a noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
In linguistics, a collective noun is the name of a number (or collection) of people or things taken together and spoken of as one whole. For example, in the phrase "a pride of lions", pride is a collective noun.
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Content abstract : this book tells you a lot of collective nouns , and cool sounds that the animals had making 内容简介:我们可以从这本书里学到很多集合名词,和一些动物的叫声。