A Murder of Crows
At Thanksgiving dinner someone asked what a group of eagles would be called. None of us knew but, I had a book at home that might provide the answer.
Many years back, through Verbatim Magazine, I obtained a copy of “An Exaltation of Larks or, The Venereal Game” by James Lipton. It provides page after page of collective nouns – real and imagined.
I googled and came up with these sites for lists of collective nouns or venereal terms:
This one is my favorite and is arranged by birds, beasts, people and things:
And the answer to our dinner question: a convocation of eagles or an aerie of eagles.
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