Collective Nouns

List of collective nouns. [Link]

This is a list of collective nouns which can be sorted by subject or collective term. Collective nouns are words used to define a group of objects. Although primarily applied to animals, collective nouns can be used for people, inanimate objects, concepts or other things.

General collective nouns that can be applied to any subject, such as group, collection or aggregation, are not included in this list. Other collective nouns, such as herd, flock or pack, can be used for many subjects, while yet others are specific to a single species of animal or other object. Some are even more restrictive, and are only used for creatures in a specific environment, for example the term "a skein of geese" is only used when the geese are in flight.^[1]

Why I found this hilarious:

A glaring of cats.

Emily was not amused.