Collective nouns

[martinrowley]

Am I right in thinking that the collective noun for vultures would be a Hover ?

[brian j john]

it's a colony of vultures

http://rinkworks.com/words/collective.shtml

[paperback]

no its a flock or a wake of vultures

[don1]

A wake according to this site.

http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/collnoun.htm

[wideboy]

Depends where you look:-

http://www.nzbirds.com/more/nounsv.html

V
Vireos, a call of
Vireos (Bell�s), a peal of
Vireos (Bell�s), a tintinabulation of
Vireos (Red-eyed), a hangover of
Vultures, a cast of
Vultures, a colony of
Vultuers, a committee of
Vultures, a congregation of
Vultures, a family of
Vultures, a flight of
Vultures, a looming of
Vultures, a meal of
Vultures, a pair of
Vultures, a rookery of
Vultures, a rout of
Vultures, a soar of
Vultures, a solitary of
Vultures, a volume of
Vultures, a vortex of
Vultures, a wake of

and loads more......

[juliely]

There is a quiz available at the moment which has a collective nouns section. This is causing problems as there are lots of different collective nouns for the same group. How are we supposed to guess which one is correct?

[wideboy]

Juliely, hopefully the compilers look up the same sites that we do!!

[Andy Cheever]

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