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List of collective nouns for fish, invertebrates, and plants
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| Collective nouns for animals |
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| Fish, invertebrate, or plant | Collective noun |
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| ants | A colony of ants | |
| ants | A swarm of ants | |
| ants | An army of ants | |
| bacteria | A culture of bacteria | |
| bananas | A hand of bananas | |
| bass | A shoal of bass | Uncertain |
| bees | A grist of bees | |
| bees | A hive of bees | |
| bees | A swarm of bees | |
| blackfish | A grind of blackfish | Uncertain |
| butterflies | A flight of butterflies | Uncertain |
| butterflies | A kaleidoscope of butterflies | Uncertain |
| butterflies | A rabble of butterflies | Uncertain |
| butterflies | A rainbow of butterflies | |
| caterpillars | An army of caterpillars | |
| clams | A bed of clams | |
| cockroaches | An intrusion of cockroaches | Uncertain |
| cod | A lap of cod | Uncertain |
| eels | A fry of eels | Uncertain |
| eels | A swarm of eels | |
| fish | A draught of fish | |
| fish | A drift of fish | |
| fish | A scale of fish | |
| fish | A school of fish | |
| fish | A shoal of fish | |
| flowers | A bouquet of flowers | |
| flowers | A patch of flowers | |
| flies | A business of flies | |
| flies | A swarm of flies | |
| gnats | A cloud of gnats | |
| gnats | A clout of gnats | Uncertain |
| gnats | A horde of gnats | |
| grapes | A bunch of grapes | |
| grasshoppers | A cloud of grasshoppers | |
| grasshoppers | A cluster of grasshoppers | |
| herrings | A glean of herrings | |
| jellyfish | A fluther of jellyfish | |
| jellyfish | A smack of jellyfish | |
| locusts | A plague of locusts | |
| midges | A bite of midges | Uncertain |
| mites | A mite of mites | Uncertain |
| mosquitoes | A scourge of mosquitoes | |
| oysters | A bed of oysters | |
| pickles | A peck of pickles | |
| salmon | A bind of salmon | |
| salmon | A run of salmon | |
| shark | A shiver of sharks | Uncertain |
| shrimp | A troup of shrimp | |
| snail | A rout of snails | |
| spiders | A cluster of spiders | |
| spiders | A clutter of spiders | |
| trees | A grove of trees | |
| trees | A copse of trees | |
| trees | A stand of trees | |
| trees | A thicket of trees | |
| trout | A hover of trout | |
| worms | A knot of worms |