COLLECTIVE NOUNS I

Collective nouns for animal groups can be fanciful---and therefore arbitrary. Can you name the following fairly standard collective nouns for these animal groups?

1. Lions

2. Locusts

3. Bees

4. Ants

5. Geese

6. Rhinos

7. Whales

8. Leopards

9. Seals

10. Fish

11. Cattle

12. Jellyfish

13. Goldfinches

14. Oxen

15. Foxes

16. Gorillas

17. Cranes

18. Bears

19. Crows

20. Swans

Answers:

1. Pride of lions

2. Plague of locusts

3. Swarm of bees

4. Colony of ants

5. Gaggle of geese

6. Crash of rhinos

7. Gam of whales

8. Leap of leopards

9. Pod of seals

10. School of fish

11. Drove of cattle

12. Smack of jellyfish

13. Charm of goldfinches

14. Yoke of oxen

15. Skulk of foxes

16. Band of gorillas

17. Siege of cranes

18. Sleuth of bears

19. Murder of crows

20. Wedge of swans