You probably know that a group of wolves is called a pack or that a group of puppies is called a litter, but there are many collective nouns for animals that are much less well-known and frankly ...

New collective nouns, such as a ‘dazzle of zebra’, have developed, still with the intent to illustrate the animals' characteristics (Credit: Mint Images Limited/Alamy) ...

A collective noun that describes a group of animals is also known as a term of venery. Some are specific to certain animals, whereas others overlap. Take our quiz to see if you know your herds ...

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, the terms used to described a group, can be an imaginative bunch. ... but some of the lesser-known collective nouns for animals seem fabulously unlikely ...

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 ...

Many of the weird collective nouns for names for groups of animals are no longer used, but it is fun and informative to learn ...

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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.