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A Knab of Toads

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

“Knab” is one of the most obscure entries on any list of animal collective nouns, and we’ll say it upfront: its exact origin isn’t well documented anywhere we could verify. It shows up in scattered lists of toad group terms alongside more familiar words like “knot” and “lump,” but the historical trail behind it is … Read more

What Is a Group of Toads Called?

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🐸 Amphibians · Collective Nouns What Is a Group of Toads Called? A bumpy-skinned, land-loving relative of the frog, with a name that comes with its own myth to bust. 💬 A group of toads is called a knot, with knab and knob also documented as older dialect variants. Toads are close cousins of frogs, … Read more