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	List of collective nouns
		List of collective nouns for reptiles and amphibians
		List of collective nouns for fish, invertebrates, and plants
		List of collective nouns for objects and concepts
	www.teachtime.com /en/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_collective_nouns.html (50 words)

	List of collective nouns for birds - Search.com
		List of collective nouns for birds - Search.com
		View over 200 different species of birds in beautiful Central Florida.
		A lengthy but partly fictitious list of collective nouns for birds
	webshots.search.com /reference/List_of_collective_nouns_for_birds?redir=1 (122 words)

	Birds in Numbers
		Many of the terms did catch on, and the lists they appeared on were frequently reprinted.
		Alas, the OED itself is not totally reliable: the word "kettle" (as both a noun and a verb) has been used by hawk watchers for many years, and it has often appeared in print; the OED editors obviously are not birders.
		It may well be that the other terms in group E appear on the 15th-century lists and were simply missed.
	www.sentex.net /~tntcomm/kwfn/numbers.htm (546 words)

	Collective noun - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Collective nouns (also known as terms of venery, veneral nouns or nouns of assemblage) in English are subject-specific words used to define a grouping of people, animals, objects or concepts.
		Some alternatives for collective nouns can be clearly traced to the evolution of pronunciation in different areas (hence a "parcel of hogs" and a "passel of hogs").
		The all-time champion collective noun is "set", for it can legitimately be used as a collective noun for a vast number of concepts (a set of ideals, plans, ambitions, principles, objectives, mathematical objects, etc) or inanimate (typically manufactured) objects (knives, spoons, keys, dinnerware, manuals, etc).
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/c/o/l/Collective_noun.html (859 words)

	List of collective nouns
		List of collective nouns for reptiles and amphibians
		List of collective nouns for fish, invertebrates, and plants
		List of collective nouns for objects and concepts
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/li/List_of_collective_nouns.html (25 words)

	list of collective nouns for people - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		This is a list of collective nouns for people.
		The phrase "An abomination of monks" is frequently cited as a legitimate collective noun for monks.
		list of collective nouns for non human mammals
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/list-of-collective-nouns-for-people (96 words)

	Back Translating Some Collective Nouns From English into Arabic
		Crystal (1997:69) defines a collective noun as a term which refers to "a noun [denoting] a group of entities, and which is formally differentiated from other nouns by a distinct pattern of number contrast (and in some languages, morphologically)" (emphasis his).
		Collective nouns may be defined as lexemes which denote collections or groups, of persons or objects.
		The grammatical ambivalence of many collectives with respect to the distinction of singular and plural is to be explained by the fact that a collection of objects may be regarded from one point of view as a single entity, but from another point of view as a plurality.
	www.translationdirectory.com /article1123.htm (4243 words)

	Birds
		The Hamsa is a celestial bird that is the vehicle of Indian deities, Brahma and Saraswati.
		The special birds told her that they had been sent by Guru Rinpoche and that the letter was one of recognition indicating the child was an incarnation.
		The geese were commemorated in a ritual in which, resting on purple cushions, they were paraded around the corpse of a dead dog as a reminder of their superiority to the watchdogs that had been negligent in their duty, having failed to sound the alarm.
	www.khandro.net /animal_birds.htm (3916 words)

	Collective noun
		A collective noun is a subject-specific word used to define a grouping of people, animals, objects or concepts.
		For example, in the phrase "a pride of lions", pride is a collective noun.
		Likewise, "flock" is a generic collective noun for all sorts of flying birds.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/co/Collective_noun.html (775 words)

	Goose - (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Goose (plural geese) is the general English name for a considerable number of birds, belonging to the family Anatidae.
		True geese are medium to large birds, always (with the exception of the Néné) associated to a greater or lesser extent with water.
		There are a number of mainly southern hemisphere birds named as geese which are more correctly placed with the shelducks in the Tadorninae.
	en.wikipedia.2es.com.pl /wiki/Goose (784 words)

	COLLECTIVE NOUNS FISH, INVERTEBRATES AND PLANTS Fish
		List of collective nouns for fish, invertebrates, & plants.
		List of collective nouns for fish, invertebrates, and plants facts from...
		collective nouns for fish, invertebrates, and plants List of collective nouns for fish, invertebrates, and...
	digilander.libero.it /about_fishing/Collective_nouns_Fish,_invertebrates_and_plants.html (535 words)

	Subject-Verb Agreement: Collective Nouns
		Collective nouns, such as family, majority, audience, and committee are singular when they act in a collective fashion or represent one group.
		Collective nouns will usually be singular in Sentence Correction sentences.
		Again, the confusing noun is referred to as a singular group: even though a flock comprises many birds, we're not talking about each bird's direction of flight, but the direction of the flock as a whole.
	www.800score.com /guidec4view1V1c.html (440 words)

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		List of collective nouns for fish, invertebrates, and plants
		List of collective nouns for objects and concepts
		List of collective nouns for reptiles and amphibians
	articles.gourt.com /?type=en&letter=L (88 words)

	Animal
		I thought that the listing was extremely interesting and for some reason, only known to me, thought I would publish this on the web-site.
		century onwards have been diligent in reproducing these medieval lists, with greater or lesser accuracy, so that many of these terms are today still known as "proper" terms for a group of some stated animal or bird; even though their use outside of this limited domain is virtually non-existent.
		It may be noted t hat despite the existence of these collective nouns, ordinarily a group of plovers, starlings or owls will most likely be denotes, in both spoken and written English, but the term flock, and not congregation, murmuration or parliament.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~rasigsau/collective_nouns_animal.htm (408 words)

	Nominals p.1
		Below are a couple of common noun issues that might be useful to have under control.
		Another problem class of nouns is that of collective nouns.
		These words name groups: team, jury, band, orchestra, class, flock, etc. The trick about collective nouns is that they act as either singular or plural, depending on whether they are acting as a single group or as individuals.
	www.andover.edu /english/jgould/alistair/nominal1.html (708 words)

	Garbl's Editorial Style Manual: C -- includes capitalization
		collective nouns Collective nouns name a group or collection of people, places, things, ideas, actions or qualities, including board, class, committee, crowd, family, group, herd, jury, panel, public, orchestra, staff, team.
		Compliment is a noun or verb for "praise or a flattering remark" and "something free": The supervisor complimented the staff for a job well done.
		Always lowercase county when standing alone as a noun or used as an adjective: Population is increasing in the county.
	home.comcast.net /~garbl/stylemanual/c.htm (6833 words)

	Goose Fat -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The name is now used as a generic title for collections of nursery rhymes, especially ones of a previous age.
		The official bird of the State of Hawai'i, the Nēnē is exclusively found in the wild of the islands of Mau'i, Kaua'i and Hawai'i.
		The young birds are as the male but duller brown and with less demarcation between the colours of the head and neck, and striping and barring effects are much reduced.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/63/goose-fat.html (966 words)

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		Definition of collective intelligence229: [[Category:Lists of collective nouns
		Collective term L-Z]] List of collective nouns by collective term A-K (28174 bytes) 1: [[ Collective noun]]
		history.uk.com/churches/index.ph p?archive=9 2) For all those brilliant collective nouns (there is even one for a group of librarians) see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of _collective_nouns...
	www.napoli-pizza.net /Category:Lists_of_collective_nouns.html (126 words)

	yourDictionary.com Agora Discussion Board
		(This is an error in the Boke of St Albans — a singular is a term for a solitary adult boar, not a collective noun)
		Vol is a flock, flight (of birds flying together); covey (of gamebirds); swarm (of locusts).
		A further installment of animal and bird collectives from the Boke of St. Albans, referring to items that appeared in Linnet's later postings.
	www.yourdictionary.com /cgi-bin/agora/agora.cgi?action=display;board=omni;num=1033517669;start=0 (1953 words)

	List of collective nouns - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		List of collective nouns by collective term A-K
		List of collective nouns by collective term L-Z
		List of collective nouns for animals, see List of animal names
	www.music.us /education/L/List-of-collective-nouns.htm (283 words)

	The Collective Nouns List
		If you don't know what collective nouns are, they're terms for groups of things (animals, etc.).
		Lovers of collective nouns should own James Lipton's An Exaltation of Larks, which I got for Christmas this year to my great delight.
		And of course, I encourage visitors to this site to send in their own collective nouns, or e-mail me if there are any you are looking for that you don't see on this page.
	lightning.prohosting.com /~nedriel/random/collective.html (149 words)

	List of collective nouns for birds Information
		An exhaustive (though possibly partly fictitious) list of collective nouns for birds
		List of collective nouns for birds from Wíkipedia.
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	www.bookrags.com /Collective_nouns_for_birds (38 words)

	Trevor’s Birding
		It is the birds that suffer terribly during these stiflingly hot days so we feel pleased that we are offering them just a little respite from the oppressive conditions.
		Chestnut Rumped Thornbills are essentially a bird of the inland of Australia.
		Flocking birds cause havoc in the air - from The Age newspaper.
	www.trevorsbirding.com /page/2 (2219 words)

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		In a household, clothes hangers are the single one item that you own the most of, yet no one can name even one brand?
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /index_189.html (141 words)

	List of collective nouns by subject A-H at AllExperts
		List of collective nouns by subject A-H at AllExperts
		List of collective nouns by subject A-H: Encyclopedia BETA
		This is a list of collective nouns by subject, beginning from A to H. aardvarks
	en.allexperts.com /e/l/li/list_of_collective_nouns_by_subject_a-h.htm (107 words)

	Collective Nouns: EnchantedLearning.com
		A collective noun is a word for a group of specific items, animals or people.
		For more collective nouns for groups of animals, click here.
		Match each collective noun (the name of a group of items) to the noun it relates to (for example, school --> fish, herd --> cattle).
	www.zoomastronomy.com /grammar/partsofspeech/nouns/collective (245 words)

	Definition of List of collective nouns for birds
		Definition of List of collective nouns for birds
		An exhaustive (though possibly partly fictitious) list of collective nouns for birds (http://www.nzbirds.com/Collective.html)
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	www.wordiq.com /definition/List_of_collective_nouns_for_birds (105 words)

	Encyclopedia Search
		are the 308 species of near passerine birds in the order Columbiformes....
		The species commonly referred to just as the pigeon is the feral Rock...Dove.
		are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a...
	www.encyclopedian.com /search.php?searWords=Doves (147 words)

	Collective Nouns: EnchantedLearning.com
		A collective noun is a word for a group of specific items, animals or people.
		Unscramble collective nouns for horses, sheep, bees, toads, experts, goats, and soldiers.
		Match each collective noun (the name of a group of items) to the noun it relates to (for example, school --> fish, herd --> cattle).
	www.enchantedlearning.com /grammar/partsofspeech/nouns/collective (245 words)

	Collective Nouns: EnchantedLearning.com
		Unscramble collective nouns for elephants, birds, trees, geese, flowers, puppies, and lions.
		Then match nouns to their related collective nouns -- dolphins, mountains, dogs, beavers, gnats, and hens.
		Unscramble collective nouns for horses, sheep, bees, toads, experts, goats, and soldiers.
	www.zoomschool.com /grammar/partsofspeech/nouns/collective (245 words)

	Anne'Xed Network's Collective Nouns
		Sometimes a collective noun can be used as a plural noun.
		Examples of these collective nouns are water, money, dishwashing liquid, toilet paper, sand, soap, dirt, etc. Other collective nouns (the class, the committee, the team...) have a somewhat schizophrenic personality.
		There is no one organization or committee that decides what is officially a collective noun and what's not.
	www.annexed.net /bthree/nouns.html (242 words)

	New Zealand Birds \| More about birds \| Collective Nouns for birds, (A)
		Many thanks to Bernard P. Nofs of Trenton, New Jersey, USA, for his numerous additions to this list.
		A New Zealand Bird’s bird song CD will be sent for any additions to this list, especially New Zealand and Australian birds.
		New Zealand Birds has found no collective nouns under the alpha headings of "U", "X", or "Z", therefore no corresponding pages for those letters have been established.
	www.nzbirds.com /more/nouns.html (67 words)

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