murmuration

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murmuration

/ˌmɝməˈɹeɪʃən/ US
/ˌmɜːməˈɹeɪʃən/ UK

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1350–1400; Medieval Latin murmuratio (“murmuring, grumbling”), equivalent to murmur + -ation. The “flock of starlings” sense is probably derived from the sound of the very large groups that starlings form at dusk.

noun murmurations

countable, uncountable An act or instance of murmuring.
collective, countable, uncountable 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."
countable, uncountable An emergent order in a multi-agent social system.

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noun flock

Français	murmuration
Русский	мурмура́ция murmurácija

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"murmuration." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/murmuration. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{murmuration_2026,
  title = {murmuration},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/murmuration},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}