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STARLING

\stˈɑːlɪŋ], \stˈɑːlɪŋ], \s_t_ˈɑː_l_ɪ_ŋ]\

Definitions of STARLING

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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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.
A California fish; the rock trout.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A bird with brown or, in summer, greenish-black plumage and yellowish-white spots.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A bird about the size of the blackbird: (arch.) a ring of piles supporting the pier of a bridge.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Small European bird.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

n. [Anglo-Saxon] A conirostral passerine bird of the genus Sturnus, of a bluish-black colour, and marked with white specks or stars, and is easily tamed and taught to whistle.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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