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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

bed of

clams, oysters

bevy of

swans

colony of

 ants, beavers

 covey of

quail

 flock of

sheep, goats,
chickens, geese, ducks

 gaggle of

geese

  mob of

 kangaroos

   pack of

   dogs, wolves

   pod of

   whales

   pride of

 lions

   school of

 fish

   swarm of

 bees, termites

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Special Notes:

1.

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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