Collective noun

shrewdness

Also spelled Shrewdenes (1486), shrewedness (variant)

What do you call a group of apes?

a shrewdness of apes

Used for
1 subject
Categories
Animals
Subcategories
Mammals
Type
Specific
Best confidence
high

Definition

  1. A group of apes.

Other senses of the word: shrewdness on Wiktionary

Usage as a collective noun

a shrewdness of apes

Book of St Albans
Subject
ape (apes)
Category
Animals → Mammals
Confidence
high
Attestation
historical-source, wikipedia-cited, wiktionary-attested
Also spelled
Shrewdenes (1486), shrewedness (variant)
8 sources
  1. Wikipedia - List of animal names
  2. Oxford Dictionaries - What do you call a group of ...?
  3. Zoological Society of San Diego - Animal group names
  4. Beat about the Bush: Mammals] , by Trevor Carnaby, published by Jacana Media, 2008-01-01, page 362. .
  5. Elliot Stock - The Boke of Saint Albans
  6. Wiktionary - shrewdness
  7. Wiktionary - Appendix:English collective nouns
  8. Book of Saint Albans (1486) - The companyes of bestys & foules

Related words

Other groups of apes

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