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8862

Collective nouns

  1. A covert of coots
  2. A pride of lions

Assuming this is what copperwindow has in mind…

8863

Collective nouns

  1. A covert of coots
  2. A pride of lions
  3. a herd of cattle
8864

Collective nouns

  1. A covert of coots
  2. A pride of lions
  3. a herd of cattle
  4. An exaltation of larks
8865

Collective nouns

  1. A covert of coots
  2. A pride of lions
  3. A herd of cattle
  4. An exaltation of larks
  5. A murder of crows
8866

Collective nouns

  1. A covert of coots
  2. A pride of lions
  3. A herd of cattle
  4. An exaltation of larks
  5. A murder of crows
  6. A cassandra of environmentalists
    True, I’ve only read that used as a collective twice. The first time was when I coined it and the other time was when I was quoted, BUT, it has appeared in print.
8867

Collective nouns

  1. A covert of coots
  2. A pride of lions
  3. A herd of cattle
  4. An exaltation of larks
  5. A murder of crows
  6. A cassandra of environmentalists
  7. A badling of ducks
8868

Collective nouns

  1. A covert of coots
  2. A pride of lions
  3. A herd of cattle
  4. An exaltation of larks
  5. A murder of crows
  6. A cassandra of environmentalists
  7. A badling of ducks
  8. An ostentation of peacocks
8869

Collective nouns

  1. A covert of coots
  2. A pride of lions
  3. A herd of cattle
  4. An exaltation of larks
  5. A murder of crows
  6. A cassandra of environmentalists
  7. A badling of ducks
  8. An ostentation of peacocks
  9. A kindle of kittens
8870

Collective nouns

  1. A covert of coots
  2. A pride of lions
  3. A herd of cattle
  4. An exaltation of larks
  5. A murder of crows
  6. A cassandra of environmentalists
  7. A badling of ducks
  8. An ostentation of peacocks
  9. A kindle of kittens
  10. An army of soildiers
8871

Collective nouns

  1. A covert of coots
  2. A pride of lions
  3. A herd of cattle
  4. An exaltation of larks
  5. A murder of crows
  6. A cassandra of environmentalists
  7. A badling of ducks
  8. An ostentation of peacocks
  9. A kindle of kittens
  10. An army of soildiers
  11. A Smattering of Seamen
8872

Collective nouns

  1. A covert of coots
  2. A pride of lions
  3. A herd of cattle
  4. An exaltation of larks
  5. A murder of crows
  6. A cassandra of environmentalists
  7. A badling of ducks
  8. An ostentation of peacocks
  9. A kindle of kittens
  10. An army of soildiers
  11. A Smattering of Seamen
  12. A quiver of cobras
8873

Collective nouns

  1. A covert of coots

  2. A pride of lions

  3. A herd of cattle

  4. An exaltation of larks

  5. A murder of crows

  6. A cassandra of environmentalists

  7. A badling of ducks

  8. An ostentation of peacocks

  9. A kindle of kittens

  10. An army of soildiers

  11. A Smattering of Seamen

  12. A quiver of cobras

  13. An ambush of tigers
    Next up: Royalty who died violent deaths (OTHER than from being married to Henry VIII)

  14. Maximilian I, Archduke of Austria & Emperor of Mexico

8874

Royalty who died violent deaths (OTHER than from being married to Henry VIII)

  1. Maximilian I, Archduke of Austria & Emperor of Mexico
  2. Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias
8875

Royalty who died violent deaths (OTHER than from being married to Henry VIII)

  1. Maximilian I, Archduke of Austria & Emperor of Mexico
  2. Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias
  3. Richard III, King of England
8876

Royalty who died violent deaths (OTHER than from being married to Henry VIII)

  1. Maximilian I, Archduke of Austria & Emperor of Mexico
  2. Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias
  3. Richard III, King of England
  4. Alexander II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias

Nicholas II’s grandfather, killed by a bomb (in full view of Nicholas)

8877

Royalty who died violent deaths (OTHER than from being married to Henry VIII)

  1. Maximilian I, Archduke of Austria & Emperor of Mexico
  2. Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias
  3. Richard III, King of England
  4. Alexander II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias
  5. Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungaria and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia
8878

Royalty who died violent deaths (OTHER than from being married to Henry VIII)

  1. Maximilian I, Archduke of Austria & Emperor of Mexico
  2. Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias
  3. Richard III, King of England
  4. Alexander II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias
  5. Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungaria and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia
  6. Harold Godwinson, King of England
8879

Royalty who died violent deaths (OTHER than from being married to Henry VIII)

  1. Maximilian I, Archduke of Austria & Emperor of Mexico
  2. Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias
  3. Richard III, King of England
  4. Alexander II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias
  5. Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungaria and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia
  6. Harold Godwinson, King of England
  7. King Faisal of Saudi Arabia
    Shot twice in the face at point blank range by his nephew, Prince Faisal al Musaid.
8880

Royalty who died violent deaths (OTHER than from being married to Henry VIII)

  1. Maximilian I, Archduke of Austria & Emperor of Mexico
  2. Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias
  3. Richard III, King of England
  4. Alexander II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias
  5. Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungaria and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia
  6. Harold Godwinson, King of England
  7. King Faisal of Saudi Arabia
  8. Mary, Queen of Scots
8881

Royalty who died violent deaths (OTHER than from being married to Henry VIII)

  1. Maximilian I, Archduke of Austria & Emperor of Mexico
  2. Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias
  3. Richard III, King of England
  4. Alexander II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias
  5. Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungaria and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia
  6. Harold Godwinson, King of England
  7. King Faisal of Saudi Arabia
  8. Mary, Queen of Scots
  9. Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland

Beheaded in Jan. 1649 after being convicted of high treason.