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.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley