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| star·ling [ strling ] (plural star·lings) |
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1. common bird: a common songbird with a stocky body, a strong beak, strong legs, and glossy greenish black feathers covered in white spots, which gathers in large noisy flocks. Native to: Europe. Latin name Sturnus vulgaris.
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2. common bird: a songbird with a stocky body, a strong beak and strong legs, which often has glossy greenish or bluish feathers. Native to: Europe, Africa, Asia, Australasia, western Pacific. Family Sturnidae.
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| [ Old English stærlinc "little starling" < stær "starling" < Germanic] |
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