Definition of "flock" []

• A group of animals that live, travel, or feed together. (noun)
• A group of people under the leadership of one person, especially the members of a church. (noun)
• A large crowd or number: had a flock of questions. (noun)
• To congregate or travel in a flock or crowd. (verb-intransitive)
• A tuft, as of fiber or hair. (noun)

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• "There appeared to be an unusual number of peacocks about the place, and I was making some remarks upon what I termed a flock of them, that were basking under a sunny wall, when"
• "I was making some remarks upon what I termed a flock of them, that were basking under a sunny wall, when I was gently corrected in my phraseology by Master Simon, who told me that, according to the most ancient and approved treatise on hunting, I must say a MUSTER of peacocks."
• "I was making some remarks upon what I termed a flock of them, that were basking under a sunny wall, when I was gently corrected in my phraseology by Master Simon, who told me that, according to the most ancient and approved treatise on hunting, I must say a _muster_ of peacocks."