ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Starling

Definition & Meaning

Pronunciation /ˈstɑːlɪŋ/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Starling is a noun meaning A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.

Meaning

A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.

More Meanings

  1. A fish, rock trout (Hexagrammos spp.), of the North Pacific, especially, Hexagrammos decagrammus, found in US waters.
  2. One of the piles used in forming such a breakwater.
  3. (construction) An enclosure like a coffer-dam, formed of piles driven closely together before any structure or work, as a protection against the wash of waves, commonly used to protect the piers of a bridge.

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Related dictionary entries include sterling, sturnid, starn, sparrow, myna, sternid.

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