Collective nouns/nouns of assemblage:
A gaggle of geese
A colony of ants
A shrewdness of apes
A pace/herd of donkeys
A troop/congress of baboons
A culture of bacteria
A cete of badgers
A shoal of bass
A colony of bats
A sleuth/sloth of bears
A colony of beavers
A swarm/hive/grist of bees
A flock/flight/volery/congregation of birds
A sounder of boars
A brace/clash of bucks
A herd or obstinacy of buffalos
A wake of buzzards
A flock of camels
A clutter/clowder/nuisance of cats
An army of caterpillars
A herd/drove of cattle
A brood/peep of chicken
A clutch or chattering of chicks
A bed of clams
An intrusion of cockroaches
A quiver of cobras
A rag of colts
A kine of cows
A band of coyotes
A sedge/siege of cranes
A float of crocodiles
A murder of crows
A litter of cubs
A cowardice of curs
A herd of curlews
A herd of deer
A pack of dogs
A dule or piteousness or cote of doves
A weyr or flight of dragons
A brace/paddling/team of ducks
A herd of elephants
A gang of elk
A mob of emus
A cast of falcons
A business/cast/fesnyng of ferrets
A charm of finches
A shoal/school/run/catch/haul of fish
A swarm or a business of flies
A skulk/leash of foxes
An army of frogs
A flock/gaggle or skein(in flight) of geese
A tower of giraffes
A cloud or horde of gnats
An implausibility of gnu
A herd/tribe/trip of goats
A charm of goldfinches
A troubling or glint of goldfish
A colony of gulls
A band of gorillas
A leash of greyhound
A covey of grouse
A down/husk of hare
A cast or kettle or aerie of hawks
A brood of hens
A hedge or sedge of heron
A bloat of hippopotamus
A drift or parcel of hog
A team/pair/harras of horses
A pack/mute or cry of hounds
A smack of jellyfish
A kindle or litter of kittens
An exultation or ascension of larks
A leap of leopards
A pride of lions
A plague of locusts
A tiding/gulp/murder/charm of magpies
A sord of mallard
A stud of mares
A richness of martens
A mischief of mice
A labour of moles
A troop of monkeys
A barren or span of mules
A romp of otters
A parliament of owls
A yoke/drove/team of oxen
A bed of oysters
A company of parrots
A covey of partridge
A muster/ostentation or pride of peacocks
A litter of peep
A parcel/huddle/colonies of penguins
A nest/nide/bouquet of pheasants
A litter of pigs
A flock or flight of pigeons
A string of ponies
A pod of porpoises
A covey/bevy of quail
A nest of rabbits
A pack or swarm of rats
A rhumba of rattlesnakes
An unkindness or storytelling of ravens
A crash or herd of rhino
A bevy of roebuck
A clamour/building of ravens
A family of sardines
A herd/pod of seal
A drove/flock of sheep
A nest of snakes
A host of sparrows
A dray or scurry of squirrels
A murmuration of starlings
A muster or mustering of storks
A flight of sparrows
A bevy/herd/lamentation/wedge of swans
A flock of swifts
A bale of turtles
A sounder or drift of swine
A swift or ambush of tigers
A knot of toads
A hover of trout
A rafter of turkeys
A pitying or dule of turtledoves
A nest of vipers
A pod of walrus
A school/gam/pod of whales
A pack/route of wolves
A descent of woodpeckers
A herd/zeal/dazzle of zebras
A shiver of shark
A warren of wombats
A labour of moles
A clan of hyenas
A band/ scold/party of jays
A deceit of lapwings
A watch of nightingales
A gaze or nursery of raccoons
A clamour/building of rooks
A wisp/walk of snipes
A sneak of weasles
A prickle of hedgehogs
A fall of woodcocks
A convocation of eagles
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