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1. (n.) starling
a stocky, medium-sized Eurasian songbird, Sturnus vulgaris, of the family Sturnidae, with iridescent black plumage, seasonally speckled: now established in North America, Australasia, and other parts of the world.
2. starling
any of numerous Old World songbirds of the same family.
Etymology: (bef. 1050; ME; OE stærling=stær starling (c. OHG stara, ON stari) +-ling -ling1)
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1. (noun) starling
gregarious birds native to the Old World
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1. (noun) 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
2. (noun) starling
a California fish; the rock trout
3. (noun) starling
a structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge for protection and support; -- called also sterling
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Sense: a type of small bird with glossy dark feathers.
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 Afrikaans: spreeu |
 Arabic: زُرْزور: جِنْس من الطُّيو |
 Bulgarian: скорец |
 Brazilian: estorninho |
 Czech: špaček |
 German: der Star |
 Danish: stær |
 Greek: ψαρόνι |
 Estonian: kuldnokk |
 Farsi: سار |
 Finnish: kottarainen |
 French: étourneau |
 Hebrew: זָרזִיר |
 Hindi: तेलियर |
 Croatian: čvorak |
 Hungarian: seregély |
 Indonesian: burung jalak |
 Icelandic: stari, starri |
 Italian: storno |
 Japanese: むくどり |
 Korean: 찌르레기 |
 Lithuanian: varnėnas |
 Latvian: mājas strazds |
 Malay: burung jalak |
 Dutch: spreeuw |
 Norwegian: stær |
 Polish: szpak |
 Portuguese: estorninho |
 Romanian: graur |
 Russian: скворец |
 Slovak: škorec |
 Slovenian: škorec |
 Serbian: čvorak |
 Swedish: stare |
 Thai: นกเล็กชนิดหนึ่ง |
 Turkish: sığırcık (kuşu) |
 Taiwanese: 歐椋鳥 |
 Ukrainian: шпак |
 Urdu: مینا |
 Vietnamese: chim sáo đá |
 Chinese: 欧椋鸟，八哥 |
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