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FISH

ANIMALS
aardvarks antelope apes asses baboons badgers bats bears beavers boars buffalo camels cats (feral or wild) cats (Pets) cattle chamois colts conies cows deer dolphins elephants elk ferrets foxes giraffes goats gorillas hares hedgehogs hippopotami hogs horses hounds hyenas kangaroos kittens (cats) kittens (rabbits) lambs leopards lions mares mice moles monkeys mules oxen pandas pekinese piglets pigs polar bears polecats ponies porpoises possum puppies rabbits raccoons racehorses rats rhinoceroses roes seals seals sheep show dogs squirrels swine tigers walruses weasels whales wolves zebra	An aarmory of aardvarks A herd of antelope A shrewdness of apes A pace of asses A congress or flange of baboons A cete of badgers A colony of bats A sloth of bears A lodge or colony of beavers A singular or sounder of boars A herd or obstinacy of buffalo A flock orcomplaint of camels A destruction or pounce of cats A Clowder or Clutter of cats A herd or drove of cattle A herd of chamois A rag or rake of colts A bury of conies A herd or flink of cows A herd, leash or parcel of deer A pod of dolphins A herd or parade of elephants A gang of elk A business or fesnying of ferrets A leash or skulk of foxes A corps of giraffes A trip or tribe of goats A band or woop of gorillas A down,husk or leap of hares A prickle of hedgehogs A crash or bloat of hippopotami A drift,parcel or passel of hogs A stable,team or harass of horses A pack,mute or cry of hounds A clan of hyenas A troop,mob or court of kangaroos A kindle of kittens (cats) A wrack of kittens (rabbits) A fall of lambs A leap of leopards A pride, sault or sowse of lions A stud of mares A mischief or nest of mice A company, movement or labourof moles A tribe or mission of monkeys A barren or Rake of mules A yoke,team or span of oxen A pandomonium of pandas A pomp of pekinese A litter or farrow of piglets A drove, herd, sounder of pigs An aurora of polar bears A chine of polecats A string of ponies A turmoil of porpoises A passel of possum A litter of puppies A colony, bury or nest of rabbits A gaze of raccoons A field of racehorses A colony, pack, swarm or rabble of rats A crash of rhinoceroses A bevy of roes A colony, pod or plum of seals (on land) A raft or spring of seals (in the water) A flock or trip of sheep A bench of show dogs A dray of squirrels A drift or sounder of swine A ambush or streak of tigers A herd or ugly of walruses A sneak of weasels A school, pod,herd or gam of whales A pack or rout of wolves A herd or zeal of zebra

BIRDS.
Birds in general Bitterns Chickens Choughs Coots Cormorants Cranes Crows Curlews Doves Ducks Dunlin Eagles Eggs Falcons Finches Flamingos Geese Goldfinches Goshawks Grouse Guillemots Gulls Hawks Hens (chickens) Herons Hummingbirds Jay Kingfishers Lapwings Larks Loons Magpies Mallards Nightingales Owls Parrots Partridges Peacocks Penguins Pheasants Quail Pelicans Plovers Ravens Rooks Snipe Sparrows Starlings Storks Swallows Swans Teal Turtledoves Turkeys Waterfowl Woodcock Woodpeckers	A flock of birds, a dissimulation of birds, volery of birds A siege of bitterns, a sedge of bitterns A peep of chickens A chattering of choughs A cover of coots, a raft of coots A flight of cormorants A sedge of cranes A congress of crows, a murder of crows A herd of curlews A dule of doves, a flight of doves, a cote of coves, A paddling of ducks, a raft of ducks, a team of ducks A fling of dunlin A convocation of eagles A clutch of eggs A cast of falcons A charm of finches, a trembling of finches A flamboyance of flamingos A gaggle of geese, a skein of geese A charm of goldfinches A flight of goshawks A brace of grouse, a covey of grouse A bazaar of guillemots A colony of gulls A cast of hawks, a kettle of hawks, a cast of hawks A brood of hens A siege of herons A charm of hummingbirds, a troubling of hummingbirds A band of jays, party of jays A concentration of kingfishers A deceit of lapwings An exaltation of larks A raft of loons A tiding of magpies A sord of mallards, a flush of mallards, a puddling of mallards A watch of nightingales A parliament of owls, a wisdom of owls A company of parrots A covey of partridges An ostentation of peacocks, a muster of peacocks A colony of penguins, huddles of penguins, a pride of penguins A bouquet of pheasants, a covey of pheasants, a nye of pheasants A bevy of quail, a covey of quail A squadron of pelicans A congregation of plovers, a wing of plovers, a leash of plovers A conspiracy of ravens, an unkindness of ravens A building of rooks, a parliament of rooks A walk of snipe, a wisp of snipe A host of sparrows, a quarrel of sparrows A murmuration of starlings A mustering of storks A flight of swallows A ballet of swans, a bevy of swans, a whiteness of swans A spring of teal A pitying of turtledoves A rafter of turkeys, a muster of turkeys A plump of waterfowl A fall of Woodcock A descent of woodpeckers

FISH			INSECTS &	ARACHNIDS
Angel fish Archer fish Baracuda Balbells Bass Blackfish Butterfly fish Cod Dragonet fish Doogfish Dolphins Eels Fish Flying fish Goldfish Herrings Mackerel Minnow Perch Pilchard Potcupine fish Porpoises Rainbow fish Roach Salmon Sardines Seahorses Shad Sharks Shrimps Smelt Sticklebacks Swordfish Trout Tunas Whiting	Company Company Battery Shoal Shoal, Fleet Grind School School Swarm Troop Flock, School, Team Swarm Shoal, Catch, Run,Haul Glide Glint, Troubling Glean, Shoal, Army Shoal Shoal, Steam, Stream Pack Shoal, School Cluster Gam, Pod, Herd Party Shoal Bind, Leap, Run Family Herd Shoal Shiver, Shoal Troup Quantity Spread, Shoal Floatilla Hover, Shoal Float, Troup Pod		Ants Bees Butterflies Caterpillars Flies Gnats Grasshoppers Locusts Spiders Hornets Lice Cockroaches Mosquitos Termites Wasps MOLLUSCS Clams Oysters Snails Mussels Cockles AMPHIBIANS & Cobras Crocodiles Frogs Iguanas Rattlesnakes Snakes Toads Turtles Vipers	Colony, Army Swarm, Grist, Hive Kaleidoscope, Swarm, Army Swarm, Business Swarm, Cloud, Horde Cluster Plague Clutter Bike, Nest, Swarm Flock Intrusion Scourge, Swam Colony, Swam Colony, Bike, Nest MOLLUSCS Bed Bed, Hive Walk, Escargatoire Bed Bed REPTILES Quiver Bask,Float,Nest Army,Colony, Knot Mess Rhumba Den,Nest,Knot, Pit Knot, Knob, Nest Bale, Dule, Tyrn Nest, Generation