herd

n. group of animals which feeds and travels together, drove, pack; crowd, mob, large group of people; mass of common people; herdsman, one who tends a herd

v. gather or assemble as a herd; group together; gather or lead (a group of people); lead or drive a herd of animals

A herd is a large group of animals. The term is usually applied to mammals, particularly ungulates. Other terms are used for similar phenomena in other types of animal. For example, a large group of birds is usually called a flock (this may also refer to certain mammals as well) and a large group of carnivores is usually called a pack. In addition, special collective nouns may be used for particular taxa: for example a flock of geese, if not in flight, is sometimes called a gaggle. However, in theoretical discussions in behavioural ecology, the generic term "herd" is used for all these kinds of assemblage. A herd may also refer to one that tends and cares for such groups (i.e. shepherds tend to sheep, and goatherds tend to goats, etc.).
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Herd a group of animals, usually cattle, or pigs, or related wild animal species, which live a collective life together. [more]Herd - Community and Resources

Noun
1. a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
(hypernym) animal group
(hyponym) remuda
(member-meronym) cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus
2. a group of wild animals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
(hypernym) animal group
3. a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd"
(synonym) ruck
(hypernym) multitude, throng, concourse
(derivation) crowd
Verb
1. cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom"
(synonym) crowd
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) overcrowd
(derivation) ruck
2. move together, like a herd
(hypernym) crowd, crowd together
(derivation) ruck
3. keep, move, or drive animals; "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?"
(hypernym) keep
(hyponym) wrangle

n. stove, oven, furnace, hearth, floor of a fireplace; symbol of home and family