Names Names Names
12 July 2004 22:30I thought some of these were quite cool. I've shortened teh list the the ones I find particularly cool.
ANIMAL CONGREGATIONS:
MAMMALS
Apes - A shrewdness
Asses - A pace
Badgers - A cete
Bears - A sloth
Buffalo - An obstinacy
Cats - A pounce
Kittens...An intrigue
Dogs (curs) - cowardice
Elk - A gang
Ferrets - A business
Fox - A leash
Giraffes - A tower
Goats - A tribe
Hippo - A bloat
Hyenas - A cackle
Kangaroos - A troop
Moles - A labor
Otters - A romp
Pigs (young) - A drift
Pigs (swine) - sounder
Pigs (hogs) - team, passel
Pigs (boars) - singular
Porcupines - A prickle
Rabbits (hares) - A down
Rhino - A crash
Squirrels - A dray
Tigers - A streak
REPTILES
Crocodiles - A bask
Frogs - An army
Toads - A knot
Turtles - A bale
FISH
Bass - A shoal
Herring - An army
Sharks - A shiver
Trout - A hover
INVERTEBRATES
Caterpillars - An army
Cockroaches - An intrusion
Flies - A business
Grasshoppers - A cloud
Jellyfish - A smack
Locusts - A plague
BIRDS
Birds (on ground) - volary
Crows - A murder
Doves (turtle) - pitying
Ducks (on water) - raft
Eagles - A convocation
Finches - A charm
Herons - A siege
Jays - A scold
Lapwings - A deceit
Larks - An exaltation
Magpies - A tiding
Martins - A richness
Nightingales - A watch
Owls - A parliament
Peacocks - An ostentation
Ravens - An unkindness
Starlings - A murmuration
Woodcocks - A fall
Woodpeckers - A descent
ANIMAL CONGREGATIONS:
MAMMALS
Apes - A shrewdness
Asses - A pace
Badgers - A cete
Bears - A sloth
Buffalo - An obstinacy
Cats - A pounce
Kittens...An intrigue
Dogs (curs) - cowardice
Elk - A gang
Ferrets - A business
Fox - A leash
Giraffes - A tower
Goats - A tribe
Hippo - A bloat
Hyenas - A cackle
Kangaroos - A troop
Moles - A labor
Otters - A romp
Pigs (young) - A drift
Pigs (swine) - sounder
Pigs (hogs) - team, passel
Pigs (boars) - singular
Porcupines - A prickle
Rabbits (hares) - A down
Rhino - A crash
Squirrels - A dray
Tigers - A streak
REPTILES
Crocodiles - A bask
Frogs - An army
Toads - A knot
Turtles - A bale
FISH
Bass - A shoal
Herring - An army
Sharks - A shiver
Trout - A hover
INVERTEBRATES
Caterpillars - An army
Cockroaches - An intrusion
Flies - A business
Grasshoppers - A cloud
Jellyfish - A smack
Locusts - A plague
BIRDS
Birds (on ground) - volary
Crows - A murder
Doves (turtle) - pitying
Ducks (on water) - raft
Eagles - A convocation
Finches - A charm
Herons - A siege
Jays - A scold
Lapwings - A deceit
Larks - An exaltation
Magpies - A tiding
Martins - A richness
Nightingales - A watch
Owls - A parliament
Peacocks - An ostentation
Ravens - An unkindness
Starlings - A murmuration
Woodcocks - A fall
Woodpeckers - A descent