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Mammals
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Apes
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A
shrewdness
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Asses
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A pace
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Badgers
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A cete
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Bats
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A
colony
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Bears
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A
sloth, sleuth
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Buffalo
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A gang,
an obstinacy (I suspect these refer to old world buffalo; use
"herd" for American bison)
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Cats
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A
clowder, a pounce; for kittens...A kindle, litter, an intrigue
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Cattle
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A
drove, herd
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Deer
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A herd,
bevy (refers only to roe deer)
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Dogs
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A
litter (young), pack (wild), cowardice (of curs); specific to hounds...A cry,
mute, pack, kennel
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Elephants
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A herd
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Elk
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A gang
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Ferrets
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A
business
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Fox
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A
leash, skulk, earth
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Giraffes
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A tower
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Goats
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A
tribe, trip
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Gorillas
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A band
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Hippopotamuses
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A bloat
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Horses
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A team,
harras, rag (for colts), stud (a group of horses belonging to a single owner,
string (ponies)
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Hyenas
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A
cackle
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Kangaroos
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A troop
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Leopards
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A leap
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Lions
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A pride
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Martens
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A
richness
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Moles
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A labor
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Monkeys
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A
troop, barrel
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Mules
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A pack,
span, barren
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Otters
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A romp
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Oxen
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A team,
yoke
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Pigs
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A
drift, drove, litter (young), sounder (of swine), team, passel (of hogs),
singular (refers to a group of boars)
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Porcupines
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A
prickle
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Rabbits
|
A
colony, warren, nest, herd (domestic only), litter (young); specific to
hares...A down, husk
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Rhinoceroses
|
A crash
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Seals
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A pod,
herd
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Sheep
|
A
drove, flock, herd
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Squirrels
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A dray,
scurry
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Tigers
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A
streak
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Whales
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A pod,
gam, herd
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Wolves
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A pack,
rout or route (when in movement)
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Birds
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Birds
in general
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A
flight (in the air), flock (on the ground), volary, brace (generally for
gamebirds or waterfowl, referring to a pair or couple killed by a hunter)
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Bitterns
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A sedge
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Buzzards
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A wake
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Bobolinks
|
A chain
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Chicks
(of many species)
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A
brood; clutch
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Coots
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A cover
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Cormorants
|
A gulp
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Cranes
|
A sedge
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Crows
|
A
murder, horde
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Dotterel
|
A trip
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Doves
|
A dule,
pitying (specific to turtle doves)
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Ducks
|
A
brace, flock (in flight), raft (on water) team, paddling (on water), badling
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Eagles
|
A
convocation
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Finches
|
A charm
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Flamingos
|
A stand
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Geese
|
A
flock, gaggle (on the ground), skein (in flight)
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Grouse
|
A pack
(in late season)
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Gulls
|
A
colony
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Hawks
|
A cast,
kettle (flying in large numbers), boil (two or more spiraling in flight)
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Herons
|
A
sedge, a siege
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Jays
|
A
party, scold
|
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Lapwings
|
A
deceit
|
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Larks
|
An
exaltation
|
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Mallards
|
A sord
(in flight), brace
|
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Magpies
|
A
tiding, gulp, murder, charm
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Nightingales
|
A watch
|
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Owls
|
A
parliament
|
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Parrots
|
A
company
|
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Partridge
|
A covey
|
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Peacocks
|
A
muster, an ostentation
|
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Penguins
|
A
colony
|
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Pheasant
|
A nest,
nide (a brood), nye, bouquet
|
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Plovers
|
A
congregation, wing (in flight)
|
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Ptarmigans
|
A covey
|
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Rooks
|
A
building
|
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Quail
|
A bevy,
covey
|
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Ravens
|
An
unkindness
|
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Snipe
|
A walk,
a wisp
|
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Sparrows
|
A host
|
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Starlings
|
A
murmuration
|
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Storks
|
A
mustering
|
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Swallows
|
A
flight
|
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Swans
|
A bevy,
wedge (in flight)
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Teal
|
A
spring
|
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Turkeys
|
A
rafter, gang
|
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Widgeons
|
A
company
|
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Woodcocks
|
A fall
|
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Woodpeckers
|
A
descent
|
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Reptiles and Amphibians
|
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Crocodiles
|
A bask
|
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Frogs
|
An army
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Toads
|
A knot
|
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Turtles
|
A bale,
nest
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Snakes,
vipers
|
A nest
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Fish
|
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Fish in
general
|
A
draft, nest, school, shoal (some authors claim that the common
"school" is a corruption of shoal, and therefore incorrect)
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Bass
|
A shoal
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Herring
|
An army
|
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Sharks
|
A
shiver
|
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Trout
|
A hover
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Invertebrates
|
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Ants
|
A
colony
|
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Bees
|
A
grist, hive, swarm
|
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Caterpillars
|
An army
|
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Clams
|
A bed
|
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Cockroaches
|
An
intrusion
|
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Flies
|
A
business
|
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Gnats
|
A
cloud, horde
|
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Grasshoppers
|
A cloud
|
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Hornets
|
A nest
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Jellyfish
|
A smack
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Locusts
|
A
plague
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Oysters
|
A bed
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