Animal Group Names Flashcards

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Albatross

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Rookery

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Alligators

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Congregation

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Apes

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Shrewdness; Troop

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Antelope

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Herd

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Ants

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Colony; Army; Swarm; Nest

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Asses

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Pace; Herd; Drove

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Auks

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Colony; Flock; Raft

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Baboons

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Troop; Flange

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Bacteria

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Culture

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Badgers

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Cete; Colony; Set; Company

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Barracudas

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Battery

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Bats

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Colony; Cloud

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Bass

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Shoal

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Bears (General)

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Sloth; Sleuth

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Bears (Cubs)

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Litter

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Beavers

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Colony; Family

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Bees

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Grist; Hive; Swarm; Nest

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Birds (Chicks)

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Brood; Clutch

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Birds (Flight)

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Flight

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Birds (Game)

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Volary; Brace; Plump; Knob

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Birds (Ground)

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Flock; Dissimulation

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Birds (Sea)

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Wreck

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Bison

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Herd

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Bitterns

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Sedge; Seige

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Bloodhounds

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Sute

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Bobolinks

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Chain

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Buffalo

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Herd; Troop; Gang; Obstinancy

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Bullfinches

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Bellowing

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Bullocks

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Drove

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Butterflies

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Flight; Flutter; (Many more)

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Buzzards

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Wake

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Camels

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Caravan; Train; Flock

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Capons

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Mews

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Caribou

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Herd

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Caterpillars

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Army

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Cats (General)

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Clowder; Clutter; Pounce; Dout; Nuisance; Glorying; Glare

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Cats (Kittens)

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Kindle; Litter; Intrigue

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Cats (Wild)

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Destruction

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Cattle

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Drove; Herd; Team

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Cheetahs

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Coalition

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Chickens (General)

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Brood; Peep

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Chickens (Chicks)

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Clutch; Chattering

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Chinchilla

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Colony

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Choughs

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Clattering

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Clams

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Bed

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Cobras

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Quiver

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Cockroaches

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Intrusion

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Cod

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Lap

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Coots

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Cover; Raft

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Cormorants

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Gulp

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Cows

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Kine

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Coyotes

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Band

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Crabs

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Cast

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Cranes

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Sedge; Seige

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Crocodiles

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Bask; Float

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Crows

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Murder; Horde; Parcel; Storytelling

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Curlews

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Herd

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Deer (General)

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Herd; Leash; Gang

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Deer (Buck)

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Brace; Clash

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Deer (Roe)

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Bevy

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Dogs (General)

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Kennel

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Dogs (Curs)

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Cowardice

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Dogs (Hounds)

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Cry; Mute; Pack

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Dogs (Puppies)

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Litter

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Dogs (Wild)

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Pack

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Dolphins

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Pod

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Donkeys

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Drove; Pace; Herd

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Dotterel

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Trip

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Doves (General)

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Dule; Bevy; Cote; Dole; Paddling

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Doves (Turtle)

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Pitying; Piteousness

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Ducks (Flight)

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Flock

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Ducks (Ground)

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Brace; badling

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Ducks (Water)

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Raft; Team; Paddling

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Dunlins

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Fling

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Eagles

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Convocation; Aerie

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Eels

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Swarm; Bed; Fry

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Elephants

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Herd; Memory

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Elk

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Gang; Herd

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Emus

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Mob

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Falcons

A

Cast

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Ferrets

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Business; Cast; Fesnying

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Finches

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Charm

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Fish (General)

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Draft; Nest; Shoal; School (“school” is possibly a corruption of shoal)

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Fish (Caught)

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Catch; Drought; Haul

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Flamingoes

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Stand; Flamboyance

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Flies

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Business; Swarm; Cloud

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Frogs

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Army; Colony; Knot

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Fox

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Leash; Skulk; Earth; Lead; Troop

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Geese (General)

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Flock

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Geese (Flight)

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Skein

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Geese (Ground)

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Gaggle; Herd; Corps

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Giraffes

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Tower

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Gnats

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Cloud; Horde; Swarm

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Gnus

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Implausibility

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Goats

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Tribe; Trip; Drove; Herd; Flock

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Goldfinches

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Charm

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Goldfish

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Glint; Troubling

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Gorillas

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Band; Troop

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Goshawks

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Flight

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Grasshoppers

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Cloud

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Greyhounds

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Leash

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Grouse

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Pack; Covey

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Guillemots

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Bazaar

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Gulls

A

Colony; Screech

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Guinea Fowl

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Confusion

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Hawks (General)

A

Cast

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Hawks (Flight)

A

Kettle

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Hawks (Spiraling)

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Boil

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Hedgehogs

A

Array

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Herons

A

Sedge; Siege; Hedge

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Herring

A

Army; Shoal

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Hippopotamuses

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Bloat

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Hornets

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Nest; Bike

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Horses (General)

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Team; Harras; Stable; Troop; Stud (a group belonging to one owner)

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Horses (Colts)

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Rag; Rake

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Horses (Ponies)

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String

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Horses (Wild)

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Herd

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Hummingbirds

A

Charm

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Hyenas

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Cackle; Clan

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Impalas

A

Herd

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Insects

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Horde; Nest; Swarm; Rabble; Plague

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Jays

A

Party; Scold; Band

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Jellyfish

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Smack; Brood

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Kangaroos

A

Troop; Mob; Herd

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Lapwings

A

Deceit

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Larks

A

Exaltation; Ascension

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Leopards

A

Leap

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Lice

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Flock

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Lions

A

Pride; Sault; Troop

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Lizards

A

Lounge

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Locusts

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Plague

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Magpies

A

Tiding; Gulp; Murder; Charm

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Mallards (General)

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Brace

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Mallards (Flight)

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Sord

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Martens

A

Richness

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Mice

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Mischief

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Midges

A

Bite

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Minnows

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Shoal; Steam; Swarm

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Moles

A

Labor; Company; Movement

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Monkeys

A

Troop; Barrel; Carload; Cartload; Tribe

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Moose

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Herd

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Mosquitoes

A

Scourge

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Mudhens

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Fleet

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Mules

A

Pack; Span; Barren; Rake

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Nightingales

A

Watch

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Otters

A

Romp; Bevy; Family; Raft

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Owls

A

Parliament; Stare

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Oxen

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Team; Yoke; Drove

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Oysters

A

Bed

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Parrots

A

Company; Pandemonium

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Partridge

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Covey; Bew

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Peacocks

A

Muster; Ostentation; Pride

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Pekingese

A

Pomp

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Pelicans

A

Pod

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Penguins (General)

A

Colony; Rookery; Huddle

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Penguins (Nursery)

A

Cr�che

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Pheasants (General)

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Nest; Nye

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Pheasants (Brood)

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Nide

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Pheasants (Take-Off)

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Bouquet

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Pigeons

A

Flight; Flock; Kit

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Pigs (General)

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Drift; Drove

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Pigs (Boars)

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Singular; Sounder

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Pigs (Hogs)

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Team; Passel; Drift; Parcel

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Pigs (Piglets)

A

Litter; Farrow

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Pigs (Swine)

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Sounder

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Pilchards

A

Shoal

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Plovers (General)

A

Congregation

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Plovers (Flight)

A

Wing

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Polecats

A

Chine

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Porcupines

A

Prickle

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Porpoises

A

Herd; Pod; School; Crowd; Shoal

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Prairie Dogs

A

Coterie

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Ptarmigans

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Covey

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Quail

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Bevy; Covey

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Rabbits (General)

A

Colony; Warren; Bury; Trace; Trip

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Rabbits (Domestic)

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Herd

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Rabbits (Hares)

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Down; Husk

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Rabbits (Jackrabbit)

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Husk

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Rabbits (Young)

A

Litter; Nest

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Raccoons

A

Gaze

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Rats

A

Colony; Pack; Plague; Swarm

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Rattlesnakes

A

Rhumba

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Ravens

A

Unkindness; Storytelling

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Reindeer

A

Herd

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Rhinoceroses

A

Crash; Stubbornness

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Roebucks

A

Bevy

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Rooks

A

Building; Clamor; Parliament

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Ruffs

A

Hill

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Salamandars

A

Congress

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Salmon

A

Run

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Sandpipers

A

Fling

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Sardines

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Family

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Scorpions

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Bed; Nest

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Seabirds

A

Wreck

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Seals

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Pod; Bob; Harem; Herd; Rookery

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Sharks

A

Shiver; School; Shoal

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Sheep

A

Drove; Flock; Down; Hurtle; Fold; Pack; Trip

198
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Sheldrakes

A

Doading

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Skylarks

A

Exultation

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Snails

A

Escargatoire; Rout; Walk

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Snakes

A

Den; Nest; Pit; Bed; Knot

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Snipe

A

Walk; Wisp

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Sparrows

A

Host

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Spiders

A

Cluster; Clutter

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Springbok

A

Herd

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Squirrels

A

Dray; Scurry

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Starlings

A

Murmuration; Chattering

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Stingrays

A

Fever

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Stoats

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Pack; Trip

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Storks

A

Mustering; Muster

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Swallows

A

Flight; Gulp

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Swans (General)

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Bevy; Bank; Herd

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Swans (Flight)

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Wedge; Flight

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Swifts

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Flock

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Teal

A

Spring

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Termites

A

Colony; Nest; Swarm; Brood

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Thrush

A

Mutation

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Tigers

A

Streak; Ambush

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Toads

A

Knot; Knab; Nest

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Trout

A

Hover

221
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Turkeys

A

Rafter; Gang; Posse

222
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Turtles

A

Bale; Nest; Turn; Dole

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Turtle Doves

A

Pitying; Dule

224
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Vipers

A

Generation; Nest

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Vultures

A

Venue

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Vultures (Circling)

A

Kettle

227
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Walruses

A

Herd; Pod

228
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Wasps

A

Nest; Swarm

229
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Waterfowl

A

Knob; Plump

230
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Weasles

A

Gang; Colony; Pack

231
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Whales

A

Pod; Gam; Herd; School; Mod

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Widgeons

A

Company

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Wildfowl

A

Plump

234
Q

Wolves (General)

A

Pack

235
Q

Wolves (Moving)

A

Route; Rout

236
Q

Wombats

A

Wisdom

237
Q

Woodcocks

A

Fall

238
Q

Woodpeckers

A

Descent

239
Q

Worms

A

Bed; Clew; Bunch; Clat

240
Q

Wrens

A

Herd

241
Q

Zebras

A

Zeal; Crossing; Dazzle; Cohorts; Herd

242
Q

Wives

A

Nag

243
Q

Husbands

A

Jerk