unhuddling

Verb

unhuddle (third-person singular simple present unhuddles, present participle unhuddling, simple past and past participle unhuddled)

1. (intransitive) To emerge from a huddle or tight group.
   • But hearing my voice, they would unhuddle and run toward me. We brought them inside and contemplated keeping them. But they were still bonded with their mother, so we decided to leave them to their fate outside.2016, Andrew Bloomfield, Call of the Cats, page 94