Many animals, particularly domesticated, have been given specific names for males, females, young, and groups.
The best known source of many of the bizarre words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Dame Juliana Berners.
Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites.
Generic terms
The terms in this table apply to many or all taxa in a particular biological family, class, or clade.
Terms by species or taxon
See also
- List of collective nouns for animals
- Lists of animals
- List of animal sounds
Notes
References
Further reading
- Peter Gray, "The encyclopedia of the biological sciences", 1970
- Lipton, James (1993) [1968]. An Exaltation of Larks (Ultimate ed.). Penguin. ISBNÂ 978-0-14-017096-2.Â