Lists of Collective Nouns: Other living thing

List of Collective Nouns: Animal Cnidarian

1. jellyfish jellyfish" is something which is an animal that is a marine medusoid coelenterate with a soft oval gelatinous umbrella-shaped almost transparent body with trailing tentacles around the edge.last updated 23 Mar 2015
   1. a fluther of jellyfish
   2. a smack of jellyfish
   3. a smuth of jellyfish
   4. a stuck of jellyfish

List of Collective Nouns: Animal Amphibia

1. frog frog" is something which is an animal that lives in water and on land and has smooth skin, no tail, and long powerful back legs for jumping from place to place.last updated 17 Mar 2015
   1. a colony of frogs
   2. a froggery of frogs
   3. a knot of frogs
   4. an army of frogs
2. toad toad" is something which is an animal that is an tailless anuran amphibian similar to a frog but more terrestrial, and with a short stout body, short legs and a drier warty skin.last updated 24 Mar 2015
   1. a knob of toads
   2. a knot of toads
   3. a nest of toads

List of Collective Nouns: Animal Cartilaginous Fish

1. shark A fish that is a ferocious selachian fish with a long fusiform body, tooth-like scales, two dorsal fins, rows of sharp teeth, and between five and seven gill slits on each side of the headlast updated 26 Mar 2015
   1. a school of sharks
   2. a shiver of sharks
   3. a shoal of sharks

List of Collective Nouns: Animal Reptiles

1. cobra cobra" is something which is an animal that is a highly venomous elapid snake characterized by spreading the skin of neck at the back of head into a hood when disturbed. When alarmed they spread the skin of the neck region into a hoodlast updated 26 Mar 2015
   1. a quiver of cobras
2. crocodile crocodile" is something which is an animal that is a large semiaquatic reptile with a board head, a long body and tail, short legs anda hard skin, and lives in and near rivers and lakes.last updated 18 Mar 2015
   1. a bask of crocodiles
   2. a congregation of crocodiles
   3. a float of crocodiles
   4. a nest of crocodiles
3. iguana iguana" is something which is an animal that is a large tropical American arboreal herbivorous lizard with a greyish-green body with a spiny crest along the back.last updated 24 Mar 2015
   1. a mess of iguanas
4. rattlesnake rattlesnake" is something which is an animal that is a venomous snake with a series of loose horny segments on the tail for producing a buzzing or whirring sound of warning by tail vibration.last updated 26 Mar 2015
   1. a rhumba of rattlesnakes
5. snake snake" is something which is an animal that is a limbless reptile with a long cylindrical body, no eyelids, a short tail, and extensible jaws for swallowing large prey.last updated 18 Mar 2015
   1. a bed of snakes
   2. a den of snakes
   3. a knot of snakes
   4. a nest of snakes
   5. a pit of snakes
   6. a trogle of snakes
6. turtle turtle" is something which is an animal that is a marine reptile with a thick shell covering the body for protecting the head, legs and tail.last updated 17 Mar 2015
   1. a bale of turtles
   2. a dule of turtles
   3. a turn of turtles
7. viper viper" is something which is an animal that is a small venomous snake with a broad head, stout body, large hollow fangs in the upper jaw for injecting venom and dark patterns on a lighter background.last updated 23 Mar 2015
   1. a generation of vipers
   2. a nest of vipers

List of Collective Nouns: Animal Crustacean

1. shrimp shrimp" is something which is an animal that is a small marine decapod crustacean or shellfish with a thin shell, a slender flattened body, ten legs, a long tail and a single pair of pincers.last updated 25 Mar 2015
   1. a troupe of shrimps

List of Collective Nouns: Animal Mollusks

1. clam clam" is something which is an animal that a marine bivalve mollusc with shells of equal size closed together tightly to protect the soft body.last updated 18 Mar 2015
   1. a bed of clams
2. cockle cockle" is something which is an animal that is a sand-burrowing bivalve mollusc with a round radical ribbed shell in Europe.last updated 18 Mar 2015
   1. a bed of cockles
3. mussel mussel" is something which is an animal that is a small bivalve mollusc with a slightly elongated dark shell usually attaching to rocks etc.last updated 18 Mar 2015
   1. a bed of mussels
4. oyster oyster" is something which is an animal that is a large bivalve mollusc with a rough irregular flat shell usually lying on coastal sea bed.last updated 18 Mar 2015
   1. a bed of oysters
   2. a hive of oysters
5. snail snail" is something which is an animal that is a small terrestrial or freshwater gastropod mollusc with a spirally coiled round shell on the back, and moves very slowly and lives in water or on land.last updated 22 Mar 2015
   1. a rout of snails
   2. a walk of snails
   3. an escargatoire of snails

List of Collective Nouns: Animal Araneae

1. spider spider" is something which is an animal that is a predatory arachnid with an unsegmented body, a fused head and thorax, a rounded abdomen and eight legs, and creates a web of sticky threads for catching insects and injects poison by fangs to kill prey.last updated 20 Mar 2015
   1. a cluster of spiders
   2. a clutter of spiders

List of Collective Nouns: Animal Annelid

1. worm worm" is something which is an animal that is an invertebrates animal with a soft slender elongated body without arms, legs or bones.last updated 20 Mar 2015
   1. a clew of worms

List of Collective Nouns: Misc Living Thing

1. bacterium bacterium" is something which is an organism that is a unicellular microorganism or a very small living thing with cell walls but no nucleus or membrane bound organelles, or an organized nucleus.last updated 21 Mar 2015
   1. a culture of bacteria
2. caterpillar caterpillar" is something which is a larva of an insect that develops into a butterfly or moth and has a small and long segmented body with three pair of true legs and several pairs of leg-like appendages.last updated 17 Mar 2015
   1. an army of caterpillars
3. egg The 'mass' thing of a reproductive body that is a single female reproductive cell comprising usually with a developing embryo, the stored nutrients and a protective enclosure.last updated 21 Dec 2015
   1. a clutch of eggs