For each animal, give its genus names, collective noun and gate(s), if any (e.g., "horse -> equine, herd,...
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For each animal, give its genus names, collective noun and gate(s), if any (e.g., "horse -> equine, herd, gallop-trot-cantor").
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ant -> formicine, colony auk -> alcine ass -> asinine, pace bear -> ursine, sloth bee -> apine, swarm bull -> taurine, herd cat -> feline, clowder cow -> bovine, herd crow -> corvine, building/murder deer -> cervine, herd dog -> canine, pack eagle -> aquiline, flock elephant -> elephantine, herd fish -> piscine, school fox -> vulpine, skulk frog -> ranine, congress gartersnake -> colubrine goat -> caprine, trip goat, smelly -> hircine, trip goose -> anserine, gaggle/skein hawk -> accipitrine, cast hog -> suilline horse -> equine, harras/herd, gallop/trot/cantor kingsnake -> colubrine lemur -> lemurine leopard -> pardine, leap lion -> leonine, pride lizard -> lacertine mallard -> anatine, sute mongoose -> herpestine mouse -> murine otter -> lutrine peacock -> pavonine, ostentation perching-songbird -> passerine pheasant -> gallinaceous, nide/nye pig -> porcine rook see crow seal -> phocine, pod serpent -> serpentine sheep -> ovine, flock skylark -> alaudine snake -> anguine songbird -> oscine, flock swine -> suine viper -> viperine wolf -> lupine, pack/route
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[ Editor: a web page "Collective terms - Animals" by Elisabeth Roche (ace@opus1.com, http://www.opus1.com/~ace/collect.html, last updated January 30, 1996), converted from HTML. Items in brackets are the collective terms; comments are the page's. ] This list compiled and generously provided by Mark L. Hesenflow, mlh@kerygma.com (credit for witty comments goes to Mark as well) Known sources: Oxford English Dictionary Dmitri Borgmann's _Beyond Language_ [Editor: "Borgman" on the page] Reader's Digest _Reverse Dictionary_ Richard Lederer's _The Play of Words, Fun and Games for Language Lovers_ Mark says, "I only made up one of the terms below. Scouts honor." Additional "collective terms" for the "wild animals" so familiar to parents!! (A troop of Boy Scouts, a pack of Cub Scouts, a group of Webelos) wombats: ? Entry #1- a [wisdom] of wombats Entry #2- a [ Send in all ideas- Oh Wombats! ace@opus1.com, "Wombat Entry" in subject line, thanks! ~~eroche The List ants: A [colony] of ants apes: A [shrewdness] of apes badger: A [cete, colony] of badgers bear: A [sloth] of bear boar: A [singular] of boars cat: [clowder, cluster, dout, nuisance] of housecats 'clowder' derives from 'bother' - see OED A [litter, kindle] of kittens A destruction of wild cats cow, cattle: A [herd, drove, team] of cattle A yoke of oxen 'yoke' means exactly two oxen clams: A [bed] of clams crows: A [murder] of crows deer: A [herd, leash] of deer dog: A [pack, kennel, litter] of dogs A [litter of pups] dolphin: A [pod] of dolphins donkey, ass: A [herd, drove, pace] of donkeys dove: A [bevy, cote, piteousness] of doves ducks: A [paddling] of ducks [Editor: "doves" on the page] eagle: A [convocation] of eagles elephant: A [herd] of elephants ferret: A [business, fesnying, cast] of ferrets finch: A [charm] of finches fish: A [school] of fish fox: A [skulk, lead] of foxes frog: A(n) [army, colony, knot] of frogs goat: A [drove, herd, tribe] of goats goose: A [gaggle] of geese hawk: A [cast] of hawks heron: a [siege] of herons horse: A [herd, stable, harras, team, troop] of horses A [rake] of colts kangaroo: A [troop, herd, mob] of kangaroos (kangers) lark: An [exaltation] of larks leopard: A [leap, lepe] of leopards lion: a [pride, sault, troop] of lions 'Sault' means 'a leap' locust: A [plague] of locusts magpie: A [tidings] of magpies marten: A [richness] of martens mole: A [labor, movement, company] of moles Ever seen a group of moles? Thought not. monkey: A [troop, tribe, cartload] of monkeys mule: A [barren, rake, pack, span] of mules nightingale: A [watch] of nightingales otter: A [family, bevy] of otters owls: A [parliament] of owls peacocks: An [ostentation] of peacocks pheasants: A [nye] of pheasants penguins: A [colony, huddles, crhche(nursery group)] of penguins pig, swine: A [herd, sounder] of pigs A farrow of piglets 'Farrow' is a verb meaning to give birth to pigs 'Fearh' is another name for piglet plover: A [congregation] of plovers polecat: A [chine] of polecats A 'chine' is a cut of meat used in cooking - probably not the source 'Chine' also means the backbone of a small animal A third meaning is a deep ravine One more: as a adjective, 'chine' means dyed or woven in the fashion of Chinese fabrics quail: A [covey] of quail rabbit, hare: A [drove, trace, down, husk, trip, leash, colony, bury] of rabbits A [nest] of young rabbits rat: A [colony, plague] of rats raven: An [unkindness] of ravens rhinoceroses: A [crash] of rhinocerous rook: A [storytelling] of rooks, ravens, crows seal: A [colony, crash, harem, bob, herd, pod, team] of seals sheep: A [flock, drove, trip, hurtle, down, fold] of sheep snake: A [den, pit, nest] of snakes (for all snakes, or are there words for various types?) squirrel: A [dray] of squirrels starling: A [murmuration] of starlings stork: A [mustering] of storks tiger: An [ambush] of tigers turkeys: A [rafter] of turkeys walrus: A [herd, pod] of walruses (walrusi?) whale: A [school, herd, gam, pod] of whales wildfowl: A [plump] of wildfowl wolf: A [pack, herd, rout, route] of wolves Wolves do not rout - pigs do Fashionable people come by the rout woodpecker: A [descent] of woodpeckers zebra: A [crossing, herd] of zebras