Collective Nouns-want to collect them?
One of the important parts of speech in English is the NOUN. Name of a person,a thing, an idea,a feeling, an emotion,a status,a bird or an animal-simply any concept-can be termed as a Noun according to the language. Whenever a word is to be used to denote a ‘group’ of a particular species, things or persons, an exclusive and sometimes bizarre collective Noun is made use of. While some of these collective nouns have achieved widespread currency and acceptance, a few others barely cling on. Nonetheless it is an interesting journey to go through the list!
| 1 | A pass of Asses |
| 2 | A host of Angels |
| 3 | A shrewdness of Apes |
| 4 | A quiver of Arrows |
| 5 | A hand of Bananas |
| 6 | A cauldron of Bats |
| 7 | A hill of Beans |
| 8 | A sloth of Bears |
| 9 | A fighting of Beggars |
| 10 | A rascal of Boys |
| 11 | An Obstinacy of Buffalos |
| 12 | A fusillade of Bullets |
| 13 | A college of Cardinals |
| 14 | A clowder of Cats |
| 15 | A cluster of Cats |
| 16 | A clutter of Cats |
| 17 | A rag of Colts |
| 18 | A hastiness of Cooks |
| 19 | A shock of Corn |
| 20 | A bask of Crocodiles |
| 21 | A murder of Crows |
| 22 | A doctrine of Doctors |
| 23 | A pack of Dogs |
| 24 | A pace of Donkeys |
| 25 | A team of Ducks(when flying) |
| 26 | A parade of Elephants |
| 27 | A tower of Giraffes |
| 28 | A trip of Goats |
| 29 | A gaggle of Gossips |
| 30 | A herd of Harlots |
| 31 | A covert of Hoots |
| 32 | A stud of Horses |
| 33 | A cry of Hounds |
| 34 | A mute of Hounds |
| 35 | A sentence of Judges |
| 36 | A Troop of Kangaroos |
| 37 | A kindle of Kitten |
| 38 | A tissue of Lies |
| 39 | A band of Men |
| 40 | A lobour of Moles |
| 41 | A troop of Monkeys |
| 42 | A superfluity of Nuns |
| 43 | A stare of Owls |
| 44 | A parliament of Owls |
| 45 | A yoke of Oxen |
| 46 | An ostentation of Peacocks |
| 47 | A poverty of Pipers |
| 48 | A string of Ponies |
| 49 | A litter of Puppies |
| 50 | An unkindness of Ravens(a bird) |
| 51 | A dray of Squirrels |
| 52 | A untruth of Summoners |
| 53 | A wedge of Swans (when flying) |
| 54 | A knot of Toads |
| 55 | A gam of Whales |
| 56 | An impatience of Wifes |
| 57 | A gaggle of Women |
| 58 | A descent of Woodpeckers |
| 59 | A worship of Writers |
| 60 | A zeal of Zebras |
