Variously idiosyncratic, intriguing and often unerringly apt in their descriptions of gatherings of birds, animals and people a damning of jurors, an incredulity of cuckolds — most of the collective ...

In an exhaustive piece in the Transactions of the Philological Society 1907-1910 (digitized by Google), a man named John Hodgkin examines many of these collective nouns for groups of animals, birds, ...

One of the fun things about studying animals, in our opinion, is learning their various collective nouns. Different species of birds have some of the most amazing (and poetic, really) collective ...

We present an A-Z guide of collective animal nouns, beautifully illustrated by original art prints from graphic design studio Whoop.

Some collective nouns given to groups of animal might leave you with raised eyebrows or giggling uncontrollably as you read through the list. Some types of animals even have more than one collective ...

Talk to the animals: The art and humour of the collective noun From 'a dazzle of zebras' to 'a shiver of sharks', collective nouns are a fascinating quirk of the English language, dating back ...

You probably know that a group of wolves is called a pack or that a group of puppies is called a litter, but there are many collective nouns for animals that are much less well-known and frankly ...