September 14th, 2008
I am a big fan of Inspector Morse, and the other night I watched an episode in which he talked about a “lamentation of swans.” It got me thinking of other collective nouns for animals. Here are the ones Husband and I could think of:
a murder of crows
a parliament of fowls
a pride of lions
a gaggle of geese
a bed of clams (or mussels)
a school of fish
a pack of dogs
a brood of chicks
a flock of chickens
a pod of whales
a troop of baboons
a swarm of bees
Without cheating and googling it, do you have any you could add? I really wracked my brains to get this many!
a herd of cattle
a litter of kittens
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aaaaaand, that’s all I’ve got.
ok, so after cheating I have two new faves:
a sleuth of bears (Sherlock Grizzly, anyone?)
a flock of camels (hahahahha!!!)
ok, and a herd of turtles. But I think that’s just a silly one.
… ummm… ok, I’m totally geeking out here. Three comments in a row. Yeah, hello. I’m a nerd. But *you* started it!
A pod of whales.
A troop of elephants (or monkeys).
an Unkindness of Ravens
A crash of Rhinoceri.
~I.
A crew of Jedi
A smack of jellyfish
An exultation of larks.
A knot of frogs, I think. Toads might be even better