A pride of lions
A murder of crow
A pack of wolves
Etc
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Those words dont just describe a group of animals. they describe a social group construct specific to those animals. It’s linked to both the group dynamics and general number of animals.
A pride of lions has some specific and characteristic group dynamics.
Just like a flock of birds and a pack of wolves.
Animals that have similar group dynamics often are described with a similar word.
E.g. A herd of sheep / cows / deer.
There’s also quite some examples of certain animal groups having several names, mostly depending on how many animals are in the group.
Back in history, this was usefull to quickly communicate both what kind of animals were meant AND indicating how many of them there were.
Also, sometimes the names were tied to certain specific behaviors or conditions.
E.g. A murder of crows is basically named for the general amount of crows you’d find around a carcas. Gerally just 2 – 8 crows.
But crows are also known to gather in large groups of up to a few houndred. Especially around the start of winter. Those would be refered to as a flock.
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