Not a "batch" of cookies or a "bunch" of grapes. Not even a swarm of bees, on-slaught or plague of locusts, pack of wolves or pride of lions.
My true affinity is nouns for groups of birds.
Think gaggle of geese, murder of crows, murmuration of starlings, parliament of owls. Thanks to neighbor, Susan H, who shared the collective noun "poult" for baby turkeys with me yesterday!
Thanks also to ljj who reminded me of the collective name for an insect who flies!
A SPARKLE OF FIREFLIES
What truth stands out among all these collective nouns to me?!
The LORD God made them all!
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. (Colossians 1:16-17)
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