Collective nouns for minnows
| Collective noun for minnows | usage | |
| stream | A stream of minnows | |
| school | A school of minnows | |
| shoal | A shoal of minnows | |
Collective nouns list
| Subject | Collective noun |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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