List of collective nouns for fish, invertebrates, and plants
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SUBJECT COLLECTIVE TERM ants A colony of ants ants A swarm of ants ants An army of ants bacteria A culture of bacteria beans A hill of beans bees A grist of bees bees A hive of bees bees A swarm of bees blackfish A grind of blackfish Uncertain butterflies A kaleidoscope of butterflies Uncertain butterflies A rabble of butterflies Uncertain butterflies A rainbow of butterflies caterpillars An army of caterpillars clams A bed of clams cockroaches An intrusion of cockroaches Uncertain cod A lap of cod Uncertain crow A murder of crows eels A fry of eels Uncertain eels A swarm of eels figs A newton of figs Spurious fish A draught of fish fish A drift of fish fish A scale of fish fish A school of fish fish A shoal of fish flowers A bouquet of flowers flowers A patch of flowers flies A business of flies flies A swarm of flies gnats A cloud of gnats gnats A clout of gnats Uncertain gnats A horde of gnats grapes A bunch of grapes grasshoppers A cloud of grasshoppers grasshoppers A cluster of grasshoppers herrings A glean of herrings jellyfish A fluther of jellyfish jellyfish A smack of jellyfish kangaroos A mob of kangaroos
Colloquial locusts A plague of locusts midges[?] A bite of midges Uncertain mites A mite of mites Uncertain mosquitoes A scourge of mosquitoes owls A parliament of owls oysters A bed of oysters raven A kindness of raven
salmon A bind of salmon salmon A run of salmon snails A rout of snails spiders A cluster of spiders spiders A clutter of spiders trees A grove of trees trees A copse of trees trees A stand of trees trees A thicket of trees trout A hover of trout worms A clew of worms Uncertain