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murmurations

murmurations is the plural of murmuration.

Meaning of murmuration

Noun

murmuration (countable and uncountable, plural murmurations)

  1. An act or instance of murmuring.
  2. (collective) 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."1893 September 27, The Bazaar, the Exchange and Mart, London, page 800, column 3
  3. An emergent order in a multi-agent social system.

Questions about murmurations

What is murmurations the plural of?
Murmurations is the plural of murmuration.

Words near murmurations in the dictionary

  1. murmurate
  2. murmurated
  3. murmurates
  4. murmurating
  5. murmuration
  6. murmurations
  7. murmured
  8. murmurer
  9. murmurers
  10. murmurest
  11. murmureth

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