List of English terms of venery, by animal

Table columns:
Subject
Collective noun
Notes
Sources

Table rows:
cells: A
A !
cells: antelopes
herd
[1]
cells: ants
army
[2]
cells: colony
[2][3]
cells: nest
[2]
cells: swarm
[2]
cells: apes
shrewdness
[1][4][5]
cells: troop
[2]
cells: asses
herd
[2]
cells: drove
driven in a group
[2]
cells: pace or passe
[2][3]
cells: B
B !
cells: baboons
troop
[2][5]
cells: badgers
cete
[2][3][5][6]
cells: bats
colony
[3]
cells: bears
sleuth or sloth
[2][3][5]
cells: beavers
colony
[2]
cells: family
[2]
cells: bees
swarm
[5]
cells: drift
[5]
cells: erst
[5]
cells: grist
[3]
cells: birds
flock
[5]
cells: flight
[5]
cells: pod
[5]
cells: bitterns
sedge or sege
[3][4][7][8]
cells: boars
sounder
12 or more
[6]
cells: buffalo
herd
[3][5]
cells: bullfinches
bellowing
[5]
cells: bullocks
drove
driven in a group
[5]
cells: butterflies
swarm
[9]
cells: flutter
[10]
cells: kaleidoscope
[11]
cells: C
C !
cells: capercaillie
tok
[12]
cells: capons
mews
[13]
cells: caribou
herd
[13]
cells: cats
clowder
[2][3]
cells: pounce
[3]
cells: destruction
feral cats
[5][14]
cells: cattle
mob
driven in a group
[15]
cells: chickens
clutch
[5]
cells: cheetahs
coalition
males only
[16]
cells: choughs
chattering or clattering
[4][5][6][17][18]
cells: colts
rag
[3][5][6]
cells: rake
[5]
cells: cormorants
gulp
[3]
cells: coots
covert
[4][5][8]
cells: coyotes
pack
[citation needed]
cells: cranes
herd
[4][5][8]
cells: sedge or sege
[3][7]
cells: crocodiles
bask
[3]
cells: crows
murder or horde
[3][5][6]
cells: curlews
herd
[4][5][6][8]
cells: D
D !
cells: deer
herd
[citation needed]
cells: parcel
[19]
cells: dogs
pack
[citation needed]
cells: dolphins
pod
[20][21]
cells: dotterel
trip
[3][5][22]
cells: doves
dole or dule
fanciful
[3][4][5]
cells: flight
[8]
cells: ducks
badling or badelynge
[3][8]
cells: paddling
on water
[3][5]
cells: plump
[23][24]
cells: raft
on water
[3][5]
cells: dunlins
fling
[5]
cells: E
E !
cells: eagles
convocation
[3]
cells: eels
bed
[2]
cells: elephants
herd
[3]
cells: elk
gang
[5][6]
cells: herd
[5]
cells: F
F !
cells: falcons
cast
[25]
cells: ferrets
business
corruption over time of 'busyness'
[3][6]
cells: busyness
[4]
cells: besyness fesynes fesnyng feamyng
ghost words arising from successive misspellings of "busyness"
[26]
cells: finches
charm or chirm
[3][5]
cells: fish
school
[3]
cells: shoal
[3]
cells: flamingoes
stand
[3]
cells: flamboyance
[27]
cells: colony
[27]
cells: regiment
[27]
cells: flies
business
[3]
cells: foxes
leash
[3]
cells: skulk
[3]
cells: frogs
army
[3]
cells: G
G !
cells: geese
flock
on land
[3]
cells: gaggle
on land
[3][5][8]
cells: skein
in flight
[3][5]
cells: giraffes
herd
[5]
cells: tower
[3]
cells: gnats
cloud
[3][5]
cells: horde
[3]
cells: goats
flock
[5]
cells: trip
[citation needed]
cells: goldfinches
charm
[8]
cells: gorillas
band
[3]
cells: goshawks
flight
[4]
cells: grasshoppers
cloud
[3]
cells: grouse
covey
[5]
cells: guineafowl
rasp
[28]
cells: H
H !
cells: hawks
boil
two or more spiralling in flight
[3]
cells: cast
[3][4]
cells: kettle
flying in large numbers
[3]
cells: lease
[4]
cells: hens
brood
[8]
cells: herons
sedge or sege
[3][4][6][7][8]
cells: siege
[3][5]
cells: hippopotamuses
bloat
[3]
cells: hogs
parcel
See also boars, pigs, swine
[29][30]
cells: hornets
nest
[3]
cells: horses
team
in harness
[3]
cells: haras or harrase
[3]
cells: herd
[citation needed]
cells: string
[3]
cells: stud
[3]
cells: hounds
pack
[citation needed]
cells: hyenas
cackle
[3]
cells: I
I !
cells: ibex
herd
[citation needed]
cells: insects
swarm
[citation needed]
cells: J
J !
cells: jackdaws
clattering
[31]
cells: train
[31][32]
cells: jays
party
[3]
cells: scold
[3]
cells: jellyfish
fluther
[5]
cells: smack
[3][5]
cells: K
K !
cells: kangaroos
mob
[2]
cells: troop
[2][3]
cells: kittens
kindle
[5]
cells: litter
[citation needed]
cells: L
L !
cells: lapwings
deceit or desert
[3][4][5][6][33]
cells: larks
bevy
[5]
cells: exaltation
[4][5][6][8]
cells: leopards
leap or lepe
[2][3][5]
cells: lions
pride
[2][3][5]
cells: sawt
[5]
cells: locusts
plague
[3]
cells: M
M !
cells: mackerel
shoal
[citation needed]
cells: magpies
charm
[3]
cells: gulp
[3]
cells: murder
[3]
cells: tiding
[3][4][5]
cells: mallards
sord
[3][5][8]
cells: suit or sute
[5][8]
cells: mares
stud
[5][6]
cells: martens
richesse or richness
[3][5]
cells: mice
nest
[2]
cells: minnows
shoal
[citation needed]
cells: moles
labor or labour
[2][3][5]
cells: monkeys
barrel
[2][3]
cells: troop
[3][5]
cells: wilderness
[34]
cells: moose
herd
[2]
cells: mules
barren
[2][3][5][6]
cells: span
[2][3]
cells: N
N !
cells: nightingales
watch
[4][5][8]
cells: O
O !
cells: owls
parliament
[2][3][6]
cells: oxen
drove
[2]
cells: team
[2][3]
cells: yoke
[2][3]
cells: oysters
bed
[2][3]
cells: P
P !
cells: parrots
company
[2][3]
cells: pandemonium
[2]
cells: partridges
covey
[3][5][8]
cells: peacocks
muster
[3][5][6][8]
cells: ostentation
[2][3]
cells: pride
[2]
cells: pelicans
pod
[2]
cells: penguins
colony
[2][3]
cells: convent
[2]
cells: tuxedo
[35]
cells: pheasants
bouquet
[2][3]
cells: head
[5]
cells: nest
[3]
cells: nide
[3]
cells: nye
[2][3][5][6][8]
cells: pigs
drift
See also boars, hogs, swine
[2][3]
cells: drove
[2][3]
cells: pigeons
kit
flying together
[5]
cells: plovers
congregation
[4][5][8]
cells: stand
[5]
cells: wing
[5]
cells: Q
Q !
cells: quail
bevy
[2][3][4][5][8]
cells: covey
[2][3]
cells: drift
[5]
cells: R
R !
cells: rabbits
colony
[3]
cells: nest
[3]
cells: herd
domestic only
[3]
cells: litter
young rabbits only
[3]
cells: raccoons
gaze
[2]
cells: rats
mischief
[36]
cells: ravens
unkindness
[4][5]
cells: rhinoceroses
crash
[2][3][5]
cells: rooks
building
[4][5][8]
cells: parliament
[5][6]
cells: S
S !
cells: seals
pod
[citation needed]
cells: sea urchins
herd
[37][38]
cells: sheep
flock
[2][3]
cells: drove
when driven in a group
[3]
cells: herd
[3]
cells: hurtle
[2]
cells: pack
[2]
cells: sheldrake
dopping
[8][39]
cells: snakes
bed
[2]
cells: den
[2]
cells: knot
[2]
cells: nest
[3]
cells: pit
[2]
cells: snipes
walk
[5][6][8]
cells: whisp or wisp
[5]
cells: sparrows
host
[2][3][4][5][8]
cells: spiders
cluster or clutter
[2]
cells: squirrels
dray
[2][3]
cells: scurry
[2][3]
cells: starlings
chattering
[2][17]
cells: murmuration
[2][4][5][6][8]
cells: storks
mustering
[2][3]
cells: swallows
flight
[2][3][8]
cells: swans
bank
on the ground
[2]
cells: bevy
[2][3]
cells: flight
[2]
cells: game
[5]
cells: herd
[2][8]
cells: wedge
in flight
[2][3][5]
cells: swifts
flock
[citation needed]
cells: scream
[40]
cells: swine
drift
[6]
cells: T
T !
cells: teal
spring
[3][4][5][8]
cells: tigers
ambush
[2]
cells: streak
[2][3]
cells: toads
knot
[2][3]
cells: nest
[2]
cells: trout
hover
[2][3]
cells: turkeys
gang
[3]
cells: rafter
[2][3]
cells: turtles
bale
[2][3]
cells: dole or dule
[2][8]
cells: nest
[3]
cells: turtle doves
dole or dule
[4]
cells: pitying
[3]
cells: V
V !
cells: vipers
nest
[3]
cells: vultures
kettle
in flight
[41]
cells: committee
while resting
[41]
cells: wake
when feeding
[41]
cells: W
W !
cells: walruses
herd
[3]
cells: pod
[3]
cells: waterfowl
bunch
[5]
cells: knob
fewer than 30 (fanciful)
[42]
cells: raft
[5]
cells: weasels
colony
[2]
cells: pack
[2]
cells: whales
gam
[2][3]
cells: herd
[3]
cells: mob
[2]
cells: pod
[2][3]
cells: wigeons
company
[3][5]
cells: trip
[5]
cells: wildfowl
bunch
[5]
cells: knob
fewer than 30 (fanciful)
[42]
cells: plump
[5]
cells: trip
[5]
cells: wolves
pack
[2][3]
cells: rout or route
when in movement
[2][3]
cells: wombats
wisdom
[43]
cells: woodcocks
fall
[3][4][5][8]
cells: woodpeckers
descent
[2][3][5]
cells: wrens
herd
[4][5]
cells: Z
Z !
cells: zebras
herd
[2]
cells: dazzle
[44]
cells: zeal
[2]

Questions about this table:
originalText: what do you call a group of eels
answer: answerTexts: bed