Many of the weird collective nouns for names for groups of animals are no longer used, but it is fun and informative to learn about them. We’ve arranged our list in alphabetical order based on ...

Animal group names highlight a fascinating aspect of animal behavior: From social butterflies to solitary scavengers, virtually all animals gather into groups at some point in their lives.

Some collective nouns given to groups of animal might leave you with raised eyebrows or giggling uncontrollably as you read through the list. Some types of animals even have more than one collective ...

Collective nouns for animals are weird and wonderful ... Many of the animal group names used in English can be traced back to texts from 1480, collected in the Book of St. Albans.

Many these collective nouns are often traced to a 1486 treatise called the Book of St. Albans, which includes a list, “The Compaynys of beestys and fowlys,” with many collective nouns for ...

Find the oddest of these collective nouns in the slides below: Subscribe Newsletters Search. Business. Strategy. Economy. Finance. Retail ... The 50 oddest names for groups of animals.

A gaggle, a confusion and a conspiracy - bizarre animal collective group names. Published. 6 June 2019. comments. ... In the book she listed 165 collective nouns for groups of people and animals.

I am looking forward to one day seeing a bloat of hippopotamuses. No, they won't be bloated, that is the collective noun for a group of hippos. If you are still confused, that is completely normal.

A group of moles is called a ‘labour’ - likely because of their hard-working nature, tunnelling up to 200 metres a day. If you already knew this noun you can give yourself a pat on the back; one UK ...