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Murmuration

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Mur`mur`a´tion
n.1.The act of murmuring; a murmur.
Murmuration of starlings: a flock—Lydgate, 1470.
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Noun1.murmuration - a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
murmur, murmuring, mussitation, mutter, muttering
sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
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A colony of beavers, a chattering of choughs, a gang of elk, a business of ferrets, a leap of leopards, a pride of peacocks, a sneak of weasels, a murmuration of starlings, a scurry of squirrels, a charm of hummingbirds and an unkindness of ravens.
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Some nouns of assemblage are based on bird vocalizations, such as a chattering of choughs and a murmuration of starlings.
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