a shoal of herring
- Subject
- herring (herring)
- Category
- Animals → Fish
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
Collective noun
shoal
What do you call a group of herring, bony fish, octopuses or 2 others?
a shoal of herring · a shoal of bony fish · a shoal of octopuses · …
- Used for
- 5 subjects
- Categories
- Animals
- Subcategories
- Fish, Other invertebrates
- Type
- Generic
- Best confidence
- high
Definition
A collective noun for herring, bony fish, octopuses, seahorses, squid. No dictionary definition recorded.
Other senses of the word: shoal on Wiktionary
Usage as a collective noun
a shoal of bony fish
- Subject
- bony fish (bony fish)
- Category
- Animals → Fish
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
1 source
a shoal of octopuses
- Subject
- octopus (octopuses)
- Category
- Animals → Other invertebrates
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
1 source
a shoal of seahorses
- Subject
- seahorse (seahorses)
- Category
- Animals → Fish
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
1 source
a shoal of squid
- Subject
- squid (squid)
- Category
- Animals → Other invertebrates
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited