Collective noun

business

Also spelled Besynesse (1486)

What do you call a group of ferrets, flies or mustelids?

a business of ferrets · a business of flies · a business of mustelids

Used for
3 subjects
Categories
Animals
Subcategories
Insects & arachnids, Mammals
Type
Specific
Best confidence
high

Definition

  1. A group of ferrets.

Other senses of the word: business on Wiktionary

Usage as a collective noun

a business of ferrets

Book of St Albans
Subject
ferret (ferrets)
Category
Animals → Mammals
Confidence
high
Attestation
historical-source, wikipedia-cited, wiktionary-attested
Also spelled
Besynesse (1486)
6 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. Wiktionary - business
  5. Wiktionary - Appendix:English collective nouns
  6. Book of Saint Albans (1486) - The companyes of bestys & foules

Related words

Other groups of ferrets

busynessfesnyng

Other groups of flies

cloudswarm

Other groups of mustelids

colony