{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/la-collective-nouns",
 "id": "la-collective-nouns",
 "title": "Collective Nouns for Animals and Things",
 "category": "language-arts",
 "subject": "English",
 "levels": [
  "3-5",
  "6-8"
 ],
 "description": "The special names for groups of animals, people and things.",
 "tags": [
  "collective nouns",
  "animals",
  "nouns"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Group of...",
 "backLabel": "Collective noun",
 "cards": [
  [
   "bees",
   "a swarm or a hive"
  ],
  [
   "birds",
   "a flock"
  ],
  [
   "cattle",
   "a herd"
  ],
  [
   "cats",
   "a clowder"
  ],
  [
   "dogs",
   "a pack"
  ],
  [
   "dolphins",
   "a pod"
  ],
  [
   "ducks",
   "a paddling (on water) or a raft"
  ],
  [
   "elephants",
   "a herd"
  ],
  [
   "fish",
   "a school"
  ],
  [
   "geese",
   "a gaggle (on the ground) or a skein (in flight)"
  ],
  [
   "giraffes",
   "a tower"
  ],
  [
   "hippos",
   "a bloat"
  ],
  [
   "horses",
   "a herd or a team"
  ],
  [
   "kangaroos",
   "a mob"
  ],
  [
   "lions",
   "a pride"
  ],
  [
   "monkeys",
   "a troop"
  ],
  [
   "owls",
   "a parliament"
  ],
  [
   "peacocks",
   "an ostentation"
  ],
  [
   "penguins",
   "a colony or a waddle"
  ],
  [
   "puppies",
   "a litter"
  ],
  [
   "kittens",
   "a litter"
  ],
  [
   "sheep",
   "a flock"
  ],
  [
   "wolves",
   "a pack"
  ],
  [
   "whales",
   "a pod"
  ],
  [
   "zebras",
   "a dazzle"
  ],
  [
   "ants",
   "a colony"
  ],
  [
   "butterflies",
   "a flutter"
  ],
  [
   "frogs",
   "an army"
  ],
  [
   "foxes",
   "a skulk"
  ],
  [
   "bears",
   "a sloth"
  ],
  [
   "rhinos",
   "a crash"
  ],
  [
   "ravens",
   "an unkindness"
  ],
  [
   "larks",
   "an exaltation"
  ],
  [
   "jellyfish",
   "a smack or a bloom"
  ],
  [
   "sharks",
   "a shiver"
  ],
  [
   "snakes",
   "a nest"
  ],
  [
   "turtles",
   "a bale"
  ],
  [
   "porcupines",
   "a prickle"
  ],
  [
   "flamingos",
   "a flamboyance"
  ],
  [
   "parrots",
   "a pandemonium"
  ],
  [
   "starlings",
   "a murmuration"
  ],
  [
   "swans",
   "a bevy"
  ],
  [
   "eagles",
   "a convocation"
  ],
  [
   "pigs",
   "a drove"
  ],
  [
   "mice",
   "a mischief"
  ],
  [
   "rabbits",
   "a colony or a warren"
  ],
  [
   "squirrels",
   "a scurry"
  ],
  [
   "badgers",
   "a cete"
  ],
  [
   "hedgehogs",
   "an array"
  ],
  [
   "goats",
   "a tribe or a trip"
  ],
  [
   "turkeys",
   "a rafter"
  ],
  [
   "cows",
   "a herd"
  ],
  [
   "singers",
   "a choir"
  ],
  [
   "musicians",
   "a band or an orchestra"
  ],
  [
   "students",
   "a class"
  ],
  [
   "sailors",
   "a crew"
  ],
  [
   "actors",
   "a cast"
  ],
  [
   "players",
   "a team"
  ],
  [
   "soldiers",
   "an army"
  ],
  [
   "stars",
   "a constellation"
  ],
  [
   "grapes",
   "a bunch"
  ],
  [
   "bananas",
   "a hand"
  ],
  [
   "flowers",
   "a bouquet"
  ],
  [
   "keys",
   "a ring or a set"
  ],
  [
   "books",
   "a library or a stack"
  ],
  [
   "clothes",
   "a wardrobe"
  ],
  [
   "stairs",
   "a flight"
  ],
  [
   "ships",
   "a fleet"
  ],
  [
   "planes",
   "a squadron or a fleet"
  ],
  [
   "trees",
   "a forest or a grove"
  ],
  [
   "islands",
   "an archipelago"
  ],
  [
   "mountains",
   "a range"
  ],
  [
   "beads",
   "a string"
  ],
  [
   "cards",
   "a deck"
  ],
  [
   "paper",
   "a ream"
  ],
  [
   "people at a show",
   "an audience"
  ],
  [
   "judges",
   "a panel"
  ]
 ]
}