n. 1 a small gregarious partly migratory bird, Sturnus vulgaris, with blackish-brown speckled lustrous plumage, chiefly inhabiting cultivated areas. 2 any similar bird of the family Sturnidae.
[ OE strlinc f. str starling f. Gmc: cf. -LING(1) ]
n. 1 a small gregarious partly migratory bird, Sturnus vulgaris, with blackish-brown speckled lustrous plumage, chiefly inhabiting cultivated areas. 2 any similar bird of the family Sturnidae.
[ OE strlinc f. str starling f. Gmc: cf. -LING(1) ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012