Note that when collective nouns are used with singular determiners, such as those above, singular verbs and pronouns are the norm: That team is capable of winning all the major trophies this year.

A collective noun that describes a group of animals is also known as a term of venery. ... we hope you were taking notes. Six animals you didn't know are at risk. Some of these might surprise you.

Collective nouns are most frequently used in the animal kingdom: A pride of lions. A murder of crows. A shrewdness of apes. A sounder of boars. A rabble of butterflies. A drunkship of cobblers. A ...

In the natural world, animal collectives all have specific names: a school of fish, a murder of crows, a pack of wolves. Sometimes those collective nouns are colorful, and evocative of the ...