Collective noun

sleuth

Also spelled Slewthe (1486)

What do you call a group of bears or giant pandas?

a sleuth of bears · a sleuth of giant pandas

Used for
2 subjects
Categories
Animals
Subcategories
Mammals
Type
Specific
Best confidence
high

Definition

  1. A group of bears.

Other senses of the word: sleuth on Wiktionary

Usage as a collective noun

a sleuth of bears

Book of St Albans
Subject
bear (bears)
Category
Animals → Mammals
Confidence
high
Attestation
historical-source, wikipedia-cited, wiktionary-attested
Also spelled
Slewthe (1486)
7 sources
  1. Wikipedia - List of animal names
  2. Zoological Society of San Diego - Animal group names
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center - Common Questions: What Do You Call a Group of...?
  4. Oxford University Press - AskOxford: B
  5. Wiktionary - sleuth
  6. Wiktionary - Appendix:English collective nouns
  7. Book of Saint Albans (1486) - The companyes of bestys & foules

Related words

Other groups of bears

sloth

Other groups of giant pandas

embarrassment