Collective nouns list
Subject | Collective noun |
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machine guns | A nest of machine guns |
mackerel | A shoal of mackerel |
magicians | An illusion of magicians |
minnows | A bench of minnows |
minnows | A congregation, charm, flock, gulp, murder, tiding, tittering, tribe of minnows |
maidens | A rage of maidens |
mallards | A lute, battling of mallards |
mallards | A puddling of mallards (on water) |
mallards | A sord, sute, flush of mallards (Old French sordre = rise up in flight) |
managers | An asylum of managers |
maps | An atlas of maps |
marching bands | A Sousa of marching bands |
mares | A stud of mares |
mares, brood | An overbearance of brood mares |
marines | A muscle of marines |
martens | A richness, richesse of martens |
masseurs | A pummel of masseurs |
masters | An example of masters |
matadors | A pavanne of matadors |
mathematicians | A number of mathematicians |
mathematicians | A set of mathematicians |
mathematicians | An addition of mathematicians |
matrons | A riches of matrons |
meanderings | A confusion of meanderings |
meatheads | A density of meatheads |
mechanics | A clutch, torque of mechanics |
mediators | A compromise, caucus of mediators |
men | A band of (merry) men |
men | A host of men |
merchants | A faith of merchants |
messengers | A diligence of messengers |
metallurgists | An amalgamation of metallurgists |
meteorologists | A shower of meteorologists |
mice | A nest, horde, mischief, click, trip of mice |
microbiologists | A colony of microbiologists |
midges | A bite of midges |
midwives | An expectation of midwives |
minks | A richness of minks |
minnows | A shoal, steam, stream, swarm of minnows |
misers | A horde of misers |
mites | A mite of mites |
mockingbirds | An impression, plagiary, exactness, echo, precision, ridicule of mockingbirds |
models | A slouch of models |
moles | A company of moles |
moles | A labour of moles |
moles | A movement, arbour of moles |
money | A wad, rouleau, cache of money |
mongooses | A band, pack of mongooses |
mongrels | A ménage of mongrels |
monitors | A bank of monitors |
monkeys | A barrel of monkeys |
monkeys | A machination, wilderness of monkeys |
monkeys | A mission of monkeys |
monkeys | A tribe of monkeys |
monkeys | A troop, troup, cartload of monkeys |
monks | An abominable sight of monks |
monks | An abomination of monks (see note) |
moorhens | A plump of moorhens |
moose | A herd of moose |
Mormons | A book of Mormons |
morning glories | A dawn of morning glories |
morticians | A slab of morticians |
mosquitoes | A scourge, swarm of mosquitoes |
mothers | A consternation of mothers |
mothers-in-law | A mutter of mothers-in-law |
motorcyclist | A clutch of motorcyclists |
mountains | A range of mountains |
mourners | A cortege of mourners |
mourners | A pathos of mourners |
moving men | A truculence of moving men |
mudhen | A fleet of mudhen |
mules | A barren of mules |
mules | A pack, rake, string of mules |
mules | A span (team of 2) mules |
munchkins | A phalanx, throng of munchkins |
mushrooms | A troop, sproutness of mushrooms |
musicians | A band of musicians |
musicians | An orchestra of musicians |
mussels | A bed of mussels |
mythological creatures | A bestiary of mythological creatures |