list of collective nouns for fish, invertebrates, and plants

Also see Collective noun The checkmarks, √, below signify a widespread usage in both North American English and British English.

SUBJECT	COLLECTIVE TERM	STATUS
ants	A colony of ants	√
ants	A swarm of ants	√
ants	An army of ants	√
bacteria	A culture of bacteria	√
beans	A hill of beans	√
bees	A grist of bees	√
bees	A hive of bees	√
bees	A swarm of bees	√
blackfish	A grind of blackfish	Uncertain
butterflies	A kaleidoscope of butterflies	Uncertain
butterflies	A rabble of butterflies	Uncertain
butterflies	A rainbow of butterflies	√
caterpillars	An army of caterpillars	√
clams	A bed of clams	√
cockroaches	An intrusion of cockroaches	Uncertain
cod	A lap of cod	Uncertain
eels	A fry of eels	Uncertain
eels	A swarm of eels	√
figs	A newton of figs	Spurious
fish	A draught of fish	√
fish	A drift of fish	√
fish	A scale of fish	√
fish	A school of fish	√
fish	A shoal of fish	√
flowers	A bouquet of flowers	√
flowers	A patch of flowers	√
flies	A business of flies	√
flies	A swarm of flies	√
gnats	A cloud of gnats	√
gnats	A clout of gnats	Uncertain
gnats	A horde of gnats	√
grapes	A bunch of grapes	√
grasshoppers	A cloud of grasshoppers	√
grasshoppers	A cluster of grasshoppers	√
herrings	A glean of herrings	√
jellyfish	A fluther of jellyfish	√
jellyfish	A smack of jellyfish	√
locusts	A plague of locusts	√
midges	A bite of midges	Uncertain
mites	A mite of mites	Uncertain
mosquitoes	A scourge of mosquitoes	√
oysters	A bed of oysters	√
salmon	A bind of salmon	√
salmon	A run of salmon	√
shrimp	A troup of shrimp	√
snail	A rout of snails	√
spiders	A cluster of spiders	√
spiders	A clutter of spiders	√
trees	A grove of trees	√
trees	A copse of trees	√
trees	A stand of trees	√
trees	A thicket of trees	√
trout	A hover of trout	√
worms	A clew of worms	Uncertain
worms	A diet of worms	Uncertain

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