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File name | Group of Animals Name PDF |
No. of Pages | 5 |
File size | 5.6 MB |
Date Added | Oct 31, 2022 |
Category | Education |
Language | English |
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Group of Animals Name List Overview
Animals can be divided into five distinct groups: mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Those are called terms of venery and they come from English hunting tradition. In hunters community, referring the groups of specific animals, or specific formations of animals was so common that they’ve got their unique names.
List of Animals Group Name:
Animal | Group name |
Albatross | Rookery |
Alligators | Congregation |
Apes | Shrewdness, Troop |
Antelopes | Herd |
Ants | Army, Swarm, Nest |
Asses | Pace, Herd, Drove |
Auks | Colony, Flock, Raft |
Baboon | Troop, Flange |
Bacteria | Culture |
Badgers | Cete, Colony, Set, Company |
Barracudas | Battery |
Bats | Colony, Cloud |
Bass | Shoal |
Bears | Sloth (Group of bear cubs is litter) |
Beavers | Colony, Family |
Bees | Grist, Hive, Swarm, Nest |
Birds | Flock |
Bisons | Herd |
Bitterns | Sedge, Seige |
Bloodhounds | Sute |
Bobolinks | Chain |
Buffallo | Herd, Troop, Gang, Obstinancy |
Bullfinches | Bellowing |
Bullocks | Drove |
Butterflies | Flight, Flutter |
Buzzards | Wake |
Camels | Caravan, Train, Flock |
Capons | Mews |
Caribou | Herd |
Caterpillar | Army |
Cats (General) | Clowder, Clutter, Pounce, Dout, Nuisance, Glorying, Glare |
Cats (Kittens) | Kindle, Litter, Intrigue |
Cats (Wild) | Destruction |
Cattle | Drove, Herd, Team |
Cheetah | Coalition |
Chicken | Brood, Peep |
Chicks | Clutch, Chattering |
Chinchilla | Colony |
Choughs | Clattering |
Clams | Bed |
Cobras | Quiver |
Cockroaches | Intrusion |
Cod | Lap |
Coots | Cover, Raft |
Cormorants | Gulp |
Cows | Kine |
Coyotes | Band |
Crabs | Cast |
Cranes | Sedge, Seige |
Crocodiles | Bask, float |
Crows | Murder, Horde, Parcel, Storytelling |
Curlews | Herd |
Deer | Herd, Leash, Gang |
Deer (Buck) | Brace, clash |
Deer (Roe) | Bevy |
Dogs | Kennels |
Dogs (Curs) | Cowardice |
Dogs ( Hounds) | Cry, Mute, Pack |
Dogs (Puppies) | Litter |
Dogs (Wild) | Pack |
Dolphins | Pod |
Donkeys | Drove, Pace, Herd |
Dotterel | Trip |
Doves (General) | Dule, Bevy, Cote, Dole, Paddling |
Doves (Turtle) | Pitying, Piteousness |
Ducks (Flight) | Flock |
Ducks (Land) | Brace, badling |
Ducks (water) | Raft, Team, Paddling |
Dunlins | Fling |
Eagles | Convocation, Aerie |
Eels | Swarm, Bed, Fry |
Elephants | Herd, Memory |
Elk | Gang, Herd |
Emus | Mob |
Falcons | Cast |
Ferrets | Business, Cast, Fesnying |
Finches | Charm |
Fish (General) | Draft, Nest, Shoal, School |
Fish (Caught) | Catch, Drought, Haul |
Flamingoes | Stand, Flamboyance |
Flies | Business, Swarm, Cloud |
Frogs | Army, Colony, Knot |
Fox | Leash, Skulk, Earth, Lead, Troop |
Geeese (General) | Flock |
Geeese (Flight) | Skein |
Geese (Ground) | Gaggle, Herd, Corps |
Giraffes | Tower |
Gnats | Cloud, Horde, Swarm |
Gnus | Implausibility |
Goats | Tribe, Trip, Drove, Herd, Flock |
Goldfinches | Charm |
Goldfish | Glint, Troubling |
Gorilla | Band, Troop |
Goshawks | Flight |
Grasshoppers | Cloud |
Geryhounds | Leash |
Grouse | Pack, Covey |
Guillemots | Bazaar |
Gulls | Colony, Screech |
Guines fowl | Confusion |
Hawks (General) | Cast |
Hawks (Flight) | Kettle |
Hawks (Spiraling) | Boil |
Hedgehogs | Array |
Herons | Sedge, Siege, Hedge |
Herring | Army, Shoal |
Hippopotamuses | Bloat |
Hornets | Nest, Bike |
Horses (General) | Team, Harras, Stable, Troop, Stud |
Horses (Colts) | Rag, Rake |
Horses (Ponies) | String |
Horses (Wild) | HErd |
Humming birds | Charm |
Heynas | Cackle, clan |
Impalas | Herd |
Insects | Horde, Nest, Swarm, Rabble, Plague |
Jeys | Party, Scold, Band |
Jelly fish | Smack, Brood |
Kangaroos | Troop, Mob, Herd |
Lapwings | Deceit |
Larks | Exaltation, Ascension |
Leopards | Leap |
Lice | Flock |
Lions | Pride, Sault, Troop |
Lizards | Lounge |
Locusts | Plague |
Magpies | Tiding, Gulp, Murder, Charm |
Mallards (General) | Brace |
Mallards (Flight) | Sord |
Martens | Richness |
Mice | Mischeif |
Midges | Bite |
Minnows | Shoal, Steam, Swarm |
Moles | Labor, Company, Movement |
Monkeys | Troop, Barrel, Carload, Cartload, Tribe |
Moose | Herd |
Mosquitoes | Scourge |
Mudhens | Fleet |
Mules | Pack, Span, Barren, Rake |
Nightingales | Watch |
Otter | Romp, Bevy, Family, Raft |
owl | Parliament, Stare |
Oxen | Team, Yoke, Drove |
Oyester | Bed |
Parrot | Company, Pandemonium |
Patridge | Covey, Bew |
Peacock | Muster, Ostentation, Pride |
Pekingese | Pomp |
Pelicans | Pod |
Penguins (General) | Colony, Rookery, Huddle |
Penguins (Nursery) | Croche |
Pheasants (General) | Nest, Nye |
Pheasants (Brood) | Nide |
Pheasants (Take-off) | Boquete |
Pigeons | Flight, Flock, Kit |
Pigs (General) | Drift, Drove |
Pigs (Boars) | Singular, Sounder |
Pigs (Hogs) | Team, Passel, Drift, Parcel |
Pigs (Piglets) | Litter, Farrow |
Pigs (Swine) | Sounder |
Pilchards | Shoal |
Plovers (General) | Congregation |
Plovers (Flight) | Wing |
Polecats | Chine |
Porcupines | Prickle |
Porpoises | Herd, Pod, School, Crowd, Shoal |
Prairie Dogs | Coterie |
Ptarmigans | Covey |
Quail | Bevy, Covey |
Rabbits (General) | Colony, Warren, Bury, Trace, Trip |
Rabbits (Domestic) | Herd |
Rabbits (Hares) | Down, Husk |
Rabbits (Jackrabbit) | Husk |
Rabbits (Young) | Litter, Nest |
Raccoons | Gaze |
Rats | Colony, Pack, Plague, Swarm |
Rattlesnakes | Rhumba |
Ravens | Unkindness, Storytelling |
Reindeer | Herd |
Rhinocerous | Crash, Stubbornness |
Roebucks | Bevy |
Rooks | Building, Clamor, Parliament |
Ruffs | Hill |
Salmandars | Congress |
Salmon | Run |
Sandpipers | Fling |
Sardines | Family |
Scorpions | Bed, Nest |
Sealbirds | Wreck |
Seals | Pod, Bob, Harem, Herd, Rookery |
Sharks | Shiver, School, Shoal |
Sheep | Drove, Flock, Down, Hurtle, Fold, Pack, Trip |
Sheldrakes | Doading |
Skylarks | Exultation |
Snails | Escargatoire, Rout, Walk |
Snakes | Den, Nest, Pit, Bed, Knot |
Snipe | Walk, Wisp |
Sparrows | Host |
Spiders | Cluster, Clutter |
Springbok | Herd |
Squirrels | Dray, Scurry |
Starlings | Murmuration, Chattering |
Stingrays | Fever |
Stoats | Pack, trip |
Storks | Mustering, Muster |
Swallows | Flight, Gulp |
Swans (General) | Bevy, Bank, Herd |
Swans (Flight) | Wedge, Flight |
Swifts | Flock |
Teal | Spring |
Termites | Colony, Nest, Swarm, Brood |
Thrush | Mutation |
Tigers | Streak, Ambush |
Toads | Knot, Knab, Nest |
Trout | Hover |
Turkeys | Rafter, Gang, Posse |
Turtles | Bale, Nest, Turn, Dole |
Turtle doves | Pitying, Dule |
Vipers | Generation, Nest |
Vultures | Venue |
Vultures (Circling) | Kettle |
Walruses | Herd, Pod |
Wasps | Nest, Swarm |
Waterfowl | Knob, Plump |
Weasels | Gang, Colony, Pack |
Whales | Pod, Gam, Herd, School, Mod |
Widgeons | Company |
Wildfowl | Plump |
WOlves (General) | Pack |
Wolves (Moving) | Route, Rout |
Wombats | Wisdom |
Woodcocks | Fall |
Woodpecker | Descent |
Worms | Bed, Clew, Bunch, Clat |
Wrens | Herd |
Zebra | Zeal, Crossing, Dazzle, Cohorts, Herd |