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animal group

DEFINITIONS OF: animal group

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n a group of animals

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team
two or more draft animals that work together to pull something
brood
the young of an animal cared for at one time
flock
a group of birds
flock, fold
a group of sheep or goats
herd
a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
herd
a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
pack
a group of hunting animals
pod
a group of aquatic mammals
pride
a group of lions
clowder
a group of cats
school, shoal
a large group of fish
caste
in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony
colony
(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
warren
a colony of rabbits
breed, stock, strain
a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
drove
a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
litter
the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal
relay
a fresh team to relieve weary draft animals
bevy
a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground)
covert
a flock of coots
covey
a small flock of grouse or partridge
exaltation
a flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead)
gaggle
a flock of geese
wisp
a flock of snipe
gam
a herd of whales
remuda
the herd of horses from which those to be used the next day are chosen
wolf pack
a group of wolves hunting together
bloodstock
thoroughbred horses (collectively)
pedigree
line of descent of a purebred animal
flight
a flock of flying birds
clutch
a number of birds hatched at the same time
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biological group
a group of plants or animals
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