When one gathers together a group of animals of the same variety, one can apply the collective noun to them.. i.e. A herd of cattle, A flock of birds, A Gaggle of Geese. Here are some collective nouns though that you may not have heard of, but are accepted terms for certain species. And boy are they awesome.
A group of Weasels or Ferrets is called a gang, or a pack... but it can also be called a BOOGLE or a CONFUSION. Here are some other good ones.
A Coffle of Donkies
A Company of Badgers
A Flutter or A Rabble of Butterflies
A Murder of Crows
A Pipe of Eels
A Bundle of Frogs
A Bloat of Hippopotamus... or a Thunder of Hippos.
A Smack, Smuck, Smuth or Fluther of Jellyfish... yes... that was Smuth.
A Risk of Lobsters (presumably from the risk you take putting your fingers in there)
A Mischief of Mice
A Troop or A Barrel of Monkeys
A Romp of Otters
An Amalgamation of Pandas
A Chine of Polecats
A Mob of Kangaroos.
There are also collective adjectives. Most people know that Bovine describes cattle and things like cattle. Ovine refers to sheep and Lupine is for wolves. But, did you know that Kangaroos are Macropodine? You guessed it. Big Footed. Otterine is a word describing Sea Lions, Seals and Walruses... but not otters. Otters are Musteline. Perhaps the best of these words is the adjective pertaining to Wombats... it's Phascolomian. I love saying that Phascolomian... it sounds... so... Jurassic.
Oh yeah... helminthic means... Worm Like. Food for thought.
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