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ANIMAL	TERM

Apes	shrewdness of apes
Asses	herd or pace of assess
Badgers	cete of badgers
Bears	sloth or sleuth of bears
Bees	hive of bees; a swarm,
	drift, or bike of bees
Birds	flock, flight, (dial.) parcel,
	pod, fleet, or dissimulation
	of (small) birds; a volary
	of birds in an aviary
Boar	sounder of wild boar
Boys	blush of boys
Buffalo	herd or gang of  buffalo
Cats	clowder or glaring of cats;
	a dowt (= ?do-out) or
	destruction of wild cats
Cattle	herd, drove, (dial.), or
	(US & Austral.) mob of
	cattle
Chickens	brood, (dial.) cletch or
	clutch, or peep of chickens
Choughs	chattering or clattering
	of choughs
Cobblers	drunkship of cobblers
Colts	rag or rake of colts
Cooks	hastiness of cooks
Coots	covert of coots
Cranes	herd of cranes
Cubs	litter of cubs
Curlew	herd of curlew
Curs	cowardice of curs
Deer	herd or mob of deer
Dogs	pack or kennel of dogs
Dotterel	trip of dotterel
Doves	flight, dole, or piteousness
	of doves
Ducks	raft, bunch, or paddling of
	ducks on water; a team of
	wild ducks in flight
Dunlins	fling of dunlins
Elephants	herd of elephants
Elk	herd or (US) gang of elk
Ferrets	business of ferrets
Finches	charm or chirm of finches
Fish	shoal of fish; a run of fish
	in motion
Flies	cloud of flies
Foresters	stalk of foresters
Foxes	skulk of foxes
Geese	gaggle or (in the air) a
	skein, team, or wedge of
	geese
Giraffes	herd of giraffes
Goats	flock, herd, or (dial.) trip
	of goats
Grouse	pack or covey of grouse
Hares	husk or down of hares
Hawks	cast of hawks let fly
Hermits	observance of hermits
Herons	siege of herons
Horses	stud or haras of (breeding)
	horses; (dial.) a team of
	horses
Hounds	kennel, pack, cry or mute
	of hounds
Insects	flight or swarm of insects
Kangaroos	mob or troop of kangaroos
Kittens	kindle of kittens
Ladies	bevy of ladies
Lapwing	desert of lapwing
Larks	exaltation or bevy of larks
Leopards	leap of leopards
Lions	pride of lions
Magpies	tiding of magpies
Mallard	sord or sute (= suit) of
	mallard
Martens	richesse of martens
Merchants	faith of merchants
Moles	labour of moles
Monkeys	troop of monkeys
Mules	barren of mules
Nightingales	watch of nightingales
Nuns	superfluity of nuns
Partridges	covey of partridges
Peacocks	muster of peacocks
Pedlars	malapertness (=
	impertinence) of pedlars
Penguins	rookery of penguins
Pheasants	head or (dial.) nye of
	pheasants
Pigeons	kit of pigeons flying
	together
Pigs	herd of pigs
Plovers	stand, wing, or
	congregation of plovers
Pochards	rush or flight of pochards
Porpoises	herd, pod, or school of
	porpoises
Prisoners	pity of prisoners
Ptarmigan	covey of ptarmigan
Pups	litter of pups
Quail	bevy or drift of quail
Racehorses	string of racehorses
Ravens	unkindness of ravens
Roes	bevy of roes
Rooks	parliament or building of
	rooks
Ruffs	hill of ruffs
Seals	herd or rookery of seals; a
	pod of seals
Sheep	flock, herd, (dial.) drift or
	trip, or (Austral.) mob of
	sheep
Sheldrake	dopping of sheldrake
Snipe	wisp or walk of snipe
Sparrows	host of sparrows
Starlings	murmuration of starlings
Swallows	flight of swallows
Swans	game or herd of swans; a
	wedge of swans in the air
Swine	herd of swine; a sounder of
	tame swine, a drift of wild
	swine
Taverner	glozing (= fawning) of
	taverners
Teal	spring of teal
Waterfowl	bunch or knob of waterfowl
Whales	school, herd, or gam of
	whales; a pod of whales; a
	grind of bottle-nosed
	whales
Widgeon	company or trip of widgeon
Wildfowl	bunch, trip, or plump of
	wildfowl; a know (less than
	30) of wildfowl
Wolves	pack or rout of wolves
Women	gaggle of women
Woodcock	fall of woodcock
Wrens	herd of wrens