- Collective nouns
- 3
- Category
- Animals
- Subcategory
- Insects & arachnids
- High confidence
- 3
- Book of St Albans
- 0
Collective nouns for flies
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also used for
- ferrets, mustelids
- Also spelled
- Besynesse (1486)
2 sources
- Wikipedia - List of animal names
- Zoological Society of San Diego - Animal group names
a cloud of flies
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also used for
- bats, gnats, grasshoppers, locusts, mosquitoes
2 sources
- Wikipedia - List of animal names
- Zoological Society of San Diego - Animal group names
a swarm of flies
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also used for
- ants, bees, beetles, bugs, butterflies, eels, gnats, grasshoppers, moths, hornets +5 more
- Also spelled
- Swarme (1486)
2 sources
- Wikipedia - List of animal names
- Zoological Society of San Diego - Animal group names