a drift of bees
- Subject
- bee (bees)
- Category
- Animals → Insects & arachnids
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also spelled
- Dryfte (1486)
Collective noun
drift
Also spelled Dryfte (1486)
What do you call a group of bees, birds, cattle or 5 others?
- Used for
- 8 subjects
- Categories
- Animals, People
- Subcategories
- Birds, Insects & arachnids, Mammals, Occupations & roles
- Type
- Specific
- Best confidence
- high
Definition
- A group of birds moving together.
- The animals being moved in a drive, as of cattle, goats, horses, pigs or sheep.
- Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “a Dryfte of fysshers”.
Other senses of the word: drift on Wiktionary
Usage as a collective noun
a drift of birds
A group of birds moving together.
- Subject
- bird (birds)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wiktionary-attested
- Also spelled
- Dryfte (1486)
a drift of cattle
The animals being moved in a drive, as of cattle, goats, horses, pigs or sheep.
- Subject
- cattle (cattle)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wiktionary-attested
- Also spelled
- Dryfte (1486)
a drift of fishers
Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “a Dryfte of fysshers”.
- Subject
- fisher (fishers)
- Category
- People → Occupations & roles
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source
- Also spelled
- Dryfte (1486)
a drift of goats
The animals being moved in a drive, as of cattle, goats, horses, pigs or sheep.
- Subject
- goat (goats)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wiktionary-attested
- Also spelled
- Dryfte (1486)
a drift of horses
The animals being moved in a drive, as of cattle, goats, horses, pigs or sheep.
- Subject
- horse (horses)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wiktionary-attested
- Also spelled
- Dryfte (1486)
a drift of pigs
The animals being moved in a drive, as of cattle, goats, horses, pigs or sheep.
- Subject
- pig (pigs)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source, wikipedia-cited, wikipedia-uncited, wiktionary-attested
- Also spelled
- Dryfte (1486)
7 sources
- Wikipedia - List of animal names
- Zoological Society of San Diego - Animal group names
- U.S. Geological Survey Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center - Common Questions: What Do You Call a Group of...?
- The New York Times - Demand Grows for Hogs That Are Raised Humanely Outdoors
- Wiktionary - drift
- Wiktionary - Appendix:English collective nouns
- Book of Saint Albans (1486) - The companyes of bestys & foules
a drift of sheep
The animals being moved in a drive, as of cattle, goats, horses, pigs or sheep.
- Subject
- sheep (sheep)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wiktionary-attested
- Also spelled
- Dryfte (1486)