print email comment close Beastly Garden of Wordy Delights URL: http://www.anapsid.org/beastly.html Description: A handy list of over 150 collective nouns for animals (a "charm" of finches); the commonly associated sounds that various animals make (ducks "quack," deer "bell"); the various names given to animal young (a baby kangaroo is a "joey"); and animal adjectives (if you are foxlike, you are said to be "vulpine"). Includes links to related sites. Author: Kaplan, Melissa Library of Congress Subject Headings: Animals Names LII Database Information: Record 13103 created by Dana Evans on 06/17/2000 Last modification on 12/07/2004 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 06/15/2006 Published: 06/17/2000   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/13103