Nothing here:
• A A cry of hounds
• A culture of bacteria
• A deceit of lapwings
• A descent of woodpeckers
• A dissimulation of birds
• A dole of doves
• A down of hares
• A doylt of swine
• A draught of fish
• A dray of squirrels
• A drift of swine
• A dropping of pigeons
• A drove of cattle
• A drumming of grouse
• A dule of doves
• A durante of toucans
• An earth of foxes
• An exaltation of larks
• A fall of woodcocks
• A family of otter
• A fesnyng of ferrets
• A field of racehorses
• A flight of birds/butterflies/cormorants/doves/goshawks/swallows
• A flink of cows (12+)
• A float of crocodiles
• A flock of geese/lice/sheep
• A fluther of jellyfish
• A gaggle of geese
• A gam of whales
• A gang of buffalo/elk
• A gatling of woodpeckers
• A generation of vipers
• A grist of bees
• A gulp of cormorants/magpies
• A harras of horses
• A herd of buffaloes
• A hide of tigers
• A hive of bees
• A horde of gnats
• A host of sparrows
• A hover of trout
• A hum of bees
• A husk of hares/jackrabbits
• An intrigue of kittens
• An intrusion of cockroaches
• A kennel of dogs

• A kettle of hawks
• A kindle of kittens
• A kine of cows
• A knot of snakes/toads
• A labour of moles
• A lamentation of swans
• A leap of hares/leopards
• A leash of foxes/greyhounds
• A litter of cubs/pigs/puppies
• A mob of kangaroos/emus
• A murder of crows/magpies
• A murmuration of starlings
• A muster of peacocks
• A mustering of storks
• A mutation of thrushes
• A mute of hounds
• An obstinacy of buffalo
• An ostentation of peacocks
• A muster of storks
• A mute of hounds
• A nest of hornets/mice/rabbits/vipers/wasps
• A nye/nide of pheasants
• A pace of asses
• A pack of hounds/rats/wolves
• A paddling of ducks
• A pair of horses
• A pandemonium of parrots
• A parade of elephants
• A parliament of owls/rooks
• A party of jays
• A passel/parcel of hogs
• A peep of chickens
• A piteousness of doves
• A pitying of turtledoves
• A pladge of wasps
• A plague of locusts
• A plump of waterfowl/wildfowl
• A pod of boar/dolphin/seals/walrus/whales

• A pounce of cats
• A prattle of parrots
• A prickle of hedgehogs/porcupines

• A pride of lions
• A quiver of cobras
• A rafter of turkeys
• A rag of colts
• A ramuda of horses
• A rhumba of rattlesnakes
• A richness of martens
• A romp of otters
• A rookery of penguins
• A rout of wolves
• A rumpus of baboons
• A run of poultry
• A rush of pochard
• A school of fish/porposes
• A scold of jays
• A sedge of cranes
• A shiver of sharks
• A shoal of bass/pilchards/shad
• A shrewdness of apes
• A siege of cranes/herons
• A singular of boars
• A skein of geese/pheasants
• A skulk of foxes/larks/quail
• A sleuth/sloth of bears
• A smack/smuth of jellyfish
• A sneak of weasels
• A sord of mallards
• A sounder of wild swine/boars/foxes
• A span of mules
• A spring of teal
• A squabble of seagulls
• A stand of flamingo
• A stench of skunks
• A streak of tigers
• A string of ponies/horses
• A stud of mares
• A swarm of ants/bees/eels
• A team of horses/ducks/oxen
• A swarm of bees
• A thunder of hippos
• A tiding of magpies
• A tittering of magpies
• A tok of capercaillie
• A totter/tower of giraffes
• A tribe of goats/monkeys/dotterel
• A trip of goats
• A troop of baboons/monkeys/kangaroos
• A turn of turtles
• An ubiquity of sparrows
• An unkindness of ravens
• A volary of birds
• A wake of buzzards/vultures
• A walk of snipe
• A warren of rabbits
• A watch of nightingales
• A wedge of geese/swans
• A wing of plovers
• A wisdom of owls
• A wisp of snipe
• A yoke of oxen
Yesterday, I protected my birdfeeder from the dray of robber squirrels by covering the plastic pipe standard with a stainless steel sleeve extending up about 40” from the ground
So when democrats gather, it should be called “a pace of democrats”
A heck of a list.
Tourist: Look! A bunch of oxen.
Cowboy: Not “bunch”—“herd.”
Tourist: Heard what?
Cowboy: Herd of oxen.
Tourist: Sure, I’ve heard of oxen.
Cowboy: No, an oxen herd.
Tourist: That’s OK. I have no secrets to keep from oxen!
Prior to this incident I would have said a team of mush ox but now I’ll go with a frenzy of musk ox. Or maybe a mauling of musk ox.