# Does anyone know a word...

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 2, 2000, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-a-word/43702 "2000-12-02T07:54:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![tangleroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@tangleroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tangleroc)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-a-word/43702/1 "2000-12-02T07:54:49Z")

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I know there’s a word which refers to the simultaneous movement of a flock of birds from one place to another.

Can anyone help me come up with it?

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**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-a-word/43702/2 "2000-12-02T07:59:27Z")

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Migration.

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-a-word/43702/3 "2000-12-02T14:42:57Z")

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“wheeling” flocks…