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Animal Collective Nouns

Animal Collective Nouns Collective nouns for groups of animals are fun. Everyone knows that a group of fish is a school and a bunch of geese is a gaggle. But did you know that a group of squirrels is a dray and a bunch of badgers is a cete? Some collective nouns for animals are very descriptive like a skulk of foxes, a leap of leopards, an ostentation of peacocks, a crash of rhinos, and an ambush of tigers. Some group names for animals are lyrical like an exaltation of larks and a charm of finches.

Discover the collective noun for animals and then make up your own!

All About Gorillas
http://www.AllAboutNature.com/subjects/apes/gorilla/

  1. What is a group of gorillas called?

Myrmecology
http://www.myrmecology.org/mac/nojavaindex.html

  1. What is a group of ants called?

Warthogs
http://www.oaklandzoo.org/atoz/azwarthog.html

  1. What is a group of warthogs called?

Vampire Bats
http://www.seaworld.org/AnimalBytes/vampire_batab.html

  1. What is a group of bats called?

Manatees
http://manateejunction.org/mj06_8.htm

  1. What is a group of manatees called?

Whooping Crane
http://www.ngpc.state.ne.us/wildlife/whopcran.html

  1. What is a group of whooping cranes called?

Hyenas
http://www.seaworld.org/AnimalBytes/hyenaab.html

What is a group of hyenas called?

Lions
http://home.globalcrossing.net/~brendel/lion.html

  1. What is a group of lions called?

Gray Wolf
http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/wolf.html

  1. What is a group of wolves called?

Bactrian Camel
 http://www.alaskazoo.org/willowcrest/boris.htm

  1. What is a group of camels called?

Collective Nouns : The More the Merrier
http://www.donaldburger.com/pluralns.htm

  1. Take this quiz about collective nouns.

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