Starling

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • 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.
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  • noun. gregarious birds native to the Old World
  • Word Usage
    ""Anyone who thinks a starling is a pest just don't know anything about how a starling thinks" or something like that."
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    stare  starred  sterling