
Ever been strolling through the forest and see 30 owls together. Right, I mean, who hasn't. However, it is only an elite few that stop in there tracks to say, "Look there! a parliament of owls"
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Animal |
Group Name |
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Albatross |
Rookery |
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Alligators |
Congregation |
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Apes |
Shrewdness, Troop |
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Antelope |
Herd |
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Ants |
Colony, Army, Swarm, Nest |
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Asses |
Pace, Herd, Drove |
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Auks |
Colony, Flock, Raft |
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Baboons |
Troop, Flange |
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Bacteria |
Culture |
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Badgers |
Cete, Colony, Set, Company |
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Barracudas |
Battery |
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Bats |
Colony, Cloud |
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Bass |
Shoal |
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Bears (General) |
Sloth, Sleuth |
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Bears (Cubs) |
Litter |
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Beavers |
Colony, Family |
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Bees |
Grist, Hive, Swarm, Nest |
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Birds (Chicks) |
Brood, Clutch |
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Birds (Flight) |
Flight |
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Birds (Game) |
Volary, Brace, Plump, Knob |
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Birds (Ground) |
Flock, Dissimulation |
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Birds (Sea) |
Wreck |
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Bison |
Herd |
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Bitterns |
Sedge, Seige |
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Bloodhounds |
Sute |
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Bobolinks |
Chain |
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Buffalo |
Herd, Troop, Gang, Obstinancy |
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Bullfinches |
Bellowing |
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Bullocks |
Drove |
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Butterflies |
Flight, Flutter, (Many more) |
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Buzzards |
Wake |
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Camels |
Caravan, Train, Flock |
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Capons |
Mews |
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Caribou |
Herd |
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Caterpillars |
Army |
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Cats (General) |
Clowder, Clutter, Pounce, Dout, Nuisance, Glorying, Glare |
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Cats (Kittens) |
Kindle, Litter, Intrigue |
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Cats (Wild) |
Destruction |
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Cattle |
Drove, Herd, Team |
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Cheetahs |
Coalition |
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Chickens (General) |
Brood, Peep |
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Chickens (Chicks) |
Clutch, Chattering |
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Chinchilla |
Colony |
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Choughs |
Clattering |
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Clams |
Bed |
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Cobras |
Quiver |
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Cockroaches |
Intrusion |
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Cod |
Lap |
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Coots |
Cover, Raft |
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Cormorants |
Gulp |
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Cows |
Kine |
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Coyotes |
Band |
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Crabs |
Cast |
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Cranes |
Sedge, Seige |
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Crocodiles |
Bask, Float |
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Crows |
Murder, Horde, Parcel, Storytelling |
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Curlews |
Herd |
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Deer (General) |
Herd, Leash, Gang |
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Deer (Buck) |
Brace, Clash |
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Deer (Roe) |
Bevy |
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Dogs (General) |
Kennel |
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Dogs (Curs) |
Cowardice |
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Dogs (Hounds) |
Cry, Mute, Pack |
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Dogs (Puppies) |
Litter |
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Dogs (Wild) |
Pack |
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Dolphins |
Pod |
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Donkeys |
Drove, Pace, Herd |
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Dotterel |
Trip |
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Doves (General) |
Dule, Bevy, Cote, Dole, Paddling |
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Doves (Turtle) |
Pitying, Piteousness |
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Ducks (Flight) |
Flock |
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Ducks (Ground) |
Brace, badling |
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Ducks (Water) |
Raft, Team, Paddling |
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Dunlins |
Fling |
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Eagles |
Convocation, Aerie |
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Eels |
Swarm, Bed, Fry |
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Elephants |
Herd, Memory |
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Elk |
Gang, Herd |
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Emus |
Mob |
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Falcons |
Cast |
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Ferrets |
Business, Cast, Fesnying |
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Finches |
Charm |
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Fish (General) |
Draft, Nest, Shoal, School ("school" is possibly a corruption of shoal) |
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Fish (Caught) |
Catch, Drought, Haul |
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Flamingoes |
Stand, Flamboyance |
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Flies |
Business, Swarm, Cloud |
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Frogs |
Army, Colony, Knot |
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Fox |
Leash, Skulk, Earth, Lead, Troop |
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Geese (General) |
Flock |
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Geese (Flight) |
Skein |
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Geese (Ground) |
Gaggle, Herd, Corps |
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Giraffes |
Tower |
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Gnats |
Cloud, Horde, Swarm |
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Gnus |
Implausibility |
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Goats |
Tribe, Trip, Drove, Herd, Flock |
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Goldfinches |
Charm |
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Goldfish |
Glint, Troubling |
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Gorillas |
Band, Troop |
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Goshawks |
Flight |
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Grasshoppers |
Cloud |
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Greyhounds |
Leash |
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Grouse |
Pack, Covey |
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Guillemots |
Bazaar |
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Gulls |
Colony, Screech |
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Guinea Fowl |
Confusion |
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Hawks (General) |
Cast |
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Hawks (Flight) |
Kettle |
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Hawks (Spiraling) |
Boil |
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Hedgehogs |
Array |
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Herons |
Sedge, Siege, Hedge |
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Herring |
Army, Shoal |
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Hippopotamuses |
Bloat |
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Hornets |
Nest, Bike |
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Horses (General) |
Team, Harras, Stable, Troop, Stud (a group belonging to one owner) |
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Horses (Colts) |
Rag, Rake |
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Horses (Ponies) |
String |
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Horses (Wild) |
Herd |
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Hummingbirds |
Charm |
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Hyenas |
Cackle, Clan |
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Impalas |
Herd |
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Insects |
Horde, Nest, Swarm, Rabble, Plague |
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Jays |
Party, Scold, Band |
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Jellyfish |
Smack, Brood |
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Kangaroos |
Troop, Mob, Herd |
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Lapwings |
Deceit |
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Larks |
Exaltation, Ascension |
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Leopards |
Leap |
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Lice |
Flock |
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Lions |
Pride, Sault, Troop |
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Lizards |
Lounge |
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Locusts |
Plague |
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Magpies |
Tiding, Gulp, Murder, Charm |
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Mallards (General) |
Brace |
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Mallards (Flight) |
Sord |
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Martens |
Richness |
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Mice |
Mischief |
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Midges |
Bite |
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Minnows |
Shoal, Steam, Swarm |
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Moles |
Labor, Company, Movement |
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Monkeys |
Troop, Barrel, Carload, Cartload, Tribe |
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Moose |
Herd |
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Mosquitoes |
Scourge |
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Mudhens |
Fleet |
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Mules |
Pack, Span, Barren, Rake |
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Nightingales |
Watch |
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Otters |
Romp, Bevy, Family, Raft |
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Owls |
Parliament, Stare |
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Oxen |
Team, Yoke, Drove |
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Oysters |
Bed |
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Parrots |
Company, Pandemonium |
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Partridge |
Covey, Bew |
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Peacocks |
Muster, Ostentation, Pride |
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Pekingese |
Pomp |
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Pelicans |
Pod |
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Penguins (General) |
Colony, Rookery, Huddle |
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Penguins (Nursery) |
Crèche |
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Pheasants (General) |
Nest, Nye |
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Pheasants (Brood) |
Nide |
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Pheasants (Take-Off) |
Bouquet |
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Pigeons |
Flight, Flock, Kit |
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Pigs (General) |
Drift, Drove |
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Pigs (Boars) |
Singular, Sounder |
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Pigs (Hogs) |
Team, Passel, Drift, Parcel |
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Pigs (Piglets) |
Litter, Farrow |
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Pigs (Swine) |
Sounder |
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Pilchards |
Shoal |
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Plovers (General) |
Congregation |
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Plovers (Flight) |
Wing |
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Polecats |
Chine |
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Porcupines |
Prickle |
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Porpoises |
Herd, Pod, School, Crowd, Shoal |
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Prairie Dogs |
Coterie |
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Ptarmigans |
Covey |
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Quail |
Bevy, Covey |
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Rabbits (General) |
Colony, Warren, Bury, Trace, Trip |
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Rabbits (Domestic) |
Herd |
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Rabbits (Hares) |
Down, Husk |
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Rabbits (Jackrabbit) |
Husk |
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Rabbits (Young) |
Litter, Nest |
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Raccoons |
Gaze |
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Rats |
Colony, Pack, Plague, Swarm |
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Rattlesnakes |
Rhumba |
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Ravens |
Unkindness, Storytelling |
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Reindeer |
Herd |
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Rhinoceroses |
Crash, Stubbornness |
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Roebucks |
Bevy |
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Rooks |
Building, Clamor, Parliament |
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Ruffs |
Hill |
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Salamandars |
Congress |
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Salmon |
Run |
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Sandpipers |
Fling |
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Sardines |
Family |
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Scorpions |
Bed, Nest |
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Seabirds |
Wreck |
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Seals |
Pod, Bob, Harem, Herd, Rookery |
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Sharks |
Shiver, School, Shoal |
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Sheep |
Drove, Flock, Down, Hurtle, Fold, Pack, Trip |
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Sheldrakes |
Doading |
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Skylarks |
Exultation |
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Squirrels |
Dray, Scurry |
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Snails |
Escargatoire, Rout, Walk |
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Snakes |
Den, Nest, Pit, Bed, Knot |
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Snipe |
Walk, Wisp |
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Sparrows |
Host |
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Spiders |
Cluster, Clutter |
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Springbok |
Herd |
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Squirrels |
Dray, Scurry |
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Starlings |
Murmuration, Chattering |
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Stingrays |
Fever |
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Stoats |
Pack, Trip |
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Storks |
Mustering, Muster |
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Swallows |
Flight, Gulp |
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Swans (General) |
Bevy, Bank, Herd |
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Swans (Flight) |
Wedge, Flight |
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Swifts |
Flock |
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Teal |
Spring |
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Termites |
Colony, Nest, Swarm, Brood |
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Thrush |
Mutation |
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Tigers |
Streak, Ambush |
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Toads |
Knot, Knab, Nest |
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Trout |
Hover |
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Turkeys |
Rafter, Gang, Posse |
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Turtles |
Bale, Nest, Turn, Dole |
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Turtle Doves |
Pitying, Dule |
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Vipers |
Generation, Nest |
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Vultures |
Venue |
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Vultures (Circling) |
Kettle |
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Walruses |
Herd, Pod |
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Wasps |
Nest, Swarm |
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Waterfowl |
Knob, Plump |
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Weasles |
Gang, Colony, Pack |
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Whales |
Pod, Gam, Herd, School, Mod |
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Widgeons |
Company |
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Wildfowl |
Plump |
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Wolves (General) |
Pack |
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Wolves (Moving) |
Route, Rout |
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Wombats |
Wisdom |
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Woodcocks |
Fall |
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Woodpeckers |
Descent |
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Worms |
Bed, Clew, Bunch, Clat |
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Wrens |
Herd |
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Zebras |
Zeal, Crossing, Dazzle, Cohorts, Herd |

