Lista-monstro dos coletivos, em inglês
The lists are given in two formats, as shown below.
Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
List of collective nouns
A
Words beginning "aa - an"
Words beginning "am - az"
army: An army of ants
B
Words beginning "ba - bl"
blaze: A blaze of dragons.
bashir: A bashir of auditors.
bevy: A bevy of girls.
blush: A blush of boys.
blessing: A blessing of unicorns.
Words beginning "bm - bz"
brood: A brood of jellyfish.
bunch: A bunch of bananas
bunch: A bunch of wildfowl
business: A business of ferrets+?
C
Words beginning "ca - cl"
catalogue: A catalogue of mistakes
chirm: A chirm of finches +?
cloud: A cloud of flies
cloud: A cloud of gnats
clowder: A clowder of cats + ?[2]
cluster: A cluster of (workers around queen) bees
clutch: A clutch of eggs
clutter: A clutter of cats
Words beginning "cm - cz"
coalition: A coalition of cheetahs
cog: A cog of robots
colony: A colony of ants
colony: A colony of badgers
colony: A colony of bees
colony: A colony of penguins
conspiracy: A conspiracy of ravens
D
dazzle: A dazzle of zebra
drive: A drive of dragons
E
F
Words beginning "fa - fl"
farrow: A farrow of piglets[3]
flange: A flange of baboons
flight: A flight of aircraft
flight: A flight of stairs
flight: A flight of doves
flock: A flight of birds
flock: A flock of geese (in the air)
flock: A flight of goats
flock: A flight of sheep
flourish: A flourish of strumpets
Words beginning "fm - fz"
fleet
G
Words beginning "ga - gl"
gaggle: A gaggle of geese
gam: A gam of whales[4]
game: A game of bees
gang: A gang of elk[5]
gang: A gang of convicts
gang: A gang of thieves
gang: A gang of thugs
glaring: A glaring of cats
glory: A glory of unicorns
Words beginning "gm - gz"
grist: A grist of bees
group: A group of languages
H
Words beginning "ha - hl"
hand: A hand of bananas
herd: The collective noun for (various) herbivores.
herd: A herd of antelope
herd: A herd of buffalo
herd: A herd of cows
herd: A herd of cranes
herd: A herd of curlews
herd: A herd of deer
herd: A herd of whales[6]
herd: A herd of zebra[7]
hive: A hive of bees (standard)
Words beginning "hm - hz"
host: A host of angels
husk: A husk of hares
I
Words beginning "ia - il"
Words beginning "im - iz"
J
Words beginning "ja - jl"
Words beginning "jm - jz"
K
Words beginning "ka - kl"
kennel: A kennel of dogs
kindle: A kindle of kittens ?[8]
kit: A kit of pigeons in flight.
Words beginning "km - kz"
knob: A knob (less than 30) wildfowl
L
Words beginning "la - ll"
leap: A leap of leopards +?
leash: A leash of bucks +?
lepe: A lepe of leopards +?
litter: A litter of kittens
litter: A litter of puppies[9]
litter: A litter of various unweaned animals.
Words beginning "lm - lz"
load: A load of washing
M
Words beginning "ma - ml"
menagerie: A menagerie of animals
mess: A mess of terriers
mischief: A mischief of rats
Words beginning "mm - mz"
murder: A murder of crows
mob: A mob of kangaroo
N
Words beginning "na - nl"
Words beginning "nm - nz"
nursery: A nursery of (various) baby animals.
nursery: A nursery of fry
nursery: A nursery of racoons
O
P
Words beginning "pa - pl"
pack: A pack of cards
pack: the collective noun for (various) carnivores
pack: A pack of dogs[10]
pack: A pack of lies
pack: A pack of hounds[11]
pack: A pack of wolves[12]
paddling: A paddling of ducks
parliament: A parliament of owls or rooks
passel: A passel of brats
peel: A peel of Jezebels
perversion: A perversion of sailors
plump: A plump of wildfowl
Words beginning "pm - pz"
pod: A pod of dolphins[13]
pod: A pod of porpoises[13]</ref>
pod: A pod of seals[13]</ref>
pod: A pod of whales[13]</ref>
pride: A pride of lions[14]
punnet: A punnet of mice[15]
Q
R
Words beginning "ra - rl"
rabble: A rabble of bees
raft: A raft of sea otters
richesse: A richesse of martens. +?
richness: A richness of martens. +?
Words beginning "rm - rz"
romp: A romp of otters
rout: A rout of wolves +?[16]
rhumba: A rhumba of rattlesnakes
run: A run of fish
S
Words beginning "sa - sl"
school: A collective noun for (various) fish.
school: A school of dolphins
school: A school of fish
school: A school of whales[17]
sedge: A sedge of cranes
shrewdness: A shrewdness of apes + ? [18]
shoal: A collective noun for (various) fish.
shoal: A shoal of fish
siege: A siege of cranes
singularity: A singularity of boar.
skein: A skein of geese
skulk: A skulk of foxes[19]
sleuth: A sleuth of bears
Words beginning "sm - sz"
smack: A smack of jellyfish
sord: A sord of mallard +?
sounder: A sounder of (wild) boar [20]
sowse: A souse of lions
stable: A stable of horses[21]
stand: A stand of bees
stand: A stand of plovers
stare: A stare of owls
stench: A stench of zombies
string: A string of ponies[22]
suit: A suit of sails
sute: A sute of mallard
superfluity: A superfluity of nuns.
swarm: The collective noun for (various) insects.
swarm: A swarm of bees (standard)
swarm: A swarm of flies
swarm: A swarm of jellyfish (standard)
swarm: A swarm of gnats
T
Words beginning "ta - tl"
team: A team of ducks (on the wing).
team: A team of geese (in flight).
team: A team of horses[23]
team: A team of oxen[24]
team: A team of (various) sportsmen.
Words beginning "tm - tz"
tribe: A tribe of baboons
tribe: A tribe of goats[25]
trip: A tribe of goats
trip: A trip of wildfowl
troop: A troop of apes
troop: A troop of baboons (standard)
troupe: A troupe of dancers
U
Words beginning "ua - ul"
Words beginning "um - uz"
unkindness: An unkindness of ravens
V
List of nouns represented by collectives
A
Words beginning "aa - al"
actors: A troupe of actors
actors: A cast of actors
actors: A company of actors
admirals: A bridge of admirals
academics: A faculty of academics
Words beginning "am - az"
angels: A host of angels
angels: A chorus of angels ?
angels: A choir of angels
ants: A colony of ants (standard)
ants: A bike of ants ?
ants: A nest of ants
ants: An army of ants
antelope: A herd of antelope
apes: A shrewdness of apes + ?
apes: A troop of apes (standard).
archivists: A fonds of archivists
asses: A herd of asses (standard)
asses: A pace of asses ?
B
Words beginning "ba - bl"
baboons: A flange of baboons. ?
baboons: A tribe of baboons
baboons: A troop of baboons.(standard)
bacteria: A culture of bacteria.
badgers: A cete of badgers. + ? [26]
badgers: A colony of badgers (standard)
bananas: A hand of bananas.
bananas: A bunch of bananas
bats: A colony of bats - at roost.
bears: A sloth of bears + ? [27]
bears: A sleuth of bears + ?
bees: A bike of (wild) bees. ?
bees: A byke of (wild) bees. ?
bees: A cast of bees (a secondary swarm)
bees: A cluster of bees (workers around queen).
bees: A colony of bees
bees: A drift of bees - in flight ?
bees: An erst of bees.
bees: A game of bees.
bees: A grist of bees.
bees: A hive of bees. (standard)
bees: A rabble of bees.
bees: A stand of bees.
bees: A swarm of bees - in flight. (standard)
birds: A flock of birds (standard)
birds: A flight of birds (standard)
birds: A pod - small flight - of birds ?
birds: A fleet of (small) birds +
birds: A dissimulation of (small) birds +
birds: A volary of birds in an aviary.
bishops: A bench of bishops
bitterns: A sedge of bitterns. ?
bitterns: A siege of bitterns. ?
Words beginning "bm - bz"
boar A singularity of (wild) boar.
boar A sounder of (wild) boar
bonobos : A box of bonobos
bother : A spot of bother
boys: A blush of boys. + ?
boys: A boister of boys.
brats: A passel of brats
brumbies: A band of brumbies
brumbies: A mob of brumbies
bucks: A leash of bucks
buffalo: A herd of buffalo
butterflies: A swarm of butterflies (standard)
butterflies: A kaleidoscope of butterflies
butterflies: A flutter of butterflies
C
Words beginning "ca - cl"
cards: A deck of cards.
cards: A house of [specially arranged] cards.
cards: A pack of cards.
cards: A tower of [specially arranged] cards.
cats: A clowder of cats. +?
cats: A glaring of cats. +?
cats: A dowt of cats. +?
cats: A destruction of wild cats +?
check controllers: A stab of check controllers (Air Traffic Control).
chickens: A brood of chickens.
cheetahs: A coalition of cheetahs
choughs: A chattering of choughs. +?
clowns [derivative]: A bunch of clowns.
clowns: A nest of clowns.
clowns: A trunkload of clowns.
clowns: A mutiny of clowns.
Words beginning "cm - cz"
concretors: A slurrie of concretors.
convicts: A gang of convicts.
coots: A covert of coots.
cows: A herd of cows.
cranes: A herd of cranes.
cranes: A sedge of cranes.
cranes: A siege of cranes.
crows: A murder of crows. +
cubs: A litter of cubs.
curlews: A buff of curlews.
D
Words beginning "da - dl"
dancers: A troupe of dancers
deer: A herd of deer
Words beginning "dm - dz"
doctors: A doctrine of doctors ?
doctors: A field of doctors (standard)
dogs: A pack of dogs.
dogs: A kennel of dogs
dolphins: A school of dolphins
dolphins: A pod of dolphins
doves: A flight of doves
ducks: A paddling of ducks (on water) +?
ducks: A team of ducks (in flight)+
dragons: A blaze of dragons
dragons: A horde of dragons (standard)
E
Words beginning "ea - el"
eagles: An aerie of eagles
eagles: A convocation of eagles
eggs: A clutch of eggs.
elephants: A herd of elephants.
elk: A gang of elk.
Words beginning "em - ez"
employee: A staff of employees
emu: A mob of emus
F
Words beginning "fa - fl"
ferrets: A business of ferrets. +?
finches: A charm of finches.
finches: A chirm of finches +?
finches: A flock of finches (standard)
fish: A school of fish. (standard)
fish: A shoal of fish. (standard)
fish: A run of fish (in motion). (standard)
flies: A cloud of flies.
flies: A swarm of flies.
flamingoes: A flamboyance of flamingoes
Words beginning "fm - fz"
footballers: An eleven of footballers.
footballers: A squad of footballers.
footballers: A team of footballers. (standard)
foxes: A skulk of foxes.
fry: A nursery of fry.
G
Words beginning "ga - gl"
geese: A gaggle of geese. (standard)
geese: A skein of flying geese. (standard)
geese: A team of flying geese.
geese: A wedge of flying geese.
giraffes: A tower of giraffes.
giraffes: A caravan of walking giraffes.
Words beginning "gm - gz"
gnus : A herd of gnus
gnus : An implausibility of gnus
goats : A drove of goats
goats : A herd of goats
goats : A trip of goats
gods : A conception of gods
gods : A pantheon of gods
gnats: A swarm of gnats
gnats: A cloud of gnats
goats: A herd of goats
goats: A tribe of goats
goats: A trip of goats
H
Words beginning "ha - hl"
hares: A husk of hares. +?
hares: A down of hares. +?
hawks: A kettle of hawks. + ?
hawks: A boil of hawks ?
hawks: A cast of hawks. ? (strictly two let fly).
hawks: An aerie of hawks. ?
hippos" A bloat of hippos. ?
Words beginning "hm - hz"
horses: A stable of horses
horses: A team of horses
hounds: A cry of hounds
hounds: A pack of hounds
I
Words beginning "ia - il"
Words beginning "im - iz"
insects A swarm of (various) insects.
islands A chain or cluster of islands
islands An archipelago (large group of islands)
J
Words beginning "ja - jl"
jellyfish: A brood of jellyfish
jellyfish: A smack of jellyfish.
jellyfish: A swarm of jellyfish. (standard)
jellyfish: A jive of jellyfish.
Words beginning "jm - jz"
K
Words beginning "ka - kl"
kittens: A kindle of kittens. ?
kittens: A litter of kittens. (standard)
kittens: A claw of kittens. ?
Words beginning "km - kz"
L
Words beginning "la - ll"
larks : An exaltation of larks
leopards: A leap of leopards +?
leopards: A lepe of leopards +?
leaves: A pile of leaves
lice: A flock of lice +?
lies: A pack of lies
lies: A web of lies
lions : A pride of lions
Words beginning "lm - lz"
M
Words beginning "ma - ml"
mallard: A sord of mallard +?
mallard: A sute of mallard +?
martens: A richesse of martens +?
martens: A richness of martens +?
mice: A punnet of mice
mistakes: A catalogue of mistakes
Words beginning "mm - mz"
monkeys: A wilderness of monkeys
mules: A barren of mules
N
Words beginning "na - nl"
nightingales: A watch of nightingales. +
Words beginning "nm - nz"
nuns: A superfluity of nuns. +?
nuns: A convent of nuns. +?
O
Words beginning "oa - ol"
Words beginning "om - oz"
owls: A parliament of owls.
owls: A stare of owls
oxen: A team of oxen
oxen: A yoke of oxen
P
Words beginning "pa - pl"
peacocks: A muster of peacocks
pigs: A sounder of pigs (or wild boar) foraging in woodland
pigs: A herd of pigs in a field or yard
pigeons: A kit of pigeons flying together
piglets: A farrow of piglets
piglets: A litter of piglets
pineapples: A prickle of pineapples
plovers: A congregation of plovers +?
plovers: A stand of plovers
plovers: A wing of plovers
Words beginning "pm - pz"
ponies: A string of ponies
porpoises: A school of porpoises (standard);
porpoises: A pod of porpoises (standard);
porpoises: A herd of porpoises ? .
puppies: A litter of puppies
Q
Words beginning "qa - qul"
quail: A bevy of quail (standard)
quail: A drift of quail.
quail: A flight of quail (standard)
queers: A brace of queers (standard)
Words beginning "qum - quz"
R
Words beginning "ra - rl"
rabbits: A warren of rabbits.
rats: A mischief of rats.
raccoons: A nursery of raccoons.
ravens: An unkindness of ravens. + ?
rhinoceroses: a crash of rhinos.
Words beginning "rm - rz"
rooks: A parliament of rooks.
S
Words beginning "sa - sl"
sea otter: A raft of sea otters (standard);
seals: A pod of seals
sheep: A flock of sheep
Words beginning "sm - sz"
snails: A suit of snails
software: A bunch of software;
spoons: A stir of spoons (standard);
squirrels: A church of squirrels;
stairs: A flight of stairs
starlings: A murmuration of starlings
swans: A ponce (or lamentation) of swans;
swine: A herd of swine (standard);
swine: A sounder of tame swine + ?;
swine: A drift of (wild) swine + ?
T
Words beginning "ta - tl"
terriers: A mess of terriers.
tigers: An ambush of tigers.
thieves: A gang of thieves.
thugs: A gang of thugs.
Words beginning "tm - tz"
turtles: A bale of turtles.
U
Words beginning "ua - uz"
unicorns: A blessing of unicorns.
V
W
Words beginning "wa - wl"
washing: A load of washing.
whales: A gam of whales
whales: A grind of bottle nosed whales
whales: A herd of whales
whales: A pod of whales (standard)
whales: A school of whales (standard)
whales: A shard of whales (standard)
whalers: A gam of whalers.
wildfowl: A bunch of wildfowl
wildfowl: A knob less than 30 wildfowl
wildfowl: A plump of wildfowl
wildfowl: A trip of wildfowl
witches: A cackle of witches
Words beginning "wm - wz"
wolves: A pack of wolves (standard)
wolves: A rout of wolves
wombats: A snear of wombats
X
Y
Z
Words beginning "za - zl"
zebra: A dazzle of zebra
Words beginning "zm - zz"
zombie: A stench of zombies, alt., a stagger of zombies