What Makes Flamingos Pink? by Bill McLain

Author:Bill McLain [McLain, Bill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-06-203206-5
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2001-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

How many geese are in a gaggle? (If you poke a goose, are you giving it a people?)

The word “gaggle” simply means a group of something. It does not denote any specific amount. “Herd” is a good example of a similar type of word. We say a herd of cows. The herd could be 20 cows or 2,000 cows. Either way, it’s still a herd of cows.

It seems that almost every bird and animal has a word to denote a “group” of them. Here are a few examples:

Army of frogs

Bale of turtles

Band of coyotes

Bevy of quail

Bouquet of pheasants

Cast of hawks

Charm of finches

Clowder of cats

Colony of penguins

Company of plovers

Crash of rhinos

Descent of woodpeckers

Dole of doves

Down of hares

Dray of squirrels

Drift of hogs

Float of crocodiles

Gang of elks

Kettle of hawks (no, not a “kettle offish”)

Kine of cows

Labor of moles

Leap of leopards

Murder of crows

Peep of chickens

Shrewdness of apes

Sleuth of bears

Wedge of swans

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