pod vs animal group

pod and animal group both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pod	Yes	No	Yes	No
animal group	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, animal group is a hypernym of pod; that is, animal group is a word with a broader meaning than pod:

pod (noun)	animal group (noun)
a detachable container of fuel on an airplane	a group of animals
a group of aquatic mammals
a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant
the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)

pod (verb)	animal group (verb)
produce pods, of plants
take something out of its shell or pod