DID YOU KNOW THIS?
When a number of people are together we speak of them us a crowd, but various terms are used to describe groups of animals and birds. Everyone knows of a swarm of bees, a flock os* sheep, and so on. but here are some that are less familiar. A sounder of boars. A muster of peacocks. A skulk of foxes. A building of rooks. A siege of herons. A vast of hawks. A rout of wolves. A watch of nightingales. A cete of badgers. A pride of lions. A desert of lapwings. A skein of geese. A fesnying of ferrets. A nest of rabbits.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 675, 29 May 1929, Page 16
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108DID YOU KNOW THIS? Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 675, 29 May 1929, Page 16
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