Word Quiz

What do all the words in the list below have in common?

  • Murder
  • Pride
  • Ostentation
  • Shrewdness
  • School
  • Cast
  • Array
  • Charm
  • Parliament

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All of them are names of groups of animals.

  • Murder – crows
  • Pride – lions
  • Ostentation – peacocks
  • Shrewdness – apes
  • School – fish
  • Cast – falcon
  • Array – hedgehogs
  • Charm – hummingbirds
  • Parliament – owls

This was prompted by a friend’s post showing two crows, titled “Attempted Murder”, and I didn’t get it. I found this great little website (Enchanted Learning) that lists all manner of animals, the male, female and baby names, as well as the group names. I only picked some of the more exotic ones for this post.

Now for the etymology. That would be a whole new research project for all these names.

3 thoughts on “Word Quiz

  1. Trisha

    But there was not even a ‘gaggle’ on the Enchanted Learning” website either.

    Geese must be passe these days.

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