a sedge of cranes
- Subject
- crane (cranes)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
Collective noun
sedge
What do you call a group of cranes, herons or bitterns?
- Used for
- 3 subjects
- Categories
- Animals
- Subcategories
- Birds
- Type
- Specific
- Best confidence
- high
Definition
A collective noun for cranes, herons, bitterns. No dictionary definition recorded.
Other senses of the word: sedge on Wiktionary
Usage as a collective noun
a sedge of herons
- Subject
- heron (herons)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited, wiktionary-wordlist-only
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: H
- Wiktionary - sedge
- Wiktionary - Appendix:English collective nouns
a sedge of bitterns
- Subject
- bittern (bitterns)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wiktionary-wordlist-only