murmurate

English

Verb

murmurate (third-person singular simple present murmurates, present participle murmurating, simple past and past participle murmurated)

(intransitive) Of starlings, to gather in large flocks at dusk.
- 2009, Daniel Butler, The mathematics of murmurating starlings, The Telegraph:
  By dusk this murmurating cloud can number thousands or even millions of birds.
- 2013, Ruth Bass, Word playing gives birds new nicknames, The Berkshire Eagle:
  There's a glister of goldfinches, an exaltation of larks, a swoop of swallows, a chain of bobolinks, a scold of blue jays, a murmuration of starlings, which are at their best when they murmurate by the hundreds across a gray sky.

Related terms

murmuration

Esperanto

Adverb

murmurate

present adverbial passive participle of murmuri

Latin

Participle

murmurāte

vocative masculine singular of murmurātus

单词	murmurate
释义	murmurate English Verb murmurate (third-person singular simple present murmurates, present participle murmurating, simple past and past participle murmurated) (intransitive) Of starlings, to gather in large flocks at dusk. 2009, Daniel Butler, The mathematics of murmurating starlings, The Telegraph: By dusk this murmurating cloud can number thousands or even millions of birds. 2013, Ruth Bass, Word playing gives birds new nicknames, The Berkshire Eagle: There's a glister of goldfinches, an exaltation of larks, a swoop of swallows, a chain of bobolinks, a scold of blue jays, a murmuration of starlings, which are at their best when they murmurate by the hundreds across a gray sky. Related terms murmuration Esperanto Adverb murmurate present adverbial passive participle of murmuri Latin Participle murmurāte vocative masculine singular of murmurātus
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