a drove of cattle
- Subject
- cattle (cattle)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source, wikipedia-cited
- Also spelled
- Droue (1486)
Collective noun
drove
Also spelled Droue (1486)
What do you call a group of cattle, donkeys, hares or 2 others?
a drove of cattle · a drove of donkeys · a drove of hares · …
- Used for
- 5 subjects
- Categories
- Animals, Supernatural
- Subcategories
- Fairy folk, Mammals
- Type
- Generic
- Best confidence
- high
Definition
- A group of other animals, especially hares when seen in coursing or hunting.
- Humorous coinage from Wondermark #566, “Supernatural Collective Nouns” (Elven class).
Other senses of the word: drove on Wiktionary
Usage as a collective noun
a drove of donkeys
- Subject
- donkey (donkeys)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also spelled
- Droue (1486)
a drove of hares
A group of other animals, especially hares when seen in coursing or hunting.
- Subject
- hare (hares)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited, wiktionary-attested
- Also spelled
- Droue (1486)
a drove of pigs
- Subject
- pig (pigs)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited, wikipedia-uncited
- Also spelled
- Droue (1486)
a drove of elves
Humorous coinage from Wondermark #566, “Supernatural Collective Nouns” (Elven class).
- Subject
- elf (elves)
- Category
- Supernatural → Fairy folk
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- humor-source
- Also spelled
- Droue (1486)