Raven

A while ago, I wrote about group descriptors in the animal world.  Words like a murder of crows and a pride of lions. 

I also proposed a few of my own, which I did not like very much at the time but have grown rather fond of in the warm glow of hindsight.  They include:

A gamble of poker players

A concern of mothers

A fumble of left-handers

Not bad, I must say.  

Recently, I became aware of a group descriptor that I adore:

An unkindness of ravens, also sometimes referred to as a...

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Published on October 17, 2009 03:43
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