THE COLLECTIVE NOUNS FOR AMPHIBIANS, REPTILES,
INVERTEBRATES, INSECTS
1: The Collective Nouns
for Amphibians and Reptiles
A quiver of cobras
A bask/A congregation/A float/A nest
of crocodiles
A herd/A pack of dinosaurs (pack)
A flight/A wing of dragons
An army/A colony/A knot of frogs
A mess of iguanas
A den/A bed/A knot/A nest/A pit of
snakes
A knot/A nest/A knob of toads
A bale/A turn of turtles
A nest/A generation of vipers
2: The collective Nouns
for Invertebrates
A culture of bacteria
A stuck/A smack of jellyfish
A clew of worms
3: Collective Nouns for
Insects and Arachnids
A colony/An army/A bike/A swarm of
ants
A swarm/A bike/A cast/A cluster/A
drift/A game/A hive/A stand/A rabble/A grist of bees
A bike of (wild) bees
A flight/A rabble/A swarm of
butterflies
An army of caterpillars
An intrusion of cockroaches
A swarm/A cloud/A business/A grist/A
hatch of flies
A cloud/A horde/A rabble/A swarm of
gnats
A cloud/A cluster/A swarm of
grasshoppers
A bike/A nest/A swarm of hornets
A flight/A horde/A plague/A rabble/A
swarm of insects
A flock/A colony/An infestation of
lice
A plague/A cloud/A swarm of locusts
A scourge/A swarm of mosquitoes
A clutter/A cluster of spiders
A colony/A swarm of termites
A colony/A bike/A nest of wasps
4: Collective Nouns for
Mollusks
A bed of clams
A bed of cockles
A bed of mussels
A bed/A hive of oysters
A rout/A walk of snails
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