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starling

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star=ling

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun starling has 1 sense

starling(n = noun.animal) Array - gregarious birds native to the Old World; Array

is a kind of

oscine

oscine bird

is a member of family sturnidae, sturnidae

has particulars: common starling, sturnus vulgaris, pastor roseus, pastor sturnus, rose-colored pastor, rose-colored starling, mina, minah, myna, myna bird, mynah, mynah bird

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CIDE DICTIONARY

starling, n. [OE. sterlyng, a dim. of OE. stare, AS. stær; akin to AS. stearn, G. star, staar, OHG. stara, Icel. starri, stari, Sw. stare, Dan. stær, L. sturnus. Cf. Stare a starling.].

Any passerine bird belonging to Sturnus and allied genera. The European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also stare, and starred. The pied starling of India is Sternopastor contra. [1913 Webster]
A California fish; the rock trout. [1913 Webster]
A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge for protection and support; -- called also sterling. [1913 Webster]

Rose-colored starling. (Zoöl.) See Pastor.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

starling, n.
1 a small gregarious partly migratory bird, Sturnus vulgaris, with blackish-brown speckled lustrous plumage, chiefly inhabiting cultivated areas.
2 any similar bird of the family Sturnidae.

starling, n. piles built around or upstream of a bridge or pier to protect it from floating rubbish etc.

Etymology

perh. corrupt. of (now dial.) staddling STADDLE

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