a charm of finches
- Subject
- finch (finches)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also spelled
- Cherme (1486)
Collective noun
charm
Also spelled Cherme (1486)
What do you call a group of finches, goldfinches or hummingbirds?
a charm of finches · a charm of goldfinches · a charm of hummingbirds
- Used for
- 3 subjects
- Categories
- Animals
- Subcategories
- Birds
- Type
- Specific
- Best confidence
- high
Definition
- A group of goldfinches or other songbirds, or sometimes hummingbirds.
Other senses of the word: charm on Wiktionary
Usage as a collective noun
a charm of goldfinches
- Subject
- goldfinch (goldfinches)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source, wikipedia-cited, wiktionary-attested
- Also spelled
- Cherme (1486)
a charm of hummingbirds
- Subject
- hummingbird (hummingbirds)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wiktionary-attested
- Also spelled
- Cherme (1486)
Related words
No other collective nouns recorded for these subjects.