a bury of rabbits
Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “a Bery of conyes”.
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source
- Also spelled
- Bery (1486)
Subject · Animals → Mammals
Rabbits
A group of rabbits can be called: bury · fluffle · nest · band · litter · warren · wrack
- Collective nouns
- 7
- Category
- Animals
- Subcategory
- Mammals
- High confidence
- 3
- Book of St Albans
- 2
Collective nouns for rabbits
a fluffle of rabbits
A group of rabbits.
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wiktionary-attested
a nest of rabbits
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source, wikipedia-cited, wikipedia-uncited
- Also used for
- ants, bees, hornets, pheasants, snakes, mice, termites, wasps
a band of rabbits
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
- Also used for
- gorillas, horses, jays, musicians, apes, hares, humans, murderers
1 source
a litter of rabbits
- Context
- young
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
- Also used for
- dogs, cats, pigs
- Also spelled
- Lytter (1486)
1 source
a warren of rabbits
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
1 source
a wrack of rabbits
- Context
- young
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
1 source
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