murmuration
an act or instance of murmuring.
a flock of starlings.
Origin of murmuration
1Words Nearby murmuration
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How to use murmuration in a sentence
The murmuration, which moves like a billowing curtain of smoke, likely confuses predators, preventing them from singling out an individual target.
To illustrate a particular piece of murmuration choreography, Cooper first films the starlings in 4K resolution.
While murmurations are a well-documented phenomenon, scientists are still working to understand why they occur.
As dusk approaches, birds pour from their daytime perches—in this case atop transmission towers and power lines—to join the murmuration.
Cooper’s photographs, captured over the course of four winters, reveal the movements of murmurations in north-central England—congregations of starlings that are sometimes dense enough to blacken the sky.
The chalk-pit was full of sunshine and the murmuration of bees.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. | John Galsworthy
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