a knot of snakes
A group of snakes, intertwined.
- Subject
- snake (snakes)
- Category
- Animals → Reptiles
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wiktionary-attested
Collective noun
knot
What do you call a group of snakes, toads or dwarves?
- Used for
- 3 subjects
- Categories
- Animals, Supernatural
- Subcategories
- Amphibians, Fairy folk, Reptiles
- Type
- Specific
- Best confidence
- high
Definition
- A group of snakes, intertwined.
- Humorous coinage from Wondermark #566, “Supernatural Collective Nouns” (Elven class).
Other senses of the word: knot on Wiktionary
Usage as a collective noun
a knot of toads
- Subject
- toad (toads)
- Category
- Animals → Amphibians
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
a knot of dwarves
Humorous coinage from Wondermark #566, “Supernatural Collective Nouns” (Elven class).
- Subject
- dwarf (dwarves)
- Category
- Supernatural → Fairy folk
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- humor-source