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The leading killer of bees is diseases; the collective noun is a catalog of diseases.The next important killer of bees is mites; the collective noun is an infestation of mites.Another killer of bees is wasps; the collective noun is a colony of wasps, or a nest of wasps.
No, the word 'wasp' is a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for an insect; a word for a thing.A collective noun is a word used to group people or things taken together as one whole. Some collective nouns for wasps are a nest of wasps, a willow of wasps, a colony of wasps.
The noun 'number' is not a specific collective noun but it can be used as a collective noun where appropriate; for example:a number of questionsa number of ideasa number of animalsa number of people
A "forest of trees" is a large number of trees.An "orchard of trees" is a large number of fruit trees.
No, the term 'large restaurants' is a noun phrase; a combination of the adjective 'large' describing the plural noun 'restaurants'.A collective noun is a noun used to group people or things in a descriptive way.The most common collective noun for the noun 'restaurants' is 'chain' as in 'a chain of restaurants'.This collective noun can also function as 'a chain of large restaurants'.
There is no specific collective noun for the noun bulls.The general collective noun for large animals such as cattle, zebras, walruses, etc. is a herd.
The noun 'shoal' is a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a large group of fish; a word for an area of shallow water, especially as a hazard to navigation; a word for a thing. The noun 'shoal' also functions as a collective noun for a 'shoal of fish'.
A collective noun for a small group of angry people is a gang of thugs; a collective noun for a large group of angry people is a mob of people.
The collective noun 'nest' is used for:a nest of antsa nest of beesa nest of bowlsa nest of crocodilesa nest of hornetsa nest of micea nest of rabbitsa nest of toadsa nest of turtlesa nest of vipersa nest of vulturesa nest of wasps
There is no standard collective noun for a group of musk oxen. The standard collective noun for a group of any large mammals will work: a herd of musk oxen
The noun 'shoal' is a singular, common, concrete noun; a collective noun for a large number of fish swimming together. The noun 'shoal' is also a word for a shallow place in a body of water; a sandy elevation of the bottom of a body of water, constituting a hazard to navigation.
The noun 'plantation' is a standard collective noun for:a plantation of trees (used for a large group of trees grown for the purpose of harvesting for wood)