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Animal collective nouns

Collective nouns (multitudes) for a random animal each day. For example, a murder of crows or a parliament of owls.
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Date Day of week Event
17/08/26 Monday a plump of waterfowl
18/08/26 Tuesday a maul of bears
19/08/26 Wednesday a herd of gnus
20/08/26 Thursday a flight of plovers
21/08/26 Friday a hover of kestrels
22/08/26 Saturday a train of camels
23/08/26 Sunday a gang of elk
24/08/26 Monday a troup of tuna
25/08/26 Tuesday a sute of bloodhounds
26/08/26 Wednesday a leap of leopards
27/08/26 Thursday a family of beavers
28/08/26 Friday a harem of peahens
29/08/26 Saturday a clipping of geldings
30/08/26 Sunday a curfew of curlews
31/08/26 Monday a snarl of leopards
01/09/26 Tuesday a raft of sea otters
02/09/26 Wednesday a blessing of unicorns
03/09/26 Thursday a stretch of giraffes
04/09/26 Friday a brood of hens
05/09/26 Saturday a sedge of cranes
06/09/26 Sunday a drove of swine
07/09/26 Monday a wisdom of wombats
08/09/26 Tuesday a fondness of stag beetles
09/09/26 Wednesday a rout of snails
10/09/26 Thursday a confusion of guineafowls
11/09/26 Friday a troop of chimpanzees
12/09/26 Saturday a sute of bloodhounds
13/09/26 Sunday an armoury of aardvarks
14/09/26 Monday a cast of crabs
15/09/26 Tuesday a colony of lice
16/09/26 Wednesday a drove of shrews
17/09/26 Thursday a sute of bloodhounds
18/09/26 Friday a prickle of hedgehogs
19/09/26 Saturday a herd of springbok
20/09/26 Sunday a harem of peahens
21/09/26 Monday a parcel of hind
22/09/26 Tuesday a zoo of animals
23/09/26 Wednesday a swatting of flycatchers
24/09/26 Thursday a herd of gaur
25/09/26 Friday a psittacosis of parrots
26/09/26 Saturday a colony of termites
27/09/26 Sunday a cast of crabs
28/09/26 Monday a span of mules
29/09/26 Tuesday a clatter of budgerigars
30/09/26 Wednesday a gallop of greyhounds
01/10/26 Thursday a clutter of spiders
02/10/26 Friday a roundup of squid
03/10/26 Saturday a parliament of ptarmigans
04/10/26 Sunday a risk of lobsters
05/10/26 Monday a bed of scorpions
06/10/26 Tuesday a bend of willows
07/10/26 Wednesday a herd of cows
08/10/26 Thursday a population of koalas
09/10/26 Friday a grind of blackfish
10/10/26 Saturday a pack of weasels
11/10/26 Sunday a knob of quails
12/10/26 Monday a cluster of antelopes
13/10/26 Tuesday a galaxy of starfish
14/10/26 Wednesday a cackle of hyenas
15/10/26 Thursday a hanger of bats
16/10/26 Friday an ostentation of peacocks
17/10/26 Saturday a consortium of crabs
18/10/26 Sunday a bed of mussels
19/10/26 Monday a screech of gulls
20/10/26 Tuesday a clipping of geldings
21/10/26 Wednesday a grumble of pugs
22/10/26 Thursday a lodge of beavers
23/10/26 Friday a pack of perch
24/10/26 Saturday a spread of sticklebacks
25/10/26 Sunday a barn of animals
26/10/26 Monday a litter of puppies
27/10/26 Tuesday a circlage of house martins
28/10/26 Wednesday a conflagration of fireflies
29/10/26 Thursday a knob of pintails
30/10/26 Friday a pack of jackals
31/10/26 Saturday a crunch of cockroaches
01/11/26 Sunday a troubling of goldfish
02/11/26 Monday a grind of bottle-nosed whales
03/11/26 Tuesday a race of shrews
04/11/26 Wednesday a phlegm of slugs
05/11/26 Thursday a colony of voles
06/11/26 Friday a harem of peahens
07/11/26 Saturday a bevy of roes
08/11/26 Sunday a pack of wild dogs
09/11/26 Monday a school of mackerel
10/11/26 Tuesday a rookery of albatross
11/11/26 Wednesday a lap of cod
12/11/26 Thursday a clutch of oysters
13/11/26 Friday a quantity of smelts
14/11/26 Saturday a brood of hens
15/11/26 Sunday a flight of storks
16/11/26 Monday a kettle of swallows
17/11/26 Tuesday a stud of mares
18/11/26 Wednesday a cackle of hyenas
19/11/26 Thursday a nest of hornets
20/11/26 Friday a drove of swine
21/11/26 Saturday a shoal of mackerel
22/11/26 Sunday a shoal of butterflyfish
23/11/26 Monday an army of frogs
24/11/26 Tuesday a parcel of linnets
25/11/26 Wednesday a wisdom of wombats
26/11/26 Thursday a roundup of squid
27/11/26 Friday a dule of turkeys
28/11/26 Saturday a circus of keas
29/11/26 Sunday a drove of bullocks
30/11/26 Monday a squadron of manta rays
01/12/26 Tuesday an array of hedgehogs
02/12/26 Wednesday a clipping of geldings
03/12/26 Thursday a flock of llamas
04/12/26 Friday a curiosity of mongooses
05/12/26 Saturday a brood of chicks
06/12/26 Sunday a plague of insects
07/12/26 Monday a shoal of shad
08/12/26 Tuesday a herd of guinea pigs
09/12/26 Wednesday a bevy of quails
10/12/26 Thursday a fall of lambs
11/12/26 Friday a herd of kouprey
12/12/26 Saturday a grind of blackfish
13/12/26 Sunday a bevy of roe deer
14/12/26 Monday a nest of hornets
15/12/26 Tuesday a zoo of animals
16/12/26 Wednesday a wake of buzzards
17/12/26 Thursday a commotion of coots
18/12/26 Friday a herd of ibises
19/12/26 Saturday a pack of gulls
20/12/26 Sunday a covey of ptarmigans
21/12/26 Monday a singular of boars
22/12/26 Tuesday a parcel of hogs
23/12/26 Wednesday a herd of curlews
24/12/26 Thursday a volary of bullfinches
25/12/26 Friday a weight of albatross
26/12/26 Saturday a fleet of ducklings
27/12/26 Sunday a troop of bison
28/12/26 Monday a cackle of hyenas
29/12/26 Tuesday a fever of stingrays
30/12/26 Wednesday a geesef of lock
31/12/26 Thursday a dropping of sheldrakes
01/01/27 Friday a scuttle of crabs
02/01/27 Saturday a coalition of cheetahs
03/01/27 Sunday a loft of pigeons
04/01/27 Monday a herd of curlews
05/01/27 Tuesday a confusion of guineafowls
06/01/27 Wednesday a clutter of starlings
07/01/27 Thursday a colony of seagulls
08/01/27 Friday a grind of blackfish
09/01/27 Saturday a durante of toucans
10/01/27 Sunday a school of sharks
11/01/27 Monday a bite of midges
12/01/27 Tuesday a conflagration of fireflies
13/01/27 Wednesday a wobble of ostriches
14/01/27 Thursday a sute of bloodhounds
15/01/27 Friday a wisp of snipe
16/01/27 Saturday a shoal of herrings
17/01/27 Sunday a flock of bustards
18/01/27 Monday a cell of eels
19/01/27 Tuesday a gang of bison
20/01/27 Wednesday a safe of ducks
21/01/27 Thursday a company of angelfish
22/01/27 Friday a pod of coots
23/01/27 Saturday an extinction of dodos
24/01/27 Sunday a herd of springbok
25/01/27 Monday a dopping of goosanders
26/01/27 Tuesday a covey of turtledoves
27/01/27 Wednesday a fling of goldfish
28/01/27 Thursday a cluster of spiders
29/01/27 Friday a swarm of krill
30/01/27 Saturday a gang of weasles
31/01/27 Sunday a culture of bacteria
01/02/27 Monday a flotilla of swordfish
02/02/27 Tuesday a colony of rabbits
03/02/27 Wednesday a flock of moorhens
04/02/27 Thursday a pitying of turtle doves
05/02/27 Friday a turn of turtles
06/02/27 Saturday a chain of bobolinks
07/02/27 Sunday an exactness of mockingbirds
08/02/27 Monday a colony of ticks
09/02/27 Tuesday a pomp of pekingese
10/02/27 Wednesday a dopping of shelducks
11/02/27 Thursday a consortium of crabs
12/02/27 Friday a parcel of linnets
13/02/27 Saturday a drove of shrews
14/02/27 Sunday a band of salamanders
15/02/27 Monday a bevy of doe
16/02/27 Tuesday a team of mules
17/02/27 Wednesday a flight of albatross
18/02/27 Thursday a flight of dragons
19/02/27 Friday a flight of dragons
20/02/27 Saturday a leash of hounds
21/02/27 Sunday a party of dolphin
22/02/27 Monday a group of chimpanzees
23/02/27 Tuesday a terror of terriers
24/02/27 Wednesday a truelove of turtle doves
25/02/27 Thursday a troup of tuna
26/02/27 Friday a glean of herring
27/02/27 Saturday a colony of rabbits
28/02/27 Sunday a lounge of lizards
01/03/27 Monday a celebration of polar bears
02/03/27 Tuesday a zoo of animals
03/03/27 Wednesday a shoal of butterflyfish
04/03/27 Thursday a musket of lyrebirds
05/03/27 Friday a shoal of shad
06/03/27 Saturday a sute of bloodhounds
07/03/27 Sunday a company of parrots
08/03/27 Monday a group of sea stars
09/03/27 Tuesday a culture of bacteria
10/03/27 Wednesday a circus of keas
11/03/27 Thursday a school of trout
12/03/27 Friday a wake of bustards
13/03/27 Saturday a sum of adders
14/03/27 Sunday a flock of pigs
15/03/27 Monday a nest of scorpions
16/03/27 Tuesday a bevy of roe deer
17/03/27 Wednesday a pace of donkeys
18/03/27 Thursday a watch of nightingales
19/03/27 Friday a passel of pigs
20/03/27 Saturday a clan of hyenas
21/03/27 Sunday a herd of gaur
22/03/27 Monday an army of caterpillars
23/03/27 Tuesday a darkening of jackdaws
24/03/27 Wednesday a flock of moorhens
25/03/27 Thursday a committee of terns
26/03/27 Friday an exaltation of skylarks
27/03/27 Saturday a box of frogs
28/03/27 Sunday a leash of gulls
29/03/27 Monday a shoal of porpoises
30/03/27 Tuesday a congress of ravens
31/03/27 Wednesday a poverty of pipers
01/04/27 Thursday a gang of bison
02/04/27 Friday a fleet of bass
03/04/27 Saturday a harvest of mice
04/04/27 Sunday a salon of poodles
05/04/27 Monday a murmuration of tits
06/04/27 Tuesday a mob of wallabies
07/04/27 Wednesday a spread of sticklebacks
08/04/27 Thursday a dopping of goosanders
09/04/27 Friday a pack of weasels
10/04/27 Saturday a booby of nuthatches
11/04/27 Sunday a busyness of ferrets
12/04/27 Monday a labour of moles
13/04/27 Tuesday a bunch of teals
14/04/27 Wednesday a company of moles
15/04/27 Thursday a plagiary of mockingbirds
16/04/27 Friday a sloth of bears
17/04/27 Saturday a bevy of roe deer
18/04/27 Sunday a herd of cows
19/04/27 Monday a crawl of tortoises
20/04/27 Tuesday a bank of komodo dragons
21/04/27 Wednesday a flotilla of swordfish
22/04/27 Thursday a conflagration of fireflies
23/04/27 Friday a fluther of bluebottles
24/04/27 Saturday an exultation of skylarks
25/04/27 Sunday a shiver of sharks
26/04/27 Monday a company of angelfish
27/04/27 Tuesday a shoal of pilchards
28/04/27 Wednesday a pot of water buffalo
29/04/27 Thursday a buffoonery of orangutans
30/04/27 Friday a clutch of chicks
01/05/27 Saturday a stretch of giraffes
02/05/27 Sunday a trip of dotterels
03/05/27 Monday a meet of hounds
04/05/27 Tuesday a trip of widgeons
05/05/27 Wednesday a congregation of egrets
06/05/27 Thursday a drove of donkeys
07/05/27 Friday a tickle of feathers
08/05/27 Saturday a horde of rats
09/05/27 Sunday a pack of dinosaurs
10/05/27 Monday an exaltation of skylarks
11/05/27 Tuesday a herd of cranes
12/05/27 Wednesday a clew of worms
13/05/27 Thursday a colony of avocets
14/05/27 Friday a litter of piglets
15/05/27 Saturday a cowardice of curs
16/05/27 Sunday a herd of hares
17/05/27 Monday a galaxy of starfish
18/05/27 Tuesday a committee of terns
19/05/27 Wednesday a circlage of house martins
20/05/27 Thursday a clutter of spiders
21/05/27 Friday a passel of hogs
22/05/27 Saturday a covey of turtledoves
23/05/27 Sunday a flotilla of swordfish
24/05/27 Monday a dropping of sheldrakes
25/05/27 Tuesday a pitying of turtledoves
26/05/27 Wednesday a drove of donkeys
27/05/27 Thursday a phantasmagoria of coloured feathers
28/05/27 Friday a swarm of mosquitoes
29/05/27 Saturday a cloud of gnats
30/05/27 Sunday an audience of squid
31/05/27 Monday a shoal of shad
01/06/27 Tuesday a salon of poodles
02/06/27 Wednesday a pretence of bitterns
03/06/27 Thursday a setting of eggs
04/06/27 Friday a harem of peahens
05/06/27 Saturday a covey of turtledoves
06/06/27 Sunday a nursery of raccoons
07/06/27 Monday a drove of bullocks
08/06/27 Tuesday a group of sea stars
09/06/27 Wednesday a trip of swine
10/06/27 Thursday a pair of lovebirds
11/06/27 Friday a pack of perch
12/06/27 Saturday a congress of lemurs
13/06/27 Sunday a rainbow of butterflies
14/06/27 Monday a turn of turtles
15/06/27 Tuesday a wriggle of worms
16/06/27 Wednesday a flock of chickens
17/06/27 Thursday an eclipse of moths
18/06/27 Friday a chain of bobolinks
19/06/27 Saturday a toil of pheasants
20/06/27 Sunday a nest of ants
21/06/27 Monday a raft of waterfowl
22/06/27 Tuesday a herd of caribou
23/06/27 Wednesday a herd of tapirs
24/06/27 Thursday a drift of pigs
25/06/27 Friday a rookery of pelicans
26/06/27 Saturday a stretch of giraffes
27/06/27 Sunday a cloud of locusts
28/06/27 Monday a battery of rams
29/06/27 Tuesday a colony of auks
30/06/27 Wednesday a school of pilchards
01/07/27 Thursday a congress of baboons
02/07/27 Friday a deceit of lapwings
03/07/27 Saturday a shimmer of hummingbirds
04/07/27 Sunday a hover of trout
05/07/27 Monday a concentration of kingfishers
06/07/27 Tuesday a tower of giraffes
07/07/27 Wednesday a desert of lapwings
08/07/27 Thursday a phantasmagoria of coloured feathers
09/07/27 Friday a mews of capons
10/07/27 Saturday a glean of herrings
11/07/27 Sunday a pack of gulls
12/07/27 Monday a consortium of octopuses
13/07/27 Tuesday a drift of hogs
14/07/27 Wednesday a quiver of cobras
15/07/27 Thursday a clutter of cats
16/07/27 Friday a company of angelfish
17/07/27 Saturday a contradiction of sandpipers
18/07/27 Sunday a flock of lice
19/07/27 Monday a cackle of hyenas
20/07/27 Tuesday a meinie of sparrows
21/07/27 Wednesday an eclipse of moths
22/07/27 Thursday a herd of elephants
23/07/27 Friday a paddle of platypus
24/07/27 Saturday a ménage of mongrels
25/07/27 Sunday an exaltation of larks
26/07/27 Monday a grumble of pugs
27/07/27 Tuesday a parade of echidnas
28/07/27 Wednesday a murmuration of starlings
29/07/27 Thursday a gang of buffalo
30/07/27 Friday a flock of walruse
31/07/27 Saturday a flush of quails
01/08/27 Sunday a crowd of redwing
02/08/27 Monday a bundle of frogs
03/08/27 Tuesday a blessing of unicorns
04/08/27 Wednesday a herd of reindeer
05/08/27 Thursday a fever of stingrays
06/08/27 Friday an echo of mockingbirds
07/08/27 Saturday an army of caterpillars
08/08/27 Sunday a herd of impalas
09/08/27 Monday a walk of snails
10/08/27 Tuesday a banditry of titmice
11/08/27 Wednesday a den of vipers
12/08/27 Thursday a cornucopia of slugs
13/08/27 Friday a swarm of krill
14/08/27 Saturday a volary of bullfinches
15/08/27 Sunday an obstinancy of bison
16/08/27 Monday a lump of toads
17/08/27 Tuesday a consort of corgis
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