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murmuration /məːməːˈreɪʃ(ə)n /noun literary1 [mass noun] The action of murmuring: the murmuration of a flock of warblers...- The way it builds from an initial murmuration of clarinets is not unlike the way Palimpsest I proceeds.
2 rare A flock of starlings.Once a murmuration gets this large, the best way to get rid of them is through a major concerted effort, as officials were doing Monday evening, he said....- I mentioned to Bruce that his photo got the old gears turning and he responded by telling me about the " murmurations’ he was watching from his living room in the sky.
- These displays, known as murmurations, are a frequently observed but little understood phenomenon and can involve up to 3 million birds at a time; a vast squadron of cackling artists picking out geometric symphonies led on by forces we can't even begin to understand.
Origin Late Middle English: from French, from Latin murmuratio(n-), from murmurare 'to murmur'. The usage as a collective noun dates from the late 15th century. |