Animal Pairings...how many can we come up with..

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For example a group of Lions is called a "Pride"
a group of Geese is a "Gaggle"
Thanks to A.G. Russel I learned a group of Turkeys is called a "rafter"
a group of crows is called a "murder"

what other ones are there?/
 
A quiver of cobras
A cast of crabs
A pod of dolphins
A fry of eels
A mob of emus
A charm of hummingbirds
 
You start a thread on animal pairings and the first one to answer you is ... a centaur.

OK, add a pack of wolves.
A pod of whales also.
 
A flock of birds, a school of fish, a flock (mob in Oz) of sheep and a mob of kangaroos. Then theres a troop of chimpanzees, a pod of whales and a stand of flamingoes.

Cheers, Acolyte.
 
A Flabbergast of echidnas.

A HurlyBurly of mound-building megapodes.

A Festoon of Solenodons.
 
How about a cohort of morons and a squadron of dullards?
And an armada of "bobfish, who can't follow rules".
Forgot to mention a harem of harlequins.
 
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How about all of them?
Animal
Group Name

Albatross
Rookery

Alligators
Congregation

Apes
Shrewdness, Troop

Antelope
Herd

Ants
Colony, Army, Swarm, Nest

Asses
Pace, Herd, Drove

Auks
Colony, Flock, Raft

Baboons
Troop, Flange

Bacteria
Culture

Badgers
Cete, Colony, Set, Company

Barracudas
Battery

Bats
Colony, Cloud

Bass
Shoal

Bears (General)
Sloth, Sleuth

Bears (Cubs)
Litter

Beavers
Colony, Family

Bees
Grist, Hive, Swarm, Nest

Birds (Chicks)
Brood, Clutch

Birds (Flight)
Flight

Birds (Game)
Volary, Brace, Plump, Knob

Birds (Ground)
Flock, Dissimulation

Birds (Sea)
Wreck

Bison
Herd

Bitterns
Sedge, Seige

Bloodhounds
Sute

Bobolinks
Chain

Buffalo
Herd, Troop, Gang, Obstinancy

Bullfinches
Bellowing

Bullocks
Drove

Butterflies
Flight, Flutter, (Many more)

Buzzards
Wake

Camels
Caravan, Train, Flock

Capons
Mews

Caribou
Herd

Caterpillars
Army

Cats (General)
Clowder, Clutter, Pounce, Dout, Nuisance, Glorying, Glare

Cats (Kittens)
Kindle, Litter, Intrigue

Cats (Wild)
Destruction

Cattle
Drove, Herd, Team

Cheetahs
Coalition

Chickens (General)
Brood, Peep

Chickens (Chicks)
Clutch, Chattering

Chinchilla
Colony

Choughs
Clattering

Clams
Bed

Cobras
Quiver

Cockroaches
Intrusion

Cod
Lap

Coots
Cover, Raft

Cormorants
Gulp

Cows
Kine

Coyotes
Band

Crabs
Cast

Cranes
Sedge, Seige

Crocodiles
Bask, Float

Crows
Murder, Horde, Parcel, Storytelling

Curlews
Herd

Deer (General)
Herd, Leash, Gang

Deer (Buck)
Brace, Clash

Deer (Roe)
Bevy

Dogs (General)
Kennel

Dogs (Curs)
Cowardice

Dogs (Hounds)
Cry, Mute, Pack

Dogs (Puppies)
Litter

Dogs (Wild)
Pack

Dolphins
Pod

Donkeys
Drove, Pace, Herd

Dotterel
Trip

Doves (General)
Dule, Bevy, Cote, Dole, Paddling

Doves (Turtle)
Pitying, Piteousness

Ducks (Flight)
Flock

Ducks (Ground)
Brace, badling

Ducks (Water)
Raft, Team, Paddling

Dunlins
Fling

Eagles
Convocation, Aerie

Eels
Swarm, Bed, Fry

Elephants
Herd, Memory

Elk
Gang, Herd

Emus
Mob

Falcons
Cast

Ferrets
Business, Cast, Fesnying

Finches
Charm

Fish (General)
Draft, Nest, Shoal, School ("school" is possibly a corruption of shoal)

Fish (Caught)
Catch, Drought, Haul

Flamingoes
Stand, Flamboyance

Flies
Business, Swarm, Cloud

Frogs
Army, Colony, Knot

Fox
Leash, Skulk, Earth, Lead, Troop

Geese (General)
Flock

Geese (Flight)
Skein

Geese (Ground)
Gaggle, Herd, Corps

Giraffes
Tower

Gnats
Cloud, Horde, Swarm

Gnus
Implausibility

Goats
Tribe, Trip, Drove, Herd, Flock

Goldfinches
Charm

Goldfish
Glint, Troubling

Gorillas
Band, Troop

Goshawks
Flight

Grasshoppers
Cloud

Greyhounds
Leash

Grouse
Pack, Covey

Guillemots
Bazaar

Gulls
Colony, Screech

Guinea Fowl
Confusion

Hawks (General)
Cast

Hawks (Flight)
Kettle

Hawks (Spiraling)
Boil

Hedgehogs
Array

Herons
Sedge, Siege, Hedge

Herring
Army, Shoal

Hippopotamuses
Bloat

Hornets
Nest, Bike

Horses (General)
Team, Harras, Stable, Troop, Stud (a group belonging to one owner)

Horses (Colts)
Rag, Rake

Horses (Ponies)
String

Horses (Wild)
Herd

Hummingbirds
Charm

Hyenas
Cackle

Impalas
Herd

Insects
Horde, Nest, Swarm, Rabble, Plague

Jays
Party, Scold, Band

Jellyfish
Smack, Brood

Kangaroos
Troop, Mob, Herd

Lapwings
Deceit

Larks
Exaltation, Ascension

Leopards
Leap

Lice
Flock

Lions
Pride, Sault, Troop

Lizards
Lounge

Locusts
Plague

Magpies
Tiding, Gulp, Murder, Charm

Mallards (General)
Brace

Mallards (Flight)
Sord

Martens
Richness

Mice
Mischief

Midges
Bite

Minnows
Shoal, Steam, Swarm

Moles
Labor, Company, Movement

Monkeys
Troop, Barrel, Carload, Cartload, Tribe

Moose
Herd

Mosquitoes
Scourge

Mudhens
Fleet

Mules
Pack, Span, Barren, Rake

Nightingales
Watch

Otters
Romp, Bevy, Family, Raft

Owls
Parliament, Stare

Oxen
Team, Yoke, Drove

Oysters
Bed

Parrots
Company, Pandemonium

Partridge
Covey, Bew

Peacocks
Muster, Ostentation, Pride

Pekingese
Pomp

Pelicans
Pod

Penguins (General)
Colony, Rookery, Huddle

Penguins (Nursery)
Crèche

Pheasants (General)
Nest, Nye

Pheasants (Brood)
Nide

Pheasants (Take-Off)
Bouquet

Pigeons
Flight, Flock, Kit

Pigs (General)
Drift, Drove

Pigs (Boars)
Singular, Sounder

Pigs (Hogs)
Team, Passel, Drift, Parcel

Pigs (Piglets)
Litter, Farrow

Pigs (Swine)
Sounder

Pilchards
Shoal

Plovers (General)
Congregation

Plovers (Flight)
Wing

Polecats
Chine

Porcupines
Prickle

Porpoises
Herd, Pod, School, Crowd, Shoal

Prairie Dogs
Coterie

Ptarmigans
Covey

Quail
Bevy, Covey

Rabbits (General)
Colony, Warren, Bury, Trace, Trip

Rabbits (Domestic)
Herd

Rabbits (Hares)
Down, Husk

Rabbits (Jackrabbit)
Husk

Rabbits (Young)
Litter, Nest

Raccoons
Gaze

Rats
Colony, Pack, Plague, Swarm

Rattlesnakes
Rhumba

Ravens
Unkindness, Storytelling

Reindeer
Herd

Rhinoceroses
Crash, Stubbornness

Roebucks
Bevy

Rooks
Building, Clamor, Parliament

Ruffs
Hill

Salmon
Run

Sandpipers
Fling

Sardines
Family

Scorpions
Bed, Nest

Seabirds
Wreck

Seals
Pod, Bob, Harem, Herd, Rookery

Sharks
Shiver, School, Shoal

Sheep
Drove, Flock, Down, Hurtle, Fold, Pack, Trip

Sheldrakes
Doading

Skylarks
Exultation

Squirrels
Dray, Scurry

Snails
Escargatoire, Rout, Walk

Snakes
Den, Nest, Pit, Bed, Knot

Snipe
Walk, Wisp

Sparrows
Host

Spiders
Cluster, Clutter

Springbok
Herd

Squirrels
Dray, Scurry

Starlings
Murmuration, Chattering

Stingrays
Fever

Stoats
Pack, Trip

Storks
Mustering, Muster

Swallows
Flight, Gulp

Swans (General)
Bevy, Bank, Herd

Swans (Flight)
Wedge, Flight

Swifts
Flock

Teal
Spring

Termites
Colony, Nest, Swarm, Brood

Thrush
Mutation

Tigers
Streak, Ambush

Toads
Knot, Knab, Nest

Trout
Hover

Turkeys
Rafter, Gang, Posse

Turtles
Bale, Nest, Turn, Dole

Turtle Doves
Pitying, Dule

Vipers
Generation, Nest

Vultures
Venue

Vultures (Circling)
Kettle

Walruses
Herd, Pod

Wasps
Nest, Swarm

Waterfowl
Knob, Plump

Weasles
Gang, Colony, Pack

Whales
Pod, Gam, Herd, School, Mod

Widgeons
Company

Wildfowl
Plump

Wolves (General)
Pack

Wolves (Moving)
Route, Rout

Wombats
Wisdom

Woodcocks
Fall

Woodpeckers
Descent

Worms
Bed, Clew, Bunch, Clat

Wrens
Herd

Zebras
Crossing, Zeal, Cohorts, Herd
 
A cluster of "I use foul language in Community".
 
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I got 2 that Jill didn't have:

group of American citizens who are traditionally perceived as "liberal" = Democrats

group of American citizens who are traditionally perceived as "conservative"= Republicans

I am not making any political statement of any kind......I can't tell the difference much any more....maybe we are all "just" Americans!
 
I'm pretty sure that should have been a congress of morons, or here in Oz, a parliament of morons.
 
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