Monday, June 9, 2014

Invertebrate Group Names

I've found there are many names to call something by, but perhaps some of the most fun are the words for groups of animals.

Invertebrates:
Ant A colony or an army of ants
Bacteria A culture of bacteria
Bees A grist, hive, swarm, drift or erst 
Caterpillars An army
Clam A bed of clams
Cockroaches An intrusion
Fly A swarm, hatch, cloud or business of flies 
Gnat A cloud or horde of gnats
Grasshoppers A cloud
Hornets A nest
Insects A flight, a swarm
Jellyfish A fluther, a smack, smuck or brood of jellyfish
Lice A flock of lice
Locust A plague or cloud of locusts
Oysters A bed
Wasp A pledge of wasps

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