susurrus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

susurrus
    n 1: the indistinct sound of people whispering; "a soft susurrus
         of conversation" [syn: {susurration}, {susurrus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Susurrus \Su*sur"rus\, n. [L.]
   The act of whispering; a whisper; a murmur. --De Quincey.
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         The soft susurrus and sighs of the branches.
                                                  --Longfellow.
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