List of collective nouns by collective term L-Z

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Collective noun

List of collective nouns
List of collective nouns by collective term

COLLECTIVE TERM	COLLECTIVE PHRASE	STATUS
labour	A labour of moles	√
lap	A lap of cod	Uncertain
leap	A leap of hares	√
leap	A leap of leopards	√
leash	A leash of deer	√
leash	A leash of foxes	√
lek	A lek of grouse	Uncertain
library	A library of books	√
lick	A lick of lesbians	√
litter	A litter of piglets	√
litter	A litter of puppies	√
lodge	A lodge of beavers	√
loft	A loft of pigeons	√
lot	A lot of automobile dealers	Spurious
lounge	A lounge of lizards	Spurious
lute	A lute of mallards	Uncertain
melody	A melody of harpers	√
mews	A mews of capons	√
mine	A mine of toddlers	Spurious
mischief	A mischief of mice	√
mission	A mission of monkeys	√
mite	A mite of mites	Uncertain
mob	A mob of kangaroos [1]	√
movement	A movement of moles	√
multiply	A multiply of husbands	√
murder	A murder of crows	√
murmuration	A murmuration of starlings	√
muster	A muster of storks	√
muster	A muster of peacocks	√
mutation	A mutation of thrushes	√
mute	A mute of hounds	√
nest	A nest of mice	√
nest	A nest of rabbits	√
nest	A nest of vipers	√
nest	A nest of snakes	√
network	A network of computers	√
neverthriving	A neverthriving of jugglers	√
newton	A newton of figs	Spurious
nide	A nide of geese	√
nucleus	A nucleus of physicists	Spurious
number	A number of mathematicians	√
nye	A nye of pheasants	√
obeisance	An obeisance of servants	√
obstinacy	An obstinacy of buffalo	√
ostentation	An ostentation of peacocks	√
pace	A pace of asses	√
pack	A pack of hounds	√
pack	A pack of rats	√
pack	A pack of wolves	√
pack	A pack of grouse	√
paddling	A paddling of ducks (on water)	√
pan	A pan of critics	Spurious
pandemonium	A pandemonium of parrots	Uncertain
pandemonium	A pandemonium of pandas	Spurious
panel	A panel of experts	√
pantheon	A pantheon of gods	Uncertain
parade	A parade of elephants	√
parcel	A parcel of hogs	√
parcel	A parcel of deer	√
parcel	A parcel of penguins	Uncertain
parel	A parel of troops	√
parliament	A parliament of owls	√
parliament	A parliament of rooks	√
party	A party of jays	√
passel	A passel of hogs	√
passel	A passel of possum	Uncertain
patch	A patch of flowers	√
peep	A peep of chickens	√
peloton	A peloton of cyclists	√
phalanx	A phalanx of storks	Uncertain
pit	A pit of snakes	√
piteousness	A piteousness of doves	√
pitying	A pitying of turtledoves	√
pitying	A pitying of doves	√
plague	A plague of locusts	√
platoon	A platoon of soldiers	√
plum	A plum of seals	Uncertain
plump	A plump of waterfowl	√
plump	A plump of ducks (flying)	√
pod	A pod of whales	√
pod	A pod of seals	√
pod	A pod of dolphins	√
pomp	A pomp of pekingese	√
ponder	A ponder of philosophers	√
pontifica	A pontifica of prelates	√
portfolio	A portfolio of stockbrokers	Spurious
pounce	A pounce of cats	√
poverty	A poverty of pipers	√
prettying	A prettying of doves	√
prickle	A prickle of hedgehogs	√
pride	A pride of peacocks	√
pride	A pride of lions	√
prudence	A prudence of vicaries (vicars)	√
purse	A purse of winnings	√
quarrel	A quarrel of sparrows	√
quiver	A quiver of rebuttals	√
quiver	A quiver of arrows	√
rabble	A rabble of butterflies	Uncertain
rabble	A rabble of rats	√
raffle	A raffle of turkeys	√
raft	A raft of coots	√
raft	A raft of auks	Uncertain
raft	A raft of ducks	√
raft	A raft of penguins	√
rafter	A rafter of turkeys	√
rag	A rag of colts	√
rainbow	A rainbow of butterflies	√
rake	A rake of colts	√
Rake	A rake of mules	√
range	A range of mountains	√
rascal	A rascal of boys	√
riches	A riches of matrons	√
richness	A richness of martens	√
ring	A ring of keys	√
roll	A roll of coins	√
rookery	A rookery of penguins	Spurious
rouleau	A rouleau of coins	√
rout	A rout of wolves	√
rout	A rout of snails	√
rout	A rout of wolves	√
rout	A rout of knights	√
ruck	A ruck of football players [2]	√
run	A run of salmon	√
run	A run of poultry	√
sault	A sault of lions	√
scale	A scale of fish	√
scathe	A scathe of zombies	Uncertain
school	A school of whales	√
school	A school of fish	√
scold	A scold of jays	Uncertain
scourge	A scourge of mosquitoes	√
screech	A screech of gulls	√
scull	A scull of friars	√
sedge	A sedge of bitterns	√
sedge	A sedge of cranes	√
set	A set of mathematicians	√
shiver	A shiver of sharks	Uncertain
shoal	A shoal of fish	√
shoal	A shoal of herring	√
shower	A shower of bastards	Spurious
shower	A shower of meteorologists	Spurious
shrewdness	A shrewdness of apes	√
shuffle	A shuffle of bureaucrats	√
siege	A siege of bitterns	√
siege	A siege of herons	√
singular	A singular of boars	√
skein	A skein of geese	√
skulk	A skulk of foxes	√
slew	A slew of homework	√
slither	A slither of snakes	√
sloth	A sloth of bears	√
smack	A smack of jellyfish	√
sneak	A sneak of weasels	√
sord	A sord of mallards	√
sounder	A sounder of pigs	√
sounder	A sounder of swine	√
sounder	A sounder of boars	√
sowse	A sowse of lions	√
span	A span of oxen	√
spring	A spring of seals	√
spring	A spring of teal	√
squad	A squad of soldiers	√
stable	A stable of horses	√
staff	A staff of employees	√
stand	A stand of flamingoes	√
stand	A stand of trees	√
stare	A stare of owls	√
state	A state of princes	√
storytelling	A storytelling of crows	√
streak	A streak of tigers	√
string	A string of ponies	√
stud	A stud of mares	√
superfluity	A superfluity of nuns	√
swarm	A swarm of ants	√
swarm	A swarm of bees	√
swarm	A swarm of flies	√
swarm	A swarm of rats	√
swarm	A swarm of eels	√
taboon	A taboon of horses	√
team	A team of horses	√
team	A team of athletes	√
team	A team of oxen	√
team	A team of ducks	√
thicket	A thicket of trees	√
thicket	A thicket of idiots	Spurious
thirst	A thirst of Irish	Uncertain
thought	A thought of barons	√
threatening	A threatening of courtiers	√
tiding(s)	A tiding(s) of magpies	√
tower	A tower of giraffes	Uncertain
trace	A trace of hares	√
trembing	A trembling of finches	√
tribe	A tribe of monkeys	√
tribe	A tribe of goats	√
tribe	A tribe of natives	√
trimming	A trimming of finches	√
trip	A trip of sheep	√
trip	A trip of dotterel	√
trip	A trip of hares	√
trip	A trip of goats	√
troop	A troop of kangaroos	√
troubling	A troubling of goldfinches	√
troupe	A troupe of performers	√
tumult	A tumult of tubas (players)	Spurious
turmoil	A turmoil of porpoises	Uncertain
turn	A turn of turtles	√
ubiquity	A ubiquity of sparrows	√
ugly	An ugly of walruses	√
unkindness	An unkindness of ravens	√
vagary	A vagary of impediments	√
volery	A volery of birds	√
wad	A wad of money	√
waddle	A waddle of penguins	√
wake	A wake of buzzards	√
walk	A walk of snipe	√
watch	A watch of nightingales	√
wealth	A wealth of information	√
wedge	A wedge of geese (flying)	√
wedge	A wedge of swans (flying)	√
whiteness	A whiteness of swans	√
wing	A wing of aircraft	√
wisdom	A wisdom of grandparents	√
wisp	A wisp of snipe	√
woop	A woop of gorillas	√
wrack	A wrack of kittens (rabbits)	√
wunch	A wunch of bankers	facetious
yoke	A yoke of oxen	√
zeal	A zeal of zebra	√

[edit] Notes

1. ^ This is a specific case of the general Australian tendency to use mob as a synonym for flock
2. ^ As in Australian football (AFL) where the players who start in the centre of the ground are known as "rucks"