flock — I [[t]flɒk[/t]] n. 1) anb an assemblage of animals, esp. sheep, goats, or birds, that live, travel, or feed together 2) a large group of people or things: flocks of sightseers[/ex] 3) bib a single congregation in relation to its pastor 4) to… … From formal English to slang
Mixed-species foraging flock — A mixed species feeding flock, also termed a mixed species foraging flock, mixed hunting party or informally bird wave, is a flock of usually insectivorous birds of different species, that join each other and move together while foraging.[1]… … Wikipedia
Mixed-species feeding flock — A mixed species feeding flock, mixed species foraging flock or mixed hunting party is a flock of birds of different species that join each other to search for food.A proverb says, Birds of a feather flock together, but birds of different taxa… … Wikipedia
birds of a feather flock together — People of the same (usually, unscrupulous) character associate with one another, as do birds of the same species. Cf. APOCRYPHA Ecclesiasticus xxvii. 9 (AV) The birds will resort unto their like, so will truth return unto them that practise in… … Proverbs new dictionary
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Social behaviour in animals — Introduction actions of animals living in communities. Such behaviour may include the feeding of the young, the building of shelters, or the guarding of territory. General characteristics Social behaviour (Social behaviour in animals) … Universalium
The Church — The Church † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Church The term church (Anglo Saxon, cirice, circe; Modern German, Kirche; Sw., Kyrka) is the name employed in the Teutonic languages to render the Greek ekklesia (ecclesia), the term by which… … Catholic encyclopedia
Domestic sheep — taxobox name = Domestic sheep status = DOM image width = 250px image caption = A research flock at U.S. Sheep Experiment Station near Dubois, Idaho regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Artiodactyla familia = Bovidae… … Wikipedia
environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… … Universalium
Sheep — For other uses, see Sheep (disambiguation). Domestic sheep A research flo … Wikipedia
