grex

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  A multicellular aggregate of amoeba.
 * 2)  A kind of group used in horticultural nomenclature, applied to the progeny of an artificial cross from specified parents, in particular for orchids.

Derived terms

 * grex name
 * gregaric

Etymology
From, from (though de Vaan prefers to reconstruct the Proto-Italic as , and the Proto-Indo-European as ). Cognates include 🇨🇬 and, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  a group of smaller animals: a flock, a pack , a swarm , etc.
 * 2)  a similar group of other things
 * 3) a group of people: a crowd, a clique, a company, a band, a troop, etc.
 * 4)  a team of charioteers.
 * 5)  a troupe of actors.
 * 1)  a team of charioteers.
 * 2)  a troupe of actors.

Usage notes
Properly, a herd or drove of larger animals form a, a (when pulling carts), or an  (when pulling a plow), while smaller animals—especially domesticated —form a grex. Its use for people is not necessarily pejorative in the way is.

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