A collective noun is a descriptor for a group of entities of one kind, such as a herd of cows or a flock of birds. More interesting are a gaggle of geese or a murder of crows. This searchable dictionary contains most of the special collectives used in English. Use the Contact Page to advise of corrections, or forms we have missed.

Parrots    company, flock, pandemonium

Partridge    covey

Partridges    covey

Peafowl    muster, ostentation

Peeps    litter

Penguins    colony, huddles, rookery, cr?che (nursery group)

Pheasants (on the ground)    brood, nest, nide, nye

Pheasants (when flushed)    bouquet

Pigeons    flight, flock, kit

Piglets    farrow, litter

Pigs    drift, drove, herd, litter, sounder

Pilchards    shoal

Plovers    congregation, wing (in flight)

Polecats    chine

Ponies    string, drove

Porcupines    prickle

Porpoises    herd, pod, school

Poultry    run

Prairie dogs    coterie

Ptarmigans    covey

Pups    litter

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