An exaltation of larks
Terms
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- pride (collective noun)
- A pride of lions
- watch (collective noun)
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A watch of nightingales
archaic - parliament (collective noun)
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A parliament of owls
has been commonly used for many different types of birds - exaltation (collective noun)
- An exaltation of larks
- covey (collective noun)
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A covey of partridges [or grouse or ptarmigans]
standard - rafter (collective noun)
- A rafter of turkeys
- brood (collective noun)
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A brood of hens
standard - bouquet (collective noun)
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A bouquet of pheasants [when flushed]
standard - ostentation (collective noun)
- An ostentation of peacocks
- wedge (collective noun)
- A wedge of swans [or geese, flying in a "V"]
- siege (collective noun)
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A siege of herons
standard - peep (collective noun)
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A peep of chickens
archaic - skein (collective noun)
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A skein of geese [in flight]
standard - cast (collective noun)
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A cast of hawks [or falcons]
standard - unkindness (collective noun)
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An unkindness of ravens
obsolete - murmuration (collective noun)
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A murmuration of starlings
archaic - charm (collective noun)
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A charm of finches
standard - gaggle (collective noun)
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A gaggle of geese [wild or domesticated]
standard - kettle (collective noun)
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A kettle of hawks [riding a thermal]
not in the OED, but used by birders - murder (collective noun)
- A murder of crows
- trip (collective noun)
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A trip of dotterel
standard - skulk (collective noun)
- A skulk of foxes
- knot (collective noun)
- A knot of toads
- school (collective noun)
- A school of fish
- string (collective noun)
- A string of racehorses
- cete (collective noun)
- A cete of badgers
- tiding (collective noun)
- A tiding of magpies
- pack (collective noun)
- A pack of dogs
- pod (collective noun)
- A pod of whales (or dolphins, or seals)
- bevy (collective noun)
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A bevy of quail
standard - flight (collective noun)
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A flight of swallows
standard - wisp (collective noun)
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A wisp of snipe
standard - building (collective noun)
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A building of rooks
archaic - muster (collective noun)
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A muster of peacocks
archaic - sord (collective nouns)
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A sord of mallards
archaic - spring (collective nouns)
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A spring of teal
archaic - congregation (collective nouns)
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A congregation of plovers
obsolete - dissimulation (collective nouns)
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A dissimulation of birds
obsolete - dole (collective nouns)
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A dole of doves
obsolete - fall (collective nouns)
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A fall of woodcock
obsolete - host (collective nouns)
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A host of sparrows
obsolete - paddling (collective nouns)
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A paddling of ducks [on the water]
obsolete - nye (collective nouns)
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A nye of pheasants [on the ground]
standard - flight (collective nouns)
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A flight of swallows [or doves, goshawks, or cormorants]
has been commonly used for many different types of birds - party (collective noun)
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A party of jays
has been commonly used for many different types of birds - company (collective noun)
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A company of parrots
has been commonly used for many different types of birds - colony (collective noun)
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A colony of penguins
has been commonly used for many different types of birds - weyr (collective noun)
- A weyr of dragons
- sounder (collective noun)
- A sounder of boars
- herd (collective noun)
- A herd of cattle (or fairies, cows, elephants, zebra, chamois, walruses, pigs, deer, antelope, whales, buffalo)
- kine (collective noun)
- A kine of cattle
- husk (collective noun)
- A husk of hares
- barren (collective noun)
- A barren of mules
- harass (collective noun)
- A harass of horses
- drove (collective noun)
- A drove of cattle (or pigs)
- hive (collective noun)
- A hive of bees
- shoal (collective noun)
- A shoal of fish