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B J Conner wrote:


A group of crows is not a flock but a "murder".

Anyone know the derivation of that?

Willi


Willi

Wrote:

Anyone know the derivation of that?

Maybe because of their association with dead things? Possibly a once
existing misconception that the crows themselves were responsible for the
deaths of the carrion with which they were associated?

Although it does not answer the question, there is an interesting web-site
that discusses the origins of representing groups of animals through the use
of collective nouns: http://en2.wikipedia.org/wilki/collective_noun

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