A list of 43 words by asativum.
- murder appears on 45 other lists
- scandal appears on 25 other lists
- herd appears on 26 other lists
- gaggle appears on 42 other lists
- bevy appears on 59 other lists
- nuisance appears on 22 other lists
- yoke appears on 49 other lists
- raft appears on 29 other lists
- ostentation appears on 19 other lists
- school appears on 34 other lists
- cote appears on 13 other lists
- shoal appears on 33 other lists
- exultation appears on 17 other lists
- parliament appears on 35 other lists
- bloat appears on 10 other lists
- skulk appears on 75 other lists
- swagger appears on 51 other lists
- troop appears on 16 other lists
- troop appears on 16 other lists
- sedge appears on 27 other lists
- tower appears on 20 other lists
- lodge appears on 13 other lists
- murmuration appears on 23 other lists
- obeisance appears on 77 other lists
- sloth appears on 54 other lists
- superfluity appears on 23 other lists
- troupe appears on 17 other lists
- charm appears on 55 other lists
- clutch appears on 42 other lists
- collective appears on 21 other lists
- conspiracy appears on 31 other lists
- convocation appears on 21 other lists
- covey appears on 18 other lists
- flotilla appears on 31 other lists
- exaltation appears on 20 other lists
- drove appears on 8 other lists
- sord appears on 5 other lists
- jam appears on 41 other lists
- turmoil appears on 30 other lists
- file appears on 28 other lists
- mulada appears on just this list
- clowder appears on 19 other lists
- kindle appears on 72 other lists
fbharjo a rangale of deer Oct 25, 2012
fbharjo a gaze of raccoons Oct 25, 2012
fbharjo a harrase of horses Oct 24, 2012
actung a cete is a company of badgers. who knew! Jan 6, 2011
asativum So that's where Amazon got it! Thanks bajacalla and actung. Much appreciated -- hadn't heard clowder or mulada before. Jun 17, 2010
bajacalla clowder (of cats)
kindle (of kittens) Jun 17, 2010
actung just found a mulada of mules! Jun 9, 2010
fbharjo jam of tarts Nov 1, 2008
chained_bear another one: file of pelicans (also O'Brian, this one from The Wine-Dark Sea) Mar 14, 2008
chained_bear John, I found it in an O'Brian novel, but I didn't think anyone would want to see the citation. Likely it was The Truelove. Mar 11, 2008
vanishedone I left a couple of comments on /lists/4456 about collective noun coinages floating around in a ghostly fashion. Mar 11, 2008
john Found it where? In the recesses of your mind? ;-) No matter--it's perfect! A turmoil of squid. My new favorite word! Mar 11, 2008
chained_bear I just found this: a turmoil of squids. Squids! Think of it! Mar 11, 2008
john Just came across this one: a sord of ducks. May 10, 2007
asativum Masterful. Thanks! Wasn't familiar with bloats, skulks, flanges, troops, sedges and towers, and I thought I knew a lot these.
As for a swagger of pirates -- well, I was originally planning to avoid "made up" collectives, but I can't resist this one. And aren't they all, at some point, made up anyway? Thus cracking the door to who knows how many more, I'm sure. Dec 13, 2006
nkocharh Yet another stupendous list, Asativum! I was all set to do this one, but you beat me to it.
I suggest people head on over to Wikipedia to match the collections up with their animals. And from that list, might I also suggest: bloat, skulk, flange, troop, sedge and tower.
And lastly, my friend has coined his own collective noun: a swagger of pirates. I suggest everyone put this to use in all future piratical descriptions. Dec 13, 2006