List of collective nouns by collective term A-K

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COLLECTIVE TERM	COLLECTIVE PHRASE	STATUS
aarmory	An aarmory of aardvarks	Spurious
abomination	An abomination of monks	Spurious [1]
absence	An absence of professors	Spurious
agenda	An agenda of tasks	√
ambush	An ambush of widows	Spurious
ambush	An ambush of tigers	√
anthology	An anthology of prostitutes	Spurious [2]
anthology	An anthology of prose	√
archipelago	An archipelago of islands	√
armada	An armada of ships	√
army	An army of ants	√
army	An army of caterpillars	√
army	An army of frogs	√
ascension	An ascension of larks	√
asylum	An asylum of programmers	Spurious
audit	An audit of bookkeepers	√
aurora	An aurora of polar bears	√
babble	A babble of barbers	Spurious
balance	A balance of accountants	Uncertain
bale	A bale of turtles	√
band	A band of jays	√
band	A band of men	√
band	A band of gorillas	√
bank	A bank of monitors	√
bank	A bank of swans	√
banner	A banner of knights	√
barren	A barren of mules	√
bask	A bask of crocodiles	√
batch	A batch of bread	√
bavin	A bavin of brush (wood)	√
bazaar	A bazaar of guillemots	√
bed	A bed of snakes	√
bed	A bed of clams	√
bed	A bed of oysters	√
bellowing	A bellowing of bullfinches	√
belt	A belt of asteroids	√
bench	A bench of Bishops	√
bench	A bench of show dogs	Uncertain
bevy	A bevy of roes	√
bevy	A bevy of beauties	√
bevy	A bevy of quail	√
bevy	A bevy of swans	√
bevy	A bevy of ladies	√
bew	A bew of partridges	Uncertain
bind	A bind of salmon	√
bite	A bite of midges	Uncertain
blast	A blast of strumpets	Spurious
blessing	A blessing of unicorns	√
bloat	A bloat of bureaucrats	Spurious
bloat	A bloat of hippopotamuses	Uncertain
body	A body of pathologists	Spurious
bond	A bond of secret agents	Spurious
book	A book of wagers	√
bouquet	A bouquet of pheasants	√
bouquet	A bouquet of flowers	√
brace	A brace of orthodontists	Spurious
brigade	A brigade of soldiers	√
brood	A brood of hens	√
building	A building of rooks	√
bunch	A bunch of things	√
bunch	A bunch of grapes	√
bury	A bury of rabbits	√
bury	A bury of conies	√
business	A business of flies	√
business	A business of ferrets	√
cache	A cache of jewels	√
cast	A cast of actors	√
cast	A cast of falcons	√
cast	A cast of hawks	√
catalogue	A catalogue of librarians	Spurious
cavalcade	A cavalcade of horsemen	√
cete	A cete of badgers	√
chain	A chain of islands	√
charm	A charm of hummingbirds	√
charm	A charm of finches	√
chattering	A chattering of choughs	√
chine	A chine of polecats	√
chorus	A chorus of angels	√
circus	A circus of monkeys	Spurious
clamour	A clamour of Rooks	√
clan	A clan of hyenas	√
class	A class of students	√
clattering	A clattering of choughs	√
clew	A clew of worms	Uncertain
cloud	A cloud of grasshoppers	√
cloud	A cloud of gnats	√
cloud	A cloud of sea fowl	√
clout	A clout of gnats	Uncertain
clowder	A clowder of cats	√
cluster	A cluster of spiders	√
cluster	A cluster of cats	√
cluster	A cluster of grasshoppers	√
clutch	A clutch of mechanics	Spurious
clutch	A clutch of eggs	√
clutch	A clutch of chicks	√
clutter	A clutter of cats	√
clutter	A clutter of spiders	√
cog	A cog of robots	Spurious
coil	A coil of wigeon	√
collective	A collective of nouns	√
colony	A colony of ants	√
colony	A colony of bats	√
colony	A colony of beavers	√
colony	A colony of gulls	√
colony	A colony of penguins	√
colony	A colony of rats	√
colony	A colony of lepers	√
colony	A colony of rabbits	√
company	A company of actors	√
company	A company of moles	√
company	A company of parrots	√
company	A company of soldiers	√
complex	A complex of psychoanalysts	Spurious
conflagration	A conflagration of arsonists	√
conglomerate	A conglomerate of geologists	Spurious
congregation	A congregation of worshippers	√
congregation	A congregation of plovers	√
congress	A congress of baboons	√
conspiracy	A conspiracy of ravens	√
constellation	A constellation of satellites	√
converting	A converting of preachers	√
convocation	A convocation of eagles	√
convoy	A convoy of lorries	√
convoy	A convoy of trucks	√
corps	A corps of giraffes	√
corps	A corps of anatomists	Spurious
cortege	A cortege of mourners	√
court	A court of kangaroos	Spurious [3]
coven	A coven of witches	√
cover	A cover of coots	√
covey	A covey of partridges	√
covey	A covey of pheasants	√
covey	A covey of quail	√
covey	A covey of grouse	√
cowardice	A cowardice of curs	√
crash	A crash of rhinoceroses	√
crash	A crash of hippopotamuses	√
creche	A creche of penguins	√
crew	A crew of sailors	√
crowd	A crowd of onlookers	√
cruft	A cruft of hackers	Spurious
cry	A cry of dogs	√
cry	A cry of hounds	√
culture	A culture of bacteria	√
deceit	A deceit of lapwings	√
deck	A deck of cards	√
den	A den of thieves	√
den	A den of snakes	√
descent	A descent of woodpeckers	√
descent	A descent of relatives	Spurious
desert	A desert of lapwings	√
destruction	A destruction of cats (feral or wild)	√
dilation	A dilation of pupils	Spurious
disguising	A disguising of tailors	√
dissimulation	A dissimulation of birds	√
disworship	A disworship of scots	√
diving	A diving of teal	√
division	A division of soldiers	√
doading	A doading of sheldrakes	√
doctrine	A doctrine of doctors	√
dole	A dole of doves	√
donut	A donut of data	Spurious
dopping	A dopping of ducks (diving)	√
down	A down of hares	√
draught	A draught of fish	√
dray	A dray of squirrels	√
drift	A drift of swine	√
drift	A drift of hogs	Uncertain
drift	A drift of fish	√
drove	A drove of pigs	√
drove	A drove of cattle	√
drum	A drum of goldfinches	√
drunken ship	A drunken ship of cobblers	√
dule	A dule of turtles	√
dule	A dule of doves	√
exaggeration	An exaggeration of fishermen	Spurious
exaltation	An exaltation of larks	√
eyrar	An eyrar of swans	Uncertain
faculty	A faculty of academics	√
fall	A fall of lambs	√
farrow	A farrow of piglets	√
fellowship	A fellowship of yeomen	√
fesnying	A fesnying of ferrets	Questionable
fiction	A fiction of wikipedia entries	√
field	A field of theoretical physicists	Spurious
field	A field of racehorses	Spurious
flamboyency	A flamboyency of homosexuals	Spurious
flange	A flange of baboons	√
fleet	A fleet of mudhen	Uncertain
fleet	A fleet of ships	√
flight	A flight of swallows	√
flight	A flight of goshawks	√
flight	A flight of doves	√
flight	A flight of cormorants	√
fling	A fling of sandpipers	√
fling	A fling of dunlin	√
flink	A flink of cows	√
flock	A flock of sheep	√
flock	A flock of tourists	√
flock	A flock of geese	√
flock	A flock of camels	√
flock	A flock of seagulls	√
flotilla	A flotilla of ships	√
flush	A flush of plumbers	Spurious
flush	A flush of ducks	√
fluther	A fluther of jellyfish	√
flutter	A flutter of cardiologists	Spurious
fry	A fry of eels	Uncertain
gaggle	A gaggle of women	√
gaggle	A gaggle of geese	√
galaxy	A galaxy of starlets	√
galaxy	A galaxy of stars	√
gam	A gam of whales	√
gang	A gang of elk	√
gang	A gang of hoodlums	√
gaze	A gaze of raccoons	√
giggle	A giggle of girls	√
glaring	A glaring of cats	√
glean	A glean of herrings	√
graft	A graft of tree surgeons	Spurious
grind	A grind of blackfish	Uncertain
grist	A grist of bees	√
grove	A grove of trees	√
gulp	A gulp of swallows	Spurious
hand	A hand of bananas
hangout	A hangout of nudists	Spurious
harass	A harass of horses	√
head	A head of curlews	√
heard	A heard of harlots	√
herd	A herd of fairies	√
herd	A herd of cattle	√
herd	A herd of elephants	√
herd	A herd of zebra	√
herd	A herd of cows	√
herd	A herd of chamois	√
herd	A herd of walruses	√
herd	A herd of pigs	√
herd	A herd of deer	√
herd	A herd of antelope	√
herd	A herd of whales	√
herd	A herd of buffalo	√
hill	A hill of ruffs	√
hive	A hive of bees	√
horde	A horde of misers	Spurious
horde	A horde of gnats	√
host	A host of sparrows	√
host	A host of angels	√
house	A house of senators	√
hover	A hover of trout	√
hover	A hover of crows	√
huddle	A huddle of lawyers	√
huddle	A huddle of penguins	√
husk	A husk of hares	√
illusion	An illusion of painters	√
indifference	An indifference of waiters	Spurious
intrusion	An intrusion of cockroaches	Uncertain
jealousy	An jealousy of architects	Uncertain
kaleidoscope	A kaleidoscope of butterflies	Uncertain
kettle	A kettle of hawks	√
kindle	A kindle of kittens (cats)	√
kine	A kine of cattle	√
kit	A kit of pigeons	Uncertain
knob	A knob of waterfowl	Uncertain
knot	A knot of toads	√

[edit] Notes

1. ^ The phrase "An abomination of monks" is frequently cited as a legitimate collective noun for monks. It is actually a misinterpretation of the title of a protestant treatise written by Jan Hus around 1400.
2. ^ An "anthology of prostitutes" is a pun on "anthology of prose", as "pro" is a common contraction for prostitute in Britain and elsewhere.
3. ^ The phrase "A court of kangaroos" is frequently thought to be legitimate, given the (quite unrelated) expression "a kangaroo court". There is no known evidence of its legitimacy as a collective noun, however.