Pernah mendengar istilah "kawanan"?
Dalam kamus Bahasa Indonesia, kata kawanan termasuk dalam kata nomina (n) yang artinya sekumpulan orang atau binatang yang berkawan; sekumpulan binatang sejenis; sekelompok manusia. Dalam hal ini, kawanan yang saya maksud adalah kawanan yang artinya sekumpulan binatang sejenis yang ada di satu tempat yang sama.
Lihat gambar berikut:
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| kawanan kuda di Islandia (http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/10/herd_in_iceland.html#photo14) |
Dalam istilah Bahasa Indonesia, kata 'kawanan' bisa digunakan untuk berbagai jenis hewan. Kita mengenal istilah kawanan domba ternak, kawanan sapi, kawanan semut, dll. Namun tidak seperti Bahasa Indonesia, dalam Bahasa Inggris, terdapat beragam istilah atau phrase yang biasa digunakan untuk menyatakan kawanan hewan, tergantung jenis hewan tersebut.
Berikut ini adalah istilah yang digunakan:
| Antelope: | A herd of antelope |
| Ant: | A colony or An army of ants |
| Ape: | A shrewdness of apes |
| Baboons: | A troop of baboons |
| Bacteria: | A culture of bacteria |
| Badger: | A cete of badgers |
| Bass: | A shoal of bass |
| Bear: | A sleuth or sloth of bears |
| Beaver: | A colony of beavers |
| Bee: | A swarm, grist or hive of bees |
| Bird: | A flock, flight, congregation or volery of birds |
| Boar: | A sounder of boars |
| Buffalo: | A herd of buffalo |
| Buck: | A brace or clash of bucks |
| Caterpillar: | An army of caterpillars |
| Cat: | A clowder or clutter of cats |
| Cattle: | A herd or drove of cattle |
| Chicken: | A brood or peep of chickens |
| Chicks: | A clutch or chattering of chicks |
| Clam: | A bed of clams |
| Cobra: | A quiver of cobras |
| Colt: | A rag of colts |
| Cow: | A kine of cows (twelve cows are A flink) |
| Coyote: | A band of coyote |
| Crane: | A sedge or siege of cranes |
| Crocodile: | A float of crocodiles |
| Crow: | A murder of crows |
| Cub: | A litter of cubs |
| Curlew: | A herd of curlews |
| Cur: | A cowardice of curs |
| Deer: | A herd of deer |
| Dog: | A pack of dogs |
| Donkey: | A herd or pace of asses |
| Dove: | A dule of doves |
| Duck: | A brace, paddling or team of ducks |
| Elephant: | A herd of elephants |
| Seal: | A pod of elephant seals |
| Elk: | A gang of elks |
| Emus: | A mob of emus |
| Ferret: | A business or fesnyng of ferrets |
| Finches: | A charm of finches |
| Fish: | A school, shoal, run, haul, catch of fish |
| Fly: | A swarm of flies |
| Fox: | A skulk or leash of foxes |
| Frog: | An army or colony of frogs |
| Geese: | A flock, gaggle or skein (in flight) of geese |
| Gnat: | A cloud or horde of gnats |
| Goat: | A herd, tribe or trip goats |
| Goldfinch: | A charm of goldfinches |
| Gorilla: | A band of gorillas |
| Greyhound: | A leash of greyhounds |
| Hare: | A down or husk of hares |
| Hawk: | A cast or kettle of hawks |
| Hen: | A brood of hens |
| Heron: | A hedge of herons |
| Hog: | A drift, or parcel of hogs |
| Horse: | A team, herd or harass of horses |
| Hound: | A pack, mute or cry of hounds |
| Jellyfish: | A smack of jellyfish |
| Kangaroo: | A troop or mob of kangaroos |
| Kitten: | A kindle or litter of kittens |
| Lark: | An ascension or exultation of larks |
| Leopard: | A leap (leep) of leopards |
| Lion: | A pride of lions |
| Locust: | A plague of locusts |
| Magpie: | A tiding of magpies |
| Mallard: | A sord of mallards |
| Mare: | A stud of mares |
| Marten: | A richness of martens |
| Mole: | A labour of moles |
| Monkey: | A troop of monkeys |
| Mule: | A barren or span of mules |
| Owls: | A parliament of owls |
| Oxen: | A yoke, drove, team or herd of oxen |
| Oyster: | A bed of oysters |
| Parrot: | A company of parrots |
| Partridge: | A covey of partridges |
| Peacock: | A muster or ostentation of peacocks |
| Peep: | A litter of peeps |
| Penguin: | A colony of penguins |
| Pheasant: | A nest, nide (nye) or bouquet of pheasants |
| Pigeon: | A flock or flight of pigeons |
| Pig: | A litter of pigs |
| Plover: | A wing or congregation of plovers |
| Pony: | A string of ponies |
| Porpoise: | A pod of porpoises |
| Quail: | A covey or bevy of quail |
| Rabbit: | A nest of rabbits |
| Rat: | A pack or swarm of rats |
| Rattlesnake: | A rhumba of rattlesnakes |
| Raven: | An unkindness of ravens |
| Rhino: | A crash or herd of rhinos |
| Roebuck: | A bevy of roebucks |
| Rook: | A building or clamour of rooks |
| Seal: | A herd or pod of seals |
| Sheep: | A drove or flock of sheep |
| Snake: | A nest of snakes |
| Snipe: | A walk or wisp of snipe |
| Sparrow: | A host of sparrows |
| Squirrel: | A dray of squirrels |
| Starling: | A murmuration of starlings |
| Stork: | A mustering of storks |
| Swallow: | A flight of swallows |
| Swan: | A bevy, herd, lamentation or wedge of swans |
| Swift: | A flock of swifts |
| Swine: | A sounder or drift of swine |
| Teal: | A spring of teal |
| Toad: | A knot of toads |
| Trout: | A hover of trout |
| Turkey: | A rafter of turkeys |
| Turtledove: | A pitying or dule of turtledoves |
| Turtle: | A bale of turtles |
| Walrus: | A pod of walrus |
| Whale: | A school, gam or pod of whales |
| Viper: | A nest of vipers |
| Wolf: | A pack or route of wolves |
| Woodcock: | A fall of woodcocks |
| Woodpecker: | A descent of woodpeckers |
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