Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Murmuring; discontent; grumbling.
- noun In falconry, a gathering of starlings.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act of murmuring; a murmur.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An act or instance of
murmuring . - noun A
flock ofstarlings .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
Etymologies
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Examples
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Starlings are great virtuosi, wonderful mimics as well as splendid singers, and incorporate so many different sounds into their songs that a flock of them is called a murmuration.
Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010
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Thousands of birds, known as a murmuration, are currently roosting in the Obridge area of Taunton and County Gazette photographer Geoff Hall (pictured) took the once-in-a-lifetime shot from the Obridge Link.
unknown title 2009
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Thousands of birds, known as a murmuration, are currently roosting in the Obridge area of Taunton and County Gazette photographer Geoff Hall (pictured) took the once-in-a-lifetime shot from the Obridge Link.
unknown title 2009
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Thousands of birds, known as a murmuration, are currently roosting in the Obridge area of Taunton and County Gazette photographer Geoff Hall (pictured) took the once-in-a-lifetime shot from the Obridge Link.
unknown title 2009
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A starling flock like this is called a murmuration, a word that perfectly describes the rustle of thousands of pairs of wings.
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A starling flock like this is called a murmuration, a word that perfectly describes the rustle of thousands of pairs of wings.
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'murmuration' make fantastical shapes as the flock wheel and dive through the air.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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'murmuration' make fantastical shapes as the flock wheel and dive through the air.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Don Tapscott has written persuasively about the mechanism and culture of collaboration, and even produced a wonderful video on the notion of weak -- even unintelligent -- signals that result in glorious patterns of starling murmuration.
Mehret Mandefro: The Revelation of Relevance Mehret Mandefro 2011
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Don Tapscott has written persuasively about the mechanism and culture of collaboration, and even produced a wonderful video on the notion of weak -- even unintelligent -- signals that result in glorious patterns of starling murmuration.
Mehret Mandefro: The Revelation of Relevance Mehret Mandefro 2011
skipvia commented on the word murmuration
See murmuration of starlings
November 16, 2007
slienert commented on the word murmuration
When one watches a murmuration of starlings fly over a lake synchronized en masse, the next question has to be, "I wonder if there is a murmuration of trout swimming below?"
January 25, 2014