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Terms of Venery
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 9:53 am
by SantaFeJoe
While watching "Animal Atlas" this morning, I found it interesting how many and type of terms were used to name groups of animals. Here are a couple of links you may find interesting, as well:
http://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/ ... y-animals/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_co ... in_English
https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/animal-terms.htm
http://www.glossophilia.org/?p=1375
One of my favorites is;
a prickle of porcupines.
Joe
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 11:35 am
by Mike in O
That is a fine kettle of fish...and a new word for me.
Re: Terms of Venery
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 7:10 pm
by Gary Briney
...a surfeit of skunks -- and I thought one was too many...
...a sneak of weasels -- who knew?
...a puddle of platypi -- temperature not specified
...a mob of meerkats -- I didn't suspect they had criminal tendencies
...a quiver of cobra -- a shiver I would believe
...a flutter of butterflies -- or perhaps a buffer of flutterbies
...a sloth of bears -- now that's gotta be confusing
...a swarm of eels -- ick
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:09 pm
by SantaFeJoe
Regarding butterflies, the one's I liked were:
a kaleidoscope of butterflies
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/mona ... pirit.html
and
a rainbow of butterflies.
Reminds me of Copper Canyon!
https://www.google.com/search?q=monarch ... =0CJEBEIke
Joe
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:24 pm
by Gary Briney
Very cool images.
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 12:02 am
by Stephen Feingold
My favorite: a congress of baboons.
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 6:58 am
by SantaFeJoe
Hmmm, that sounds familiar!!! (apologies to baboons!)
Joe
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 12:52 pm
by Colin Inman
And the collective noun for nature photographers ?
Re:
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 1:44 pm
by ChrisStarbuck
Colin Inman wrote:And the collective noun for nature photographers ?
A click?
Re:
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:09 pm
by SantaFeJoe
Colin Inman wrote:And the collective noun for nature photographers ?
"BROKE"
or for those of you in England:
"BROKE BLOKES"!!!
Joe