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Doves

A group of doves can be called: arc · dole · dule · exaltation · flight · piteousness · pitying · cote

Collective nouns: 8
Category: Animals
Subcategory: Birds
High confidence: 7
Book of St Albans: 1

Collective nouns for doves

an arc of doves

Confidence: high
Attestation: wikipedia-cited

2 sources

a dole of doves

Confidence: high
Attestation: wikipedia-cited

3 sources

a dule of doves

Confidence: high
Attestation: wikipedia-cited
Also used for: turtle doves
Also spelled: Duell (1486)

3 sources

an exaltation of doves

A flock of doves, larks or skylarks.

Confidence: high
Attestation: wiktionary-attested
Also used for: larks, skylarks
Also spelled: Exaltynge (1486)

2 sources

a flight of doves

Book of St Albans

A group of birds, especially doves (pigeons), goshawks or swallows.

Confidence: high
Attestation: historical-source, wikipedia-cited, wiktionary-attested
Also used for: angels, birds, butterflies, goshawks, hawks, herons, pigeons, stairs, swallows, cormorants
Also spelled: Flyght (1486), Flyghte (1486)

7 sources

a piteousness of doves

Confidence: high
Attestation: wikipedia-cited

3 sources

a pitying of doves

A flock of doves.

Confidence: high
Attestation: wikipedia-cited, wiktionary-attested

4 sources

a cote of doves

Fanciful / unverified

Confidence: low
Attestation: wikipedia-uncited

1 source

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