a skein of birds
- Subject
- bird (birds)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wiktionary-attested
Collective noun
skein
What do you call a group of birds, ducks or geese?
- Used for
- 3 subjects
- Categories
- Animals
- Subcategories
- Birds
- Type
- Specific
- Best confidence
- high
Definition
- A group of wildfowl (for example, geese or swans) in flight.
Other senses of the word: skein on Wiktionary
Usage as a collective noun
a skein of ducks
- Subject
- duck (ducks)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Context
- in flight
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
a skein of geese
- Subject
- goose (geese)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Context
- in flight
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited