Friday, May 16, 2014

Terms of Venery


Rookery of Albatross
Shrewdness of Apes
Flange of Baboons
Sleuth of Bears
Sounder of Boars
Caravan of Camels
Quiver of Cobras
Ducks get three categories:
            On land – brace
            On water – bunch    
            In flight – skein
Mob of Emu
Flamboyance of Flamigos
Cauldron of Hawks
Exaltation of Larks
Romp of Otters
Bouquet of Pheasants
Audience of Squid
Committee of Vultures

And over at Althouse we have
Fury of Females
or as I would say - Fury of Liberal Wymyn
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5 comments:

  1. John The RiverMay 17, 2014 at 2:48 PM

    You forgot, "Congress of Fools"

    My wife loved Otters, she would have enjoyed (and agreed with) a "Romp of Otters".

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  2. missredMay 18, 2014 at 12:29 AM

    That, and Flamboyance of Flamigos did amuse me!

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  3. John The RiverMay 18, 2014 at 9:33 PM

    On a whim I checked and found (to my surprise) that "Romp of Otters.com" is available for a blog address...

    Tempted, very tempted.

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  4. MinicaptMay 20, 2014 at 6:58 AM

    Ostentation of Peacocks.
    Murder of Crows.
    Excess of Obamas.

    Cheers

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  5. John the RiverMay 22, 2014 at 12:35 AM

    Excess of Obamas
    is covered by Flamboyance of Flamigos.

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