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    What is a group of squirrels called?

    Question #80841. Asked by TashaDene. (May 23 07 2:50 AM)


    TashaDene

    		a group of squirrels is called a dray

    May 23 07, 2:51 AM
    brit_or_kiwi

    		No - the drey is where they live. There is no name for a group of squirrels as they are individual creatures and do not live as groups

    http://www.squirrels.org/faq.html#Q23

    May 23 07, 3:53 AM
    brit_or_kiwi

    		Stop answering your own questions wrong

    May 23 07, 3:54 AM
    lanfranco

    		Tasha is referring to one of those collective nouns that no one actually uses but that are sometimes rather picturesque. For squirrels, "dray" and "scurry" are given on various online lists:


    http://www.rinkworks.com/words/collective.shtml

    May 23 07, 7:32 AM
    brit_or_kiwi

    		The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary (cos that's the one I have)

    dray n. a strong low flat cart for heavy loads

    However, as Americans also spell gray not grey:

    drey n. a squirrel's nest

    Maybe in America a dray is a group of squirrels but in New Zealand, and I'm willing to bet in the UK too, it refers to their habitat.

    May 23 07, 3:50 PM

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