The following are a comprehensive live list of animal collective nouns, for your reference and ease of perusal. When it comes to animals, things can get a bit tricky, since animals are creatures that roam either on their own, like a lone wolf other times, they live in groups, such as any of the herd species.īecause of the variety of ways in which animals live with respect to quantity or count, English has evolved to reflect their ways of social or asocial living. In English, nouns (which are names given to people, places, things and ideas) come in two kinds, singular or plural, as mentioned in the above section. We’re not talking about the band, Animal Collective, though they do make good music. Animals in groups behave differently the collective noun often hints at the behavior, formation or character of the group. I suspect people considered it more artful and 'proper', back in the day. Plural nouns refers to more than one person, place, thing or idea. Collective nouns became popular in the 14th and 15th century. Grammar rule: singular nouns refers to one subject or object. Language is structured to reflect the count of subjects (or sentence objects) by distinguishing between when there is one of something, or more than one: i.e., singular and plural noun forms. Here are 300 more collective nouns for animals. The school are moving in different directions. For example: The school is moving nearer. However, if the context of your sentence focuses on the individuals within the group, you should treat it as plural. Mammals A group of bears is called a sloth or sleuth Apes: A shrewdness of apes. When we speak or write, we communicate in count or number even if we don’t consciously realize it. As a general rule, you should treat a collective noun as singular. We hope you find these names entertaining, at the very least. Regale in the absurdity of these animal collective group names, such as an implausibility of gnus, or a mischief of mice. a team a group of two or more animals used to pull a wagon, cart, etc. a drove a large group of animals that move or act together. It’s safe to say that this list is pretty wild, pun intended. Next, there are collective nouns used for groups of animals that share some specific feature: a pack a group of usually wild animals that hunt together.
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