murmuration
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2VERB + MURMURATION
appears, called, crawling, said
MURMURATION + NOUN
starlings
Definitions
noun
An act or instance of murmuring.
A flock of starlings, in particular when swarming in swirling patterns.
"Oh! I wasted most of my morning crawling to a murmuration of starlings, which I foolishly mistook for congregation of plover."
The same dynamics can be seen in starlings: On clear winter evenings, murmurations of the tiny blackish birds gather in Rome’s sunset skies, wheeling about like rustling cloth.
An emergent order in a multi-agent social system.
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noun — a low continuous indistinct sound
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4"Oh! I wasted most of my morning crawling to a murmuration of starlings, which I foolishly mistook for congregation of plover."
WiktionaryThe same dynamics can be seen in starlings: On clear winter evenings, murmurations of the tiny blackish birds gather in Rome’s sunset skies, wheeling about like rustling cloth.
WiktionaryProfessor Anne Goodenough, an applied ecologist at the University of Gloucestershire who led the research, said: ‘It appears murmuration has become the norm – a general way for the starlings to stay s
WiktionaryA nightly gathering of thousands of birds called a “murmuration” has captured the attention of entertainment-starved people in Northern California.
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