You are probably familiar with some of the more colorful collective nouns used for groups of particular animals, such as a crash of rhinoceroses or a spoonful of pandas. A group of crows is a murder, while a group of ravens is merely an unkindness.
I decided to look up what a group of platypuses is called. According to the Australian Platypus Conservancy there is no collective noun–as platypus are solitary animals that do not form social groups or family units.
By the way, a group of cobblers is called a drunkship.
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