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hobbies and interests birdwatchingWhat is a collective noun of geese?
A group of geese is given a collectivenoun on the basis of their place. A group of geese onland is called a gaggle; in flight, it becomes a skein, team, orwedge of geese.
Keeping this in view, is a gaggle of geese?
Gaggle is a "term of venery" from the middleages, and refers to geese on the ground, usually a captiveflock of domestic geese. A group flying was called a skein.Nowadays, flock is the correct generic term for a mob of wildgeese or most other birds.
Herein, what is the collective noun for insects?
Collective nouns for invertebrates (including insects,molluscs etc.)
Animal | Collective Nouns |
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Hornets | Bike, Nest |
Insects (general) | Horde, Nest, Plague, Rabble, Swarm |
Jellyfish | Brood, Smack |
Lice | Flock |
Answer and Explanation: A collective noun that can be used to name agroup of stars is a 'constellation' or an 'asterism.' To bean 'asterism,' the group of stars has tobe