100 examples of collective nouns of animals

100 examples of collective nouns of animals

Collective Nouns

Collective nouns are words that are used to mention a group of people, animals, or objects. Examples of these names are provided in the next section. Nouns in English are classified into three primary categories based on their number: single, plural, and collective nouns. Singular nouns are the smallest of the three categories. For example, the word “table” is single, but the term “tables” is multiple in this context. Nouns belonging to a community, on the other hand, have a single structure but a plural meaning.

For example, the term “A Group” is used to refer to a group of people rather than a single individual, despite the fact that it does not include a plural suffix. Even though singular words are given the plural suffix, they are not considered community nouns in the traditional sense. For example, when we say “books” or “computers,” even though we are referring to more than one item, these terms are regarded as plural nouns, rather than collective nouns, since they refer to more than one object.

• I’ve been missing my “family” since I went to England, and it’s a terrible feeling.
• The physical education instructor instructs the pupils to form a “pair” line.
• Our “convoy” has arrived and is ready to go.
• I dedicate my achievement to the whole “community” in which we live.

100 examples of collective nouns of animals

knob of wildfowl
litter of pups
colony of whales
company of wigeon
pack of wolves
litter of kittens
desert of lapwings
bevy of larks
leap of leopards
pride/troop of lions
tiding of magpies
suit of mallard
stud of mares
richesse of martens
nest of mice
labour of moles
troop of monkeys
barren of mules
watch of nightingales
flock of ostrich
family of otters
parliament of owls
yoke of oxen
pandemonium of parrots
clutter of spiders
drey of squirrels
crowd of starlings
flight of swallows
herd of swine

spring of teal
mutation of thrush
ambush of tigers
knot of toads
flight of woodcock
covey of partridges
muster of peacocks
swarm of eels
parade of elephants
gang of elk
cast of falcons
cast of
rookery of penguins
kit of pigeons
farrow of piglets
litter of pigs
drift of quail
nest of rabbits
nursery of raccoons
string of racehorses
colony of rats
unkindness of ravens
crash of rhinoceros
bevy of roe deer
building of rooks
hill of ruffs
family of sardines
rookery of seals
trip of sheep
dopping of sheldrake
nest of snakes
army of caterpillars
cluster of cats
herd of cattle
kennel of dogs
school of dolphins
trip of dotterel
wisp of snipe
surration of sparrows
descent of woodpeckers
herd of wrens
shrewdness of apes
army of ants
herd of asses
flight of insects
smuck of jellyfish
herd of kangaroos