Assertion: starling's flock | /r/Synonym | murmuration
Facets:
value: commonly
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: A flock of starlings is called a murmuration and in winter these gatherings can number in excess of one million individuals.
text: These flocks are known as ‘murmurations’.
text: They frequently form large flocks, called murmurations, which may move in synchrony in order to avoid predators.
text: These flocks are commonly called murmurations.
text: They frequently form large flocks, called murmurations, which may move in synchrony in order to avoid predators.
text: In the fall, after having migrated from Russia and Scandinavia to escape frigid weather conditions, thousands of starlings gather in shape-shifting flocks called murmurations, apparently "dancing in the twilight" above England and Scotland.