20 Group Name Oddities

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Throughout my many journeys both in literature in film, I've come across some interesting words. In general this it true, however, more specifically, I mean names for groups of animals. I'm sure many of you have heard the term, "a party". Which can be construed as raucous festivities, or a group of people. A Party is the tip of the iceberg, I've compiled a list of interesting group names below, for your enjoyment (links to my sources are at the bottom of this post).

Drinking: A cup of The Blanc White Pyramid Tea by Lipton

A cete of badgers

A colony of bats (It's also a colony of termites incidentally)

A tower of giraffes

A romp of otters

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A pride of lions

A prickle of porcupines

A tiding of magpies

A murder of crows (why do they always get such a bad rap?)

A parliament of owls (quite fitting, wouldn't you agree?)

An unkindness of ravens

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An army of frogs

A shiver of sharks (people's fear of them is cruelly deep-rooted)

An intrusion of cockroaches (most certainly)

A congregation of alligators

A clowder of cats

A coalition of cheetahs

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A battalion of falcons

A shadow of jaguars

A conspiracy of Lemurs

A glint of goldfish


Sources:
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/about/faqs/animals/names.htm
http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/36-bizarre-group-names-for-animals#.bjopQPpnAE
http://www.writers-free-reference.com/172groupnames.htm