murmuration

murmuration

(ˌmɜːməˈreɪʃən)

n

(Zoology) a collective term for starlings

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Murmuration

 of starlings: a flock—Lydgate, 1470.

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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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