Flock
Flock verb - To move upon or fill (something) in great numbers.
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Synonyms for Flock
Swarming and flock are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "Swarming" with "Flock", this verbs are similar.
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- In The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, chicke... er, Cuccos and dogs can't be killed with the sword, attacking the former enough causes a whole flock of Cuccos to start swarming Link (as is the norm in Zelda games), and attacking the latter triggers a counterattack.
Source: Lord British Postulate -
The Dark One uses ravens as spies, and at one point early in the series a huge flock of them is shown patrolling a forest, swarming and completely stripping the flesh from anything that breaks from the cover of the trees.
Source: Creepy Crows -
While the animators were running tests to make sure all of the birds behaved correctly, one or more birds would often be temporarily replaced by trout models instead to make it easier to see those particular birds' paths through the swarming flock.
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