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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: rose-colored starling
rose-colored starling
n : glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian
[syn:
rose-colored pastor,
Pastor sturnus,
Pastor roseus
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Rose-colored starling
Starling
\Star"ling\ (-l[i^]ng), n. [OE. sterlyng, a dim. of OE.
stare, AS. st[ae]r; akin to AS. stearn, G. star, staar, OHG.
stara, Icel. starri, stari, Sw. stare, Dan. st[ae]r, L.
sturnus. Cf.
Stare a starling.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any passerine bird belonging to
Sturnus and
allied genera. The European starling (
Sturnus vulgaris)
is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss,
and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird,
and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also
stare, and
starred. The pied starling of India is
Sternopastor contra.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) A California fish; the rock trout.
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3. A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge
for protection and support; -- called also
sterling.
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Rose-colored starling. (Zo["o]l.) See
Pastor.
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