animal group
Noun: A collection or assemblage of animals, typically considered as a unit. This term refers to animals gathered together, often of the same species, forming a social or biological collective.
The term "animal group" is used to describe a set of animals that are together. It is a general, neutral term that can apply to any gathering, from a biological taxonomy to animals observed together in the wild or captivity. - It functions as a countable noun (e.g., an animal group, several animal groups). - It is often used in scientific, educational, and general descriptive contexts.
- The researchers observed a large animal group near the watering hole.
- A pride of lions is a classic example of a social animal group.
- The zoo has a new exhibit featuring an animal group of meerkats.
- Studying the behavior of an animal group can reveal much about social structures.
- In biological classification, "animal group" can sometimes informally refer to a higher taxonomic rank, such as a class or phylum (e.g., "the vertebrate animal group").
- The term can be used attributively (like an adjective) before another noun (e.g., , ).
- Group: A more general term for any collection of people or things.
- Herd: A large group of hoofed animals (e.g., cattle, elephants).
- Flock: A group of birds or sheep.
- Pack: A group of carnivorous animals, like wolves or dogs.
- Shoal/School: A group of fish.
- Pride: A group of lions.
- Colony: A group of animals, like ants or penguins, living closely together.
- Pod: A group of marine mammals, such as whales or dolphins.
- Swarm: A large or dense group of insects or small animals.
- Assemblage of animals
- Collection of animals
- Animal collective
- Animal aggregation
- Individual animal
- Solitary animal
- Animal group behavior: The study of how animals act within a collective.
- Animal group structure: The organization and hierarchy within a group of animals.
"Animal group" is a compound noun. The specific names for groups of certain animals (like a murder of crows or a gaggle of geese) are known as "terms of venery" or collective nouns. "Animal group" serves as the general, non-specific term for all such collectives.
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a group of animals