List of collective nouns for fish, invertebrates, and plants

Fish, invertebrate, or plant	Collective noun	Source
ants	A colony of ants
ants	A swarm of ants
ants	An army of ants
bacteria	A culture of bacteria
bananas	A hand of bananas
bass	A shoal of bass	Uncertain
bees	A grist of bees
bees	A hive of bees
bees	A swarm of bees
blackfish	A grind of blackfish	Uncertain
butterflies	A flight of butterflies	Uncertain
butterflies	A kaleidoscope of butterflies	Uncertain
butterflies	A rabble of butterflies	Uncertain
butterflies	A rainbow of butterflies
caterpillars	An army of caterpillars
clams	A bed of clams
cockroaches	An intrusion of cockroaches	Uncertain
cod	A lap of cod	Uncertain
eels	A fry of eels	Uncertain
eels	A swarm of eels
fish	A draught of fish
fish	A drift of fish
fish (caught or cooked)	A mess of fish
fish	A scale of fish	rare
fish	A school of fish
fish	A shoal of fish
flowers	A bouquet of flowers
flowers	A patch of flowers
flies	A business of flies
flies	A swarm of flies
gnats	A cloud of gnats
gnats	A clout of gnats	Uncertain
gnats	A horde of gnats
goldfish	A troubling of goldfish
grapes	A bunch of grapes
grapes	A cluster of grapes
grasshoppers	A cloud of grasshoppers
grasshoppers	A cluster of grasshoppers
herrings	A glean of herrings
jellyfish	A fluther of jellyfish
jellyfish	A smack of jellyfishFact|date=August 2008
ladybirds	A loveliness of ladybirds
lobsters	A risk of lobsters
locusts	A plague of locusts
midgets	A smallness of midgets	Uncertain
mites	A mite of mites	Uncertain
mosquitoes	A scourge of mosquitoes
oysters	A bed of oysters
pickles	A peck of pickles
salmon	A bind of salmon
salmon	A run of salmon
shark	A shiver of sharks	Uncertain
shrimp	A troup of shrimp
snail	A rout of snails
spiders	A cluster of spiders
spiders	A clutter of spiders
stingrays	A fever of stingrays
tilapia	A taint of tilapia	Uncertain
trees	A grove of trees
trees	A copse of trees
trees	A stand of trees
trees	A thicket of trees
trout	A hover of trout
worms	A knot of worms
worms	A bryce of worms	Uncertain