Collective Noun

Collective Noun

Would you like to add some quirky terms to your dive stories? We have some collective nouns for you.
 
A collective noun is a word we use to refer to a collection of things, animals or people as a whole. For things, we could use terms like a collection or pile. For people, it could be a family, crew or team. A school of fish is a collective noun as well. But we want to know more specific expressions for different species of fish. To create phrases like: 
 
How cool is it to snorkel at dust and observe a battery of hunting barracudas? Or enjoying a calm morning, watching a shiver of whitetip sharks hovering over a colony of colourful oysters. But I have no intention to ever see a bed of moray eels again. Ah, just discover the expressions yourself in this list:
 

Army of Herrings
 
 
 
 

Bale of Turtle (or a Dole or Nest)
  
  
 
 

Consortium of Octopuses or Crabs
   
 
 

Bask of Crocodiles
    
 
  
 

Shiver of Sharks
 
 
 
    
  
 
 
 
 
 

Battery of Barracudas - 
Go get your shirt!

 
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 

Bed of Eels or Oysters 
    
     
 
 

Blessing of Narwhals
Yes, you're blessed if you ever get lucky enough to see a Narwhal, not to mention a whole group.
  
  
  
 
   

Colony of Corals, Seals or Penguins
  
 
 
  
   

Bind of Salmon
 
The following post awaits with more collective nouns!

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