a chevron of birds
- Subject
- bird (birds)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wiktionary-attested
Collective noun
chevron
What do you call a group of birds, cranes, ducks or 3 others?
a chevron of birds · a chevron of cranes · a chevron of ducks · …
- Used for
- 6 subjects
- Categories
- Animals
- Subcategories
- Birds
- Type
- Specific
- Best confidence
- high
Definition
- A group of birds in flight, when flying in a V formation, as in cranes, ducks, geese, gulls and pelicans.
Other senses of the word: chevron on Wiktionary
Usage as a collective noun
a chevron of cranes
- Subject
- crane (cranes)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wiktionary-attested
a chevron of ducks
- Subject
- duck (ducks)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wiktionary-attested
a chevron of geese
- Subject
- goose (geese)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Context
- in flight
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited, wiktionary-attested
a chevron of gulls
- Subject
- gull (gulls)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wiktionary-attested
a chevron of pelicans
- Subject
- pelican (pelicans)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wiktionary-attested