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Originally Posted by Solitaire1
I was watching Teen Titans Go! and they mentioned that a group of pegasi are called a "flerd." I checked the Wikipedia page concerning pegasi and they didn't mention what a group are called. However, "flerd" seems appropriate since pegasi are a combination of the word for a group of birds (flock) and the word for a group of horses (herd).
Flerd seems a logically created word to describe a group of pegasi. But with so many other animals, to me it seems there's no consistency when coming up with the group names for specific animals. Some examples (all are from Wikipedia): - A group of crows is called a murder.
- A group of eagles is called a convocation.
- A group of ferrets is called a busyness.
- A group of gorillas is called a whoop.
- A group of hedgehogs are called an array.
- A group of bluejays is called a charm.
- A group of wildcats is called a destruction.
Plus, ducks have 14 different names for their groupings, which varies based on where they are (air, land, or water).
Why is there so much variation in the names for groups of creature? |
Because biologists have waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much time on their hands and are far too interested in being clever????
I mean...a "murder" of crows. We've all heard it, of course, but how on earth did that come to be? A "convocation" of eagles? A WHOOP, for the love of god, for a family or gathering or crew of Gorillas?
Jesus wept, really.
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