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Beasts of Field and Forest

Prides, skulks, sleuths, and other curious assemblies of creatures great and small.

  • a shrewdness of apesSource: Lipton 1977
  • a pace of assesSource: Lipton 1977
  • a cete of badgersSource: Lipton 1977; Book of St. Albans
  • A sleuth of bearsSource: Book of St. Albans
  • a sloth of bearsSource: Lipton 1977
  • a singular of boarsSource: Lipton 1977; Book of St. Albans
  • a merde of canichesSource: Lipton 1977
  • a clowder of catsSource: Lipton 1977
  • a pounce of catsSource: Lipton 1977
  • a drove of cattleSource: Lipton 1977
  • a rag of coltsSource: Lipton 1977
  • A rag or rake of coltsSource: Book of St. Albans
  • a run of coyotesSource: Lipton 1977
  • a cowardice of cursSource: Lipton 1977
  • A herd of all manner of deerSource: Book of St. Albans
  • a herd of elephantsSource: Lipton 1977
  • a gang of elkSource: Lipton 1977
  • a business of ferretsSource: Lipton 1977; Book of St. Albans
  • a skulk of foxesSource: Lipton 1977
  • an implausibility of gnusSource: Lipton 1977
  • a trip of goatsSource: Lipton 1977; Book of St. Albans
  • A brace of greyhounds (two)Source: Book of St. Albans
  • A leash of greyhounds (three)Source: Book of St. Albans
  • a husk of haresSource: Lipton 1977
  • A trip of haresSource: Book of St. Albans
  • A herd of hartsSource: Book of St. Albans
  • a bloat of hippopotamiSource: Lipton 1977
  • a drift of hogsSource: Lipton 1977
  • A harass of horsesSource: Book of St. Albans
  • a harras of horsesSource: Lipton 1977
  • a troop of kangaroosSource: Lipton 1977
  • a kindle of kittensSource: Lipton 1977
  • A kindle of young catsSource: Book of St. Albans
  • a leap of leopardsSource: Lipton 1977
  • A pride of lionsSource: Book of St. Albans; Lipton 1977
  • A richness of martensSource: Book of St. Albans; Lipton 1977
  • a labor of molesSource: Lipton 1977
  • A barren of mulesSource: Book of St. Albans; Lipton 1977
  • a romp of ottersSource: Lipton 1977
  • a string of poniesSource: Lipton 1977
  • a piddle of puppiesSource: Lipton 1977
  • a litter of pupsSource: Lipton 1977
  • A bury of coneysSource: Book of St. Albans
  • a nest of rabbitsSource: Lipton 1977
  • a gaze of raccoonsSource: Lipton 1977
  • a crash of rhinocerosesSource: Lipton 1977
  • A bevy of roe deerSource: Book of St. Albans
  • a bevy of roebucksSource: Lipton 1977
  • A couple of running houndsSource: Book of St. Albans
  • a pod of sealsSource: Lipton 1977
  • a flock of sheepSource: Lipton 1977
  • A couple of spanielsSource: Book of St. Albans
  • a dray of squirrelsSource: Lipton 1977
  • a scurry of squirrelsSource: Lipton 1977
  • A drift of tame swineSource: Book of St. Albans
  • a sounder of swineSource: Lipton 1977
  • a gam of whalesSource: Lipton 1977
  • A litter of whelpsSource: Book of St. Albans
  • a route of wolvesSource: Lipton 1977

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These expressions come from the collection’s records labelled Lipton 1977 and Book of St. Albans. They include historical and fanciful group names. Source labels are preserved; individual usage histories have not been assessed. Favorites are saved only in this browser.

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