaca | herd |
| ant | army, colony, nest, swarm |
| antelope | herd |
| ape | troop, shrewdness |
| ass; donkey | pace, drove, herd |
| baboon | troop, flange |
| badger | company, colony |
| bat | colony, cloud |
| bear | sleuth, sloth |
| beaver | family, colony, lodge |
| bee | swarm, cluster, grist |
| buffalo | herd, obstinacy |
| butterfly | swarm, flutter |
| camel | flock, train, caravan |
| caribou | herd |
| cat | clutter, pounce, glorying kindle, litter |
| Cow | Kine, flink |
| cattle | herd, drift, mob, fold |
| cheetah | coalition |
| chimpanzee | band, troop |
| chinchilla | colony |
| cicada | colony |
| clam | bed |
| cockroach | intrusion |
| cod | school, lap |
| coyote | pack, rout |
| crab | cast |
| crow; raven | congress, murder, unkindness, flock |
| deer | herd, mob, leash |
| dinosaur | herd (plant-eaters); pack (flesh-eaters) |
| dog | pack, gang; litter (pups) |
| dolphin | pod, school |
| duck | flush |
| eagle | aerie, convocation |
| eel | swarm, draft, school, fry, wisp |
| elephant | herd, parade |
| elk | gang, herd |
| ferret | business, fesynes |
| fish | school, catch, haul, shoal |
| fly | cloud, swarm, grist |
| fox | skulk, leash, troop, earth |
| frog; toad | chorus, army, knot |
| gerbil | horde |
| giraffe | herd, corps, troop, tower |
| gnat | cloud, swarm, horde, plague |
| gnu | herd |
| wildebeest | herd |
| goat | flock, trip, herd, tribe |
| goldfish | troubling |
| goose | gaggle when they are on the ground and when they are in flight their group is called team, wedge and plump. |
| gorilla | band |
| grasshopper | cloud, swarm |
| guinea pig | group |
| hamster | horde |
| hare | down, husk |
| hedgehog | array |
| herring | army |
| hippopotamus | herd, bloat |
| hornet | swarm, cloud |
| horse | herd, string, set, stud, harras, rake |
| hound | pack, cry, sute, mute |
| hyena | pack, clan, cackle |
| impala | Impalas don’t move in groups. |
| insect | swarm, cloud, horde, plague |
| jackal | pack |
| jellyfish | squad |
| kangaroo and wallaby | mob, troop |
| koala | They don’t move in Groups |
| leopard | leap, prowl |
| lion | pride |
| lizard | lounge |
| llama | herd |
| locust | swarm, cloud, horde, plague, host |
| louse | colony, infestation |
| macaw | pandemonium, company, flock |
| mallard | flush, sord |
| mammoth | herd, tusk |
| manatee | pod |
| marten | richness |
| mink | Minks don’t move in Group |
| minnow | shoal, school, steam, swarm |
| mole | company, labour |
| monkey | troop, barrel, cartload, tribe |
| moose | herd |
| mosquito | scourge, swarm, cloud, horde |
| mouse and rat | horde, colony, swarm, mischief |
| mule | span, barren, pack, rake, team (harnessed) |
| muskrat | There is no group name for muskrat |
| otter | family, lodge, bevy, romp, raft |
| ox | drove, herd or yoke, team |
| oyster | bed, cast |
| panda | cupboard |
| pig, hog, swine and wild pig | herd, sounder, drove, drift, trip; litter (piglets) |
| platypus | colony |
| porcupine | prickle |
| prairie dog | coterie, town |
| pug | grumble |
| rabbit | husk, colony, fluffle |
| raccoon | nursery, gaze |
| reindeer | herd |
| rhinoceros | crash, herd |
| salmon | school, run, bind |
| sardine | family, shoal, school |
| scorpion | bed, nest |
| seal and sea lion | herd, pod, harem, rookery, trip |
| serval | Serval don’t form any group |
| shark | shiver, shoal, school |
| sheep | mob, flock, herd, drove, drift, trip, hurtle, hirsel |
| skunk | surfeit |
| snail | rout, walk |
| snake | bed, knot |
| spider | cluster, clutter |
| squirrel | dray, colony, scurry |
| swan | bank, bevy, flight, game, herd, wedge |
| termite | colony, swarm |
| tiger | ambush, streak |
| trout | hover |
| turtle or tortoise | bale, dole, dule |
| walrus | herd, pod, huddle |
| wasp | swarm, colony |
| weasel | gang, pack |
| whale | pod, gam, herd |
| wolf | pack, rout, route |
| wombat | mob |
| woodchuck | colony |
| worm | bunch, clat, clew, bed |
| yak | herd, team |
| zebra | herd, zeal, cohorts, crossing, dazzle |
After looking at this list you’ll notice that some animals go not form groups therefore they don’t have any collective noun associated with it, quite interesting huh!.
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