23 Sep
2007
23 Sep
'07
10:18 a.m.
On Sep 23, 2007, at 8:48 AM, greenwald@cis.upenn.edu wrote:
(Unrelated to math-fun: Is "herd" right? It's the first term that came to my mind, but what's *really* the right term for a group of rabbits? a flock?),
According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animal_names ) rabbits may be any of warren, nest, colony, bevy, bury, drove, or trace. Apparently for animals these are referred to as terms of venery. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_noun for a more general discussion. Oddly, a quick perusal uncovers no specific word for a collection of collective nouns. I have to assume I've just missed it. And a collection of those words would be...? (JZ)