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How Well Do You Know These Animal Group Names?
How Well Do You Know These Animal Group Names?
Collective nouns FTW!
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As proposed by Dr. Sanjay Pai in an editorial for the British Medical Journal, 2002
A pride of surgeons
A gaggle of gynaecologists
A culture of microbiologists
A rouleau of haematologists
A synapse of neurologists
A howl of paediatricians
A consolidation of pulmonologists
A rash of dermatologists
A stream of urologists
A Gray of anatomists
A flap of plastic surgeons
A joint of orthopaedic surgeons
A g(l)ut of gastroenterologists
An orbit of ophthalmologists
A parliament of pathologists
He omitted Family Physicians/General Practitioners -- so I propose “A Tree of Family Physicians”. Any other specialties we should specify?
How Well Do You Know These Animal Group Names?
How Well Do You Know These Animal Group Names?
Collective nouns FTW! Getty Images / Ingram Publishing Band Congregation Pool
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People from Panama are collectively referred to as
Panamanians
a clowder of cats a murder of crows a passel of possums
I looked up the collective term for a group of chinchillas. It is apparently a colony or a herd.
I was hoping for something cooler like a "fluff-splosion."
Terms Related to Animals
Cattle
Group: a herd of cattle
Newborn: a calf
Young Female: a heifer
Mature Female: She is a cow once she has calved once
Mature Male: a bull
Castrated Male: a steer
Birth: a calving
Sheep
Group: a flock of sheep
Newborn: a lamb
Mature Female: an ewe
Mature Male: a ram
Castrated Male: a wether
Birth: a lambing
Swine
Group: a herd of swine
Newborn: a pig
Young Female: a gilt
Mature Female: She is a sow once she has farrowed once
Mature Male: a boar
Castrated Male: a barrow
Birth: a farrowing
Horse
Group: a herd/band of horses
Newborn: a foal
Young Female: a filly
Young Male: a colt
Mature Female: She is a mare once she has foaled once
Mature Male: a stallion
Castrated Male: a gelding
Birth: a foaling
Donkey
Group: a herd/band of donkeys
Newborn: a foal
Young Female: a filly
Young Male: a colt
Mature Female: She is a jennet once she has calved once
Mature Male: a jack
Birth: a foaling
Mule
Mare to Jack: a mule
Stallion to Jennet: a hinny
Chicken
Group: a flock of chickens
Newborn: a chick
Young Female: a pullet
Young Male: a cockerel
Mature Female: a hen
Mature Male: a rooster or cock
Castrated Male: a capon
Birth: a hatching
Dog
Group: a pack of dogs
Newborn: a pup
Mature Female: She is a bitch once she has whelped once
Birth: a whelping
Cat
Group: a clowder of cats
Newborn: a kitten
Mature Female: a queen
Mature Male: a tom
Birth: a birth or a kitting