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Pigs

A group of pigs can be called: drift · drove · sounder · team · litter

Collective nouns
5
Category
Animals
Subcategory
Mammals
High confidence
4
Book of St Albans
1

Collective nouns for pigs

a drift of pigs

Book of St Albans

The animals being moved in a drive, as of cattle, goats, horses, pigs or sheep.

Confidence
high
Attestation
historical-source, wikipedia-cited, wikipedia-uncited, wiktionary-attested
Also used for
bees, birds, cattle, fishers, goats, horses, sheep
Also spelled
Dryfte (1486)
7 sources
  1. Wikipedia - List of animal names
  2. Zoological Society of San Diego - Animal group names
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center - Common Questions: What Do You Call a Group of...?
  4. The New York Times - Demand Grows for Hogs That Are Raised Humanely Outdoors
  5. Wiktionary - drift
  6. Wiktionary - Appendix:English collective nouns
  7. Book of Saint Albans (1486) - The companyes of bestys & foules

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