Appendix talk:Glossary of collective nouns by collective term

Correct typo: "trembling of finches"

This page is a great work of fiction! So many of these amusing collective nouns are clearly made up. --194.255.43.134 16:30, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes. It's one of several such pages that we don't really bother about much. SemperBlotto (talk) 16:35, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
 * "flange of baboons" seems particularly implausible to me. list could do with some cleanup. -- 109.77.164.140 19:41, 29 July 2014 (UTC)


 * There are also plenty of terms here that are not collective nouns but "containers" of some kind, e.g. "anthology of poems", "bed of flowers". Equinox ◑ 22:44, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Here's a suggested addition: a stringer of fish (after they have been caught and strung on a stringer) Eugeneccampbell (talk) 02:25, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Shouldn't the collective noun for caterpillar be a parade, rather than an army? They seem really gentle.


 * Flurry of snow

RFM discussion: August 2015–February 2023

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