There is a term for giving groups of animal names.

Arnold Zwicky zwicky at STANFORD.EDU
Sun Dec 25 16:15:20 UTC 2011


On Dec 25, 2011, at 7:08 AM, Dan Nussbaum wrote:
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> There is a term for giving groups of animal names, such as pride of lions and pod of whales. I forget what it is. Does anybody out there in cyberspace know what it is?

terms of venery

arnold

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