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of animals
herd
a group of cows, deer, or elephants:
• A herd of cows was blocking the road.
team
a group of people who work together:
• She is being cared for by a team of doctors.
flock
a group of sheep or birds:
• a flock of seagulls • The farmer has over 100 sheep in his flock.
pack
a group of dogs or wolves:
• Some dogs are bred to work in packs.
litter
a group of kittens or puppies born at one time to a particular mother:
• He was one of a litter of seven puppies.
school/shoal
a group of fish or dolphins:
• Piranha fish live in shoals in the wild.
Longman-Thesaurus
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noun group of animals ADJ. great, large | small | beef, breeding, dairy The farm has only a small dairy herd. | cattle, elephant, etc. HERD + NOUN instinct PREP. in a/the ~ The animals tend to graze in a herd. | ~ of a large herd of cows PHRASES a member of a herd group of people ADJ. common VERB + HERD follow If you feel so strongly, why follow the herd (= do the same as everybody else)? | stand out from She prided herself on standing out from the common herd (= being different from ordinary people). HERD + NOUN instinct
Oxford Collocations Dictionary