Boars Sounder, singular, herd
Buffaloes Troop, herd, gang, obstinacy
Bullfinches Bellowing
Bullocks Drove
Butterflies Rabble, flight
Camels Flock, train, caravan, herd
Caribou Herd
Caterpillars Army, nest
Cats Clowder, clutter, cluster, colony, glorying, kindle, litter, dout, parliament, seraglio, glaring, destruction (wild cats)
Cattle Drove, herd, bow, bunch, draft, drift, flote, head, diary
Chicken Brood, clutch, hatching, nest, parcel, peep, battery, flock
Chinchilla Colony
Clams Bed
Cockroaches Intrusion
Cod Lap
Colts Rake, rage
Cormorants Colony, flight
Cows Dairy, drove, pack, team
Crabs Cast
Cranes Flock, herd, sedge, siege, sege
Crocodiles Bask, nest
Crows Murder, parcel, hover
Deer Herd, leash, bevy, game, quarry, bunch, mob
Dogs Gang, legion, kennel, pack, stud
Dolphins Team, school
Doves Duet, dule, dole, flight, troop, pitying (of turtle doves)
Ducks Bunch, brood, knob, raft, skein, string, mob, paddling, plump, sord, sore, team, waddling
Eagles Aerie, brood, convocation, cargo
Eels Swarm, bed, bind, draft, fry, wisp
Elephants Herd, flock, parade
Elks Gang, herd
FerretsBusiness
Finches Chirm, charm
Fish School, shoal, haul, draught, run, catch, cran, flote, flutter, cast, throw, warp
Flies Business, hatch, grist, swarm, community, fare, rabble, cloud
Flamingoes Stand
Foxes Cloud, skulk, brace, leash, troop, earth
Frogs Army, colony, froggery
Geese Gaggle, clutch, flock, line, skein, nide, wedge
Giraffes Herd, corps, troop, tower
Gnats Swarm, cloud, horde, plague, rabble
Goats Flock, trip, herd, tribe
Goldfish Troubling
Gorillas Band
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