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flocking

n. the grouping of birds due to social attraction and interaction. It is related to colonial nesting (see colonial species) and contrasts with aggregation, which is due to some independent factor. The equivalent of flocking in mammals is known as herding (see herd instinct).

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panacea

n. a solution or remedy for everything that is wrong with a given problem or that universally applies to a set of related problems.