noun. In hydraulic engineering, an inclosure like a coffer-dam, formed of piles driven closely together, before any work or structure as a protection against the wash of the waves.

noun. One of the piles used in forming such a breakwater.

noun. An oscine passerine bird, of the family Sturnidæ and genus Sturnus, as S. vulgaris of Europe.

noun. One of a breed of domestic pigeons which in color resemble the starling.

noun. Same as rock-trout,2.

noun. An obsolete form of sterling.

noun. 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.

noun. A California fish; the rock trout.

noun. A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge for protection and support; -- called also sterling.

noun. See Pastor.

noun. A gregarious passerine bird, of the family Sturnidae, having dark, iridescent plumage

noun. A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge

noun. A California fish; the rock trout.

noun. gregarious birds native to the Old World

""Anyone who thinks a starling is a pest just don't know anything about how a starling thinks" or something like that."

-stare  american starlings  black starling  cape starling  chinese starling  

oscine  oscine bird  

common starling  mina  minah  myna  myna bird  

Darling  carling  darling  gnarling  marling  

Primula  alright  anti-semite  asterism  blackbird  

cutwater  

stare  starred  sterling