STARLING


Meaning of STARLING in English

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stærlinc, from stær ~ + -ling, -linc -ling; akin to Old High German stara ~, Latin sturnus Date: before 12th century any of a family (Sturnidae, especially genus Sturnus ) of usually dark gregarious oscine birds

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