What is the collective noun for a group of possums?

Answer 1

The collective nouns for magpies are:

• a charm of magpies
• a congregation of magpies
• a flock of magpies
• a gulp of magpies
• a murder of magpies
• a tiding of magpies
• a tittering of magpies
• a tribe of magpies

The tiding or charm may come from the British Isles rhyme that gives meaning to the number of magpies encountered.

The rhyme goes like this:

One for sorrow
Two for joy
Three for a girl
Four for a boy
Five for young
Six for old
Seven for a secret never to be told

Answer 2

A passel is generally held to be correct. Some sources prefer a posse. The plural of possum is correctly possa as derived from Latin although possums is most commonly used. So a passel of possa would be strictly correct but a passel or a posse of possums are both in common use.

Answer 3

The collective noun for a group of chipmunks is a scurry of chipmunks.

Answer 4

The collective nouns for raccoons are:

• a gaze of raccoons
• a nursery of raccoons
• a mask of raccoons.

Answer 5

The collective nouns are a dray of squirrels, a scurry of squirrels, or a colony of squirrels.

Answer 6

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