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So a "fluther" is a group of jellyfish.. do you know of any other interesting group names for animals?

Asked by jo_with_no_space (1462points) March 24th, 2009
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MadParty's avatar

pack of wolves,pride of lions,gaggle of geese,ant colony,herd of elephants,flock of seagulls,murder of crows

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JellyB's avatar

An army of frogs! :)

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Bluefreedom's avatar

Congregation of Alligators
Troubling of Goldfish
Bloat of Hippos
Charm of Finches
Wisdom of Wombats
Ostentation of Peacocks
Lounge of Lizards

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JellyB's avatar

@Bluefreedom Haha! I haven’t heard of a few of those before! :D

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jo_with_no_space's avatar

@Bluefreedom A bloat of hippos? That is awesome!

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eponymoushipster's avatar

A Murder of crows
A Pod of whales

a fistful of d-bags

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fireside's avatar

A Flutter of Butterflies
A Parade of Elephants
A Mess of Iguana
A Scourge of Mosquitoes
A Crash of Rhinoceros

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syz's avatar

Animal group names

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EmpressPixie's avatar

An unkindness or conspiracy of ravens.

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A_Beaverhausen's avatar

an opus is a term used for musical groups or genres plural for opera

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crisw's avatar

If you want to see more trivia than you ever wanted to see on animal group names, try this- Animal Group Names Trivia

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simone54's avatar

I think “FLUTHER” is BULLSHIT. It’s not on that list or dictionaries or anything.

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eponymoushipster's avatar

@simone54 lovely.

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VS's avatar

I’ve always like a business of ferrets.

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fireside's avatar

@simone54 – Trywiki

All of these are noted as acceptable:
smack, bloom, brood, smuth, smuck, fluther

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A_Beaverhausen's avatar

anyone know what a group of turkeys is?

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eponymoushipster's avatar

@A dinner. :)

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A_Beaverhausen's avatar

hhehee

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SeventhSense's avatar

A raffle of turkeys

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A_Beaverhausen's avatar

hahahaha! right on!

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SeventhSense's avatar

@A_Beaverhausen
A lodge of beavers.

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A_Beaverhausen's avatar

hehe i asked because there is this infamous raffle of wild turkeys that live in the woods that surrounds my university’s campus, and i never knew what to call them :P

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simone54's avatar

A group of beavers is called a sorority.

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SeventhSense's avatar

@simone54

Ummm..Heheheh

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A_Beaverhausen's avatar

hahahhahahahahhahahaaa, ill make sure to tell my sorority sisters that!

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SeventhSense's avatar

Lodged in the beaver.:)

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eponymoushipster's avatar

i’d like to lodge some beaver

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SeventhSense's avatar

A siege of hawks

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fireside's avatar

Does “Fraternity” count?

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eponymoushipster's avatar

@fireside that’s the same as a fistful of d-bags.

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SeventhSense's avatar

LOL no love for the frat boys e?

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