a herd of antelopes
- Subject
- antelope (antelopes)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
Collective noun
herd
Also spelled Herde (1486)
What do you call a group of antelopes, boars, cattle or 32 others?
a herd of antelopes · a herd of boars · a herd of cattle · …
- Used for
- 35 subjects
- Categories
- Animals, People
- Subcategories
- Birds, General, Mammals
- Type
- Generic
- Best confidence
- high
Definition
- A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.
- Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “an Herde of corlewys”.
- Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “an Herde of harlottys”.
- Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “AN Herde of hartys”.
- Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “an Herde of swannnys”.
- Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “an Herde of wrennys”.
Other senses of the word: herd on Wiktionary
Usage as a collective noun
a herd of boars
- Subject
- boar (boars)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
a herd of cattle
A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.
- Subject
- cattle (cattle)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited, wikipedia-uncited, wiktionary-attested
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
6 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...?
- Oxford University Press - AskOxford: B
- Wiktionary - herd
- Wiktionary - Appendix:English collective nouns
a herd of cetaceans
- Subject
- cetacean (cetaceans)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
1 source
a herd of cranes
- Subject
- crane (cranes)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source, wikipedia-cited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
a herd of curlews
Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “an Herde of corlewys”.
- Subject
- curlew (curlews)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
a herd of deer
- Subject
- deer (deer)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source, wikipedia-cited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
a herd of donkeys
A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.
- Subject
- donkey (donkeys)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited, wiktionary-attested
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
a herd of elk
- Subject
- elk (elk)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
a herd of goats
A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.
- Subject
- goat (goats)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited, wiktionary-attested
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
a herd of harlots
Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “an Herde of harlottys”.
- Subject
- harlot (harlots)
- Category
- People → General
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
a herd of harts
Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “AN Herde of hartys”.
- Subject
- hart (harts)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
a herd of hippopotamuses
- Subject
- hippopotamus (hippopotamuses)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
a herd of horses
A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.
- Subject
- horse (horses)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Context
- wild horses
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited, wikipedia-uncited, wiktionary-attested
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
a herd of mules
A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.
- Subject
- mule (mules)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wiktionary-attested
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
a herd of narwhals
- Subject
- narwhal (narwhals)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
a herd of seals
- Subject
- seal (seals)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
a herd of sheep
A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.
- Subject
- sheep (sheep)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited, wiktionary-attested
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
a herd of swans
Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “an Herde of swannnys”.
- Subject
- swan (swans)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
a herd of whales
- Subject
- whale (whales)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Context
- baleen whales
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
1 source
a herd of wrens
Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “an Herde of wrennys”.
- Subject
- wren (wrens)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
a herd of zebras
- Subject
- zebra (zebras)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
a herd of alpacas
- Subject
- alpaca (alpacas)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
1 source
a herd of camels
- Subject
- camel (camels)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
1 source
a herd of dolphins
- Subject
- dolphin (dolphins)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
1 source
a herd of ducks
- Subject
- duck (ducks)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Context
- on land
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
1 source
a herd of elephants
- Subject
- elephant (elephants)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
1 source
a herd of giraffes
- Subject
- giraffe (giraffes)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
1 source
a herd of gnu
- Subject
- gnu (gnu)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
1 source
a herd of guanacos
- Subject
- guanaco (guanacos)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
1 source
a herd of guinea pigs
- Subject
- guinea pig (guinea pigs)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
1 source
a herd of kangaroos
- Subject
- kangaroo (kangaroos)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
1 source
a herd of llamas
- Subject
- llama (llamas)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
1 source
a herd of moose
- Subject
- moose (moose)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
1 source
a herd of rhinoceroses
- Subject
- rhinoceros (rhinoceroses)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)