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Animal Groups and Their Young

Here are some of the more common collective nouns given to various birds, animals, and
their young.

Animal Group Male Female Young

Alligator Congregation Hatchling
Ant Colony Antling

Antelope Herd Buck Doe Calf

Ape Shrewdness Male Female Infant
Baboon Tribe Male Female Infant

Badger Cete Boar Sow Kit, Cub

Baracudas Battery

Bass Shoal
Bat Colony Male Female Pup

Bears Sleuth, Sloth Boar Sow Cub

Beaver Lodge, Colony Male Female Kitten
Bee Swarm Larva

Beetle Swarm Grub

Birds Dissimulation
Bison Herd, Gang Bull Cow Calf

Boar Sounder Piglet

Butterfly Swarm, Rabble, kaleidoscope Caterpillar

Buzzard Wake Chick

Camel Caravan, Flock Bull Cow Calf
Cat Clowder Tom Queen Kitten

Caterpillars Army
Cattle Herd, Drove, Mob Bull Cow Calf
Chicken Brood Chick

Chimpanzee Cartload Infant

Chinchilla Colony Kits

Choughs Chattering

Clam Bed Larva/Chiton

Cobra Quiver
Cockroach Intrusion Larva

Colts Rag

Cow Herd Calf

Coyote Pack, Shift, Wilieness Dog Bitch Pup

Crocodile Congregation, Bask Crocklets

Crow Murder Chick

Deer Herd, Bevy, Parcel Buck Doe Fawn

Dog Pack Dog Bitch Pup

Dolphin Pod Bull Cow Pup

Donkey Herd, Drove Jack Jenny Foal

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Dove Dule Chick

Duck Brace, Team, Flock Drake Duck Duckling

Eagle Convocation Eaglet

Eel Swarm Elver

Elephant Herd, Parade Bull Cow Calf

Elk Gang, Herd Bull Cow Calf

Ferret Business Hob Jill Kit

Fish School, Shoal Fry

Flamingo Stand Chick

Fly Swarm/Business Maggot

Fox Skulk Dog Vixen Kit, Cub, Pup

Frog Army Tadpole, Polliwog

Gerbil Horde Buck Doe Pup

Giraffe Herd/Corps Bull Cow Calf

Gnats Cloud Male Female Larva

Goat Flock, Herd, Tribe Billy Nanny Kid

Goldfinches Charm

Goldfish Troubling

Goose Gaggle Gander Goose Gosling

Gorilla Band Male Female Infant

Grasshoppers Cloud

Gull Colony Chick

Hamsters Horde Buck Doe Pup

Hares Husk Buck Doe Leveret

Hawk Cast, Kettle Eyas

Hedgehog Array, Prickle Boar Sow Piglet

Herring Army
Hippopotamus Bloat, Herd, Crash Bull Cow Calf

Hogs Drift, Passel Boar Sow Suckling

Hornet Nest Larva

Horse Herd, Harras Stallion Mare Foal

Hummingbird Charm Chick

Hyena Clan, Cackle Dog Bitch Pup

Insect Swarm Nymph, Larva

Jay Scold, Band, Party Chick

Jellyfish Smack Ephyra

Kangaroo Mob, Troop Buck, Jack, Boomer Doe, Jill, Flier Joey

Kitten Litter/Kindle

Lark Exaltation Chick

Leopard Leap Leopard Leopardess Cub

Lion Pride Lion Lioness Cub

Locust Plague, Swarm Pupa

Louse Colony Nit

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Mallard Ducks Sord Duckling

Magpie Tiding Chick

Martens Richness
Mole Labor Pup

Monkey Troop, Cartload Male Female Infant

Moose Herd Bull Cow Calf

Mosquito Swarm Nymph

Mouse Hoard, Mischief Buck Doe Pinkie, Pup, Kitten

Mule Barren, Span Jack Molly Foal

Nightingale Watch Chick

Opossum Jack Jill Joey

Ostrich Flock Chick

Otter Raft Male Female Whelp

Owl Parliament Owlet

Oxen Yoke Bull Cow Calf

Oyster Bed Spat

Parrot Company Chick

Partridge Covey Chick

Peacocks Muster, Ostentation Cock Hen Chick

Penguin Rookery Chick

Pheasant Bouquet Chick

Pig Sounder Boar Sow Piglet, Suckling

Pigeon Flock/Kit Squab

Polar Bear Pack Boar Sow Cub

Porcupine Prickle Boar Sow Pup

Prairie Dog Coterie Boar Sow Pup

Puppies Litter
Quail Bevy, Covey Chick

Rabbit Nest, Warren Buck Doe Bunny, Kit

Raccoon Nursery Boar Sow Cub

Rat Hoard, Mischief, Pack Buck Doe Pinkie, Pup, Kitten

Raven Conspiracy, Unkindness Chick

Rhinoceros Crash Bull Cow Calf

Seal Pod, Colony Bull Cow Pup

Shark School, Shiver Pup

Sheep Flock Ram Ewe Lamb, Lambkin

Skunk Surfeit Kit

Snake Bed, Nest, Pit Snakelet

Sparrow Host, Flight Cock Hen Chick

Squirrel Scurry, Dray Buck Doe Pup, Kitten

Storks Mustering Chick

Swallow Flight Chick

Swan Bevy, Wedge, Team Cob Pen Cygnet

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Swine Sounder Boar Sow Piglet, Garrow

Tiger Ambush, Streak Tiger Tigress Cub

Toad Knot Tadpole

Trout Hover Fry, Fingerling

Turkey Rafter, Flock, Gang Tom Poult

Turtle Bale Hatchling

Viper Nest Snakelet

Walrus Pod, Herd Bull Cow Pup

Whale Pod Bull Cow Calf

Wild Boar Sounder Boar Sow Boarlet

Wolf Pack Dog Bitch Pup, Whelp

Woodpeckers Descent

Zebra Herd, Crossing, Zeal Stallion Mare Foal

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