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.