a siege of bitterns
- Subject
- bittern (bitterns)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source, wiktionary-wordlist-only
- Also spelled
- sege (Middle English)
Collective noun
siege
Also spelled sege (Middle English)
What do you call a group of bitterns, cranes or herons?
- Used for
- 3 subjects
- Categories
- Animals
- Subcategories
- Birds
- Type
- Specific
- Best confidence
- high
Definition
- A flock of herons.
Other senses of the word: siege on Wiktionary
Usage as a collective noun
a siege of cranes
- Subject
- crane (cranes)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also spelled
- sege (Middle English)
a siege of herons
- Subject
- heron (herons)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source, wikipedia-cited, wiktionary-attested
- Also spelled
- sege (Middle English)
9 sources
- Wikipedia - List of animal names
- Sege
- Oxford University Press - AskOxford: H
- 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...?
- Siege
- Wiktionary - siege
- Wiktionary - Appendix:English collective nouns
- Book of Saint Albans (1486) - The companyes of bestys & foules