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collective noun for giraffe

"tower"
"stretch"
"journey"
"herd"
"corps"
What is the collective noun (the word for a group, such as "herd") for the class giraffe, an African even-toed ungulate mammal, a tallest of all extant land-living animal species, and the largest ruminant?
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This is a list of Standard English collective nouns. The large number of collective nouns in English is based on a tradition of venery which arose in the Late Middle Ages.
One of the craziest oddities of the English language is that there are so many different collective nouns that all mean "group" but which are specific to what particular thing ...
Collective noun of a giraffe? There have been many collective nouns for giraffes, including corps, herd, tower, stretch, troop and totter. Most people have never even heard of ...
The prosaic answer used in Africa and in Zoos is 'herd' but, more poetically the word 'tower' has been used.
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