List Of English Terms Of Venery, By Animal - Group Of Animals Names

This is a list of English terms of venery (venery being an archaic word for hunting), comprising terms from a tradition that arose in the Late Middle Ages, at least partly from the Book of Saint Albans of 1486, a historic list of "Company Terms". The present list also includes more common collective terms (such as "herd" and "flock") for some animals.

Standard terms for particular groups are listed first in each group and shown in bold.

See also

• List of animal names

References

Further reading

• Hodgkin, John (1909). Proper Terms: An Attempt at Rational Explanation of the Meanings of the Collection of Phrases in "The Book of St. Albans," 1486, Entitled "Companys of Beestys and Fowlys," and Similar Lists'. Supplement to the Transactions of the Philological Society, 1907â€"1910.