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Collective Terms for Groups of Animals

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animal group or collective term notes
 
deer bunch  
herd standard
mob  
rangale  
 
dogs kennel the place where they live, and hence the inhabitants
pack standard
 
dogfish troop  
 
dolphins flock possibly invented
school standard
team  
 
dotterel trip  
 
doves dole or dule fanciful
flight  
piteousness fanciful
 
dragonet fish swarm possibly invented
 
ducks bunch (on water)  
paddling (on water) possibly fanciful
raft (on water) also used of other waterfowl
skein in flight
sord or sore  
string in flight
team (in flight)  
waddling possibly fanciful
 
dunbirds flight  
rush  
 
dunlins fling  
 


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