Collective nouns
Words used to name groups of people or animals or things
A soldier | An army of soldiers |
A player | A team of players |
A thief | A band of thieves |
A chick | A brood of chicks |
A sheep | A flock of sheep |
A kitten | A litter of kittens |
A goose | A gaggle of geese |
A herring | A shoal of herrings |
A dolphin | A school of dolphins |
A dolphin | A pod of dolphins |
A monkey | A troop of monkeys |
A wolf | A pack of wolves |
An elephant | A herd of elephants |
A lion | A pride of lions |
A locust | A swarm of locusts |
A flower | A bouquet of flowers |
A grape | A bunch of grapes |
A step | A flight of steps |
A star | A galaxy of stars |
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People | Animals | Things |
Hundreds of people | Pride of lions | Bunch of keys |
Class of children | Brood of chicks |
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Army of soldiers | Litter of kittens |
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| Troop of monkeys |
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| Gaggle of geese |
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| Pod of whales |
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2. brood: a group of young hatched at one time
3. flock: a group of animals that live, travel and feed together
4. litter: a group of animals born at the same time
5. gaggle: disorderly/noisy group
6. pod: a group of marine mammals
7. troop: loosely a great number of animals
8. pack: a group of animals that hunt and run together
9. herd: a group of animals (cows, elephants) that live together
10. pride: lions, the only cat species, that form a social group with males and females
11. swarm: a large number of insects or small organisms that move together
12. galaxy: a large collection of stars
