Ten Unexpected Collective Nouns

wordjournal:

• rout • a rout of wolves
• clowder • a clowder of cats
• descension • a descension of woodpeckers
• disworship • a disworship of Scots
• mute • a mute of hounds
• raft • a raft of ducks
• unbrewing • an unbrewing of carvers
• neverthriving • a neverthriving of jugglers
• drunkenship • a drunkenship of cobblers
• shrewdness • a shrewdness of apes