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A troop of baboons. The collective noun for baboons is "troop". [27] Most baboons live in hierarchical troops. Group sizes are typically around 50 animals, but can vary between 5 and 250, depending on species, location and time of year. The structure within the troop varies considerably between hamadryas baboons and the remaining species ...
The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners. [1] Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites.
The reference is from The Telegraph, which states, "The lexicologists at the OED’s Ask Oxford website now cheerfully list “flange” in first place as a collective noun for baboons." This may have been true in 2009 when the article was published, but I can find no evidence of it now. If I am wrong please provide a direct link in the article.
Baboon researcher Esme Beamish, from Cape Town University’s Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa, explains that it makes sense for the monkeys to venture into the city in search of food.
11 chinchillas, baboons, etc. 12 Quiver of arrows. 1 comment. 13 Cite 'em or lose 'em. 2 comments. 14 ...
A man jogs past as a chacma baboon forages in the garden of a home in a suburban neighborhood of Da Game Park, near Simon's Town, outside of Cape Town, South Africa, Oct. 31, 2024.
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In linguistics, a collective noun is a word referring to a collection of things taken as a whole. Most collective nouns in everyday speech are not specific to one kind of thing. [1] For example, the collective noun "group" can be applied to people ("a group of people"), or dogs ("a group of dogs"), or objects ("a group of stones").