a nest of ants
- Subject
- ant (ants)
- Category
- Animals → Insects & arachnids
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
Collective noun
nest
What do you call a group of ants, bees, hornets or 6 others?
- Used for
- 9 subjects
- Categories
- Animals
- Subcategories
- Birds, Insects & arachnids, Mammals, Reptiles
- Type
- Generic
- Best confidence
- high
Definition
A collective noun for ants, bees, hornets, pheasants, rabbits, snakes, mice, termites, wasps. No dictionary definition recorded.
Other senses of the word: nest on Wiktionary
Usage as a collective noun
a nest of bees
- Subject
- bee (bees)
- Category
- Animals → Insects & arachnids
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
a nest of hornets
- Subject
- hornet (hornets)
- Category
- Animals → Insects & arachnids
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
a nest of pheasants
- Subject
- pheasant (pheasants)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
a nest of rabbits
- Subject
- rabbit (rabbits)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source, wikipedia-cited, wikipedia-uncited
a nest of snakes
- Subject
- snake (snakes)
- Category
- Animals → Reptiles
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
a nest of mice
- Subject
- mouse (mice)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
1 source
a nest of termites
- Subject
- termite (termites)
- Category
- Animals → Insects & arachnids
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
1 source
a nest of wasps
- Subject
- wasp (wasps)
- Category
- Animals → Insects & arachnids
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited