Meaning and Origin
What does the name Starling mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
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- A submission from Virginia, U.S. says the name Starling means "Bird".
- [Zoöl] 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.
- [Zoöl] A California fish; the rock trout.
- A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge for protection and support; -- called also sterling.
Etymology: OE. sterlyng, a dim. of OE. stare, AS. stær; akin to AS. stearn, G. star staar, OHG. stara, Icel. starri stari, Sw. stare, Dan. stær, L. sturnus. Cf. Stare a starling
- Gregarious birds native to the Old World
From Middle English starling, sterling, sterlinge, from Old English starlinc, stærlinc (“starling”), from stær (“starling”) + -linc, -ling (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch sterlinck (“starling”).
- A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.
- The common starling, Sturnus vulgaris, which has dark, iridescent plumage.
- A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge.
- A California fish, the rock trout, Hexagrammos, especially, Hexagrammos decagrammus, the boregat or bodieron.