Wikipedia: Collective nouns for fish, invertebrates and plants

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SUBJECT	COLLECTIVE TERM	STATUS
ants	A colony of ants	√
ants	A swarm of ants	√
ants	An army of ants	√
bacteria	A culture of bacteria	√
beans	A hill of beans	√
bees	A grist of bees	√
bees	A hive of bees	√
bees	A swarm of bees	√
blackfish?	A grind of blackfish	Uncertain
butterflies?	A kaleidoscope of butterflies	Uncertain
butterflies?	A rabble of butterflies	Uncertain
butterflies?	A rainbow of butterflies	√
caterpillars?	An army of caterpillars	√
clams?	A bed of clams	√
cockroaches?	An intrusion of cockroaches	Uncertain
cod?	A lap of cod	Uncertain
eels?	A fry of eels	Uncertain
eels?	A swarm of eels	√
figs?	A newton of figs	Spurious
fish	A draught of fish	√
fish	A drift of fish	√
fish	A scale of fish	√
fish	A school of fish	√
fish	A shoal of fish	√
flowers?	A bouquet of flowers	√
flowers?	A patch of flowers	√
flies?	A business of flies	√
flies?	A swarm of flies	√
gnats?	A cloud of gnats	√
gnats?	A clout of gnats	Uncertain
gnats?	A horde of gnats	√
grapes	A bunch of grapes	√
grasshoppers?	A cloud of grasshoppers	√
grasshoppers?	A cluster of grasshoppers	√
herrings?	A glean of herrings	√
jellyfish?	A fluther of jellyfish	√
jellyfish?	A smack of jellyfish	√
locusts?	A plague of locusts	√
midges?	A bite of midges	Uncertain
mites?	A mite of mites	Uncertain
mosquitoes?	A scourge of mosquitoes	√
oysters?	A bed of oysters	√
salmon?	A bind of salmon	√
salmon?	A run of salmon	√
snails?	A rout of snails	√
spiders?	A cluster of spiders	√
spiders?	A clutter of spiders	√
trees	A grove of trees	√
trees	A stand of trees	√
trees	A thicket of trees	√
trout?	A hover of trout	√
worms	A clew of worms	Uncertain

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Collective nouns for fish, invertebrates and plants