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collective noun for pig

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What is the collective noun (the word for a group, such as "herd") for the class pig, any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the Suidae family of even-toed ungulates?
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Fun With Words: Collective Nouns
... craziest oddities of the English language is that there are so many different collective nouns ... guinea pigs: horde: of: hamsters: drove: of: hares: down: of: hares: husk: of: hares: leash: of: hares
http://www.rinkworks.com/words/collective.shtml
List of collective nouns - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In English, only a limited number of collective nouns are relevant to grammatically correct ... See also boars, pigs, swine: horses: team: in harness: band: haras or harrase: herd: stable
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_collective_nouns_by_subject_I-Z
Collective Nouns
Collective Nouns. One of the many oddities of the English language is the multitude of different ... A group of guinea pigs A horde of hamsters A drove of hares (down, flick, herd, husk ...
http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/collnoun.htm
collective nouns : Java Glossary
Canadian Mind Products Java & Internet Glossary : collective nouns ... guinea pig: group: gull: colony: pack: hamster: horde: hare: down: drove: flick: husk: kindle: leap
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What is the collective name ffor a group of pigs? - Yahoo! UK ...
Collective nouns for pigs: a drift, team or herd of pigs; when a group is being moved they are a drove of pigs; young ones are a litter, a farrow of piglets, a sounder ...
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070522001436AAIhsvo

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