murmuration

English

Etymology

1350-1400; Medieval Latin murmuratio (“murmuring, grumbling”). The "starling" sense is probably derived from the sound of the very large groups that starlings form at dusk.

Noun

murmuration (plural murmurations)

  1. An act or instance of murmuring.
  2. A flock of starlings.
  3. An emergent order in a multi-agent social system.

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