Associations to the word «Starling»

Pictures for the word «Starling»

Wiktionary

STARLING, noun. A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.
STARLING, noun. The common starling, Sturnus vulgaris, which has dark, iridescent plumage.
STARLING, noun. A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge.
STARLING, noun. A California fish, the rock trout, Hexagrammus, especially, Hexagrammus decagrammus, the boregat or bodieron.
STARLING, proper noun. An English surname​ from a nickname for a gregarious person.
STARLING, proper noun. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Dictionary definition

STARLING, noun. Gregarious birds native to the Old World.

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