A Dule of Turtles

Cartoon animals struggling to hold a heavy Placeholder Image sign while a bird prepares to land on top.

“Dule” is a close spelling variant of “dole,” sharing the same likely root in an old word for grief, and the two terms are largely interchangeable in older collective-noun lists. Rather than repeat the same explanation, it’s worth pointing to a turtle phenomenon that makes any group term feel like an understatement: the arribada. Certain … Read more