What Is a Collective Noun?
A collective noun is a naming word used to refer to a group or number of animals, people, or things. One thing you should remember when using collective nouns in sentences is to use the correct verb form.
List of Collective Nouns :
- A group of fish = School or Shoal
- A group of cows = Herd
- A group of sheep = Flock
- A group of birds = Brood or Flock
- A group of chickens = Brood or Flock
- A group of penguins = Rookery (or colony, raft, tuxedo, huddle, waddle)
- A group of crows = Murder
- A group of wolves = Pack
- A group of elephants = Herd
- A group of Cheetah = Coalition
- A group of Cattle = Drove (or Herd)
- A group of Horses = Band [or Herd, or stud, or harras, or stable]
- A group of Zebras = Dazzle [ or cohort, or herd, or zeal]
- A group of Flies = Cloud [ or business, or swarm]
- A group of Bees = Swarm [ or cast, cluster, colony, drift, erst, fry, game, grist, hive, rabble, stand ]
- A group of Peacocks = Muster
- A group of Whales = School [ or float, gam, grind, herd, mob, pod, run, shoal, troop]
- A group of Ants = Colony [ or army, swarm, bike, nest]
- A group of Lions = Pride [ or sawt ]
- A group of Geese = Gaggle [ or chevron, flock, plump, skein, team, wedge]
- A group of Dogs = Kennel [ or litter, mute, pack ]
- A group of Pigs = Litter [ or drift, drove, sounder ]
- A group of Camels = Train [ or caravan, flock, herd]
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