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What Animals Form a Rhumba?

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A rhumba of rattlesnakes taking a humorous rumba dancing lesson

📖 Collective Noun Lookup What Animals Form a Rhumba? A lively dance name, borrowed for a den full of buzzing rattlesnakes. 💬 “Rhumba” is the collective noun for rattlesnakes — one of the more playful entries in the collective-noun world, borrowing the name of a lively, rhythmic dance for a den full of buzzing, shifting … Read more

A Rhumba of Rattle Snakes

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A rhumba of rattlesnakes taking a humorous rumba dancing lesson

A rhumba is a lively, rhythmic dance, and borrowing that word for a group of rattlesnakes is one of the more playful choices in the collective noun world. Its exact origin isn’t documented, but it’s easy to imagine why it stuck: a den full of rattlesnakes, tails buzzing and bodies shifting against each other, has … Read more