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starling Noun a common songbird with shiny blackish feathers and a short tail [Old English stærlinc]
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Translations n starling [ˈstaːliŋ] a type of small bird with glossy dark feathers. spreeu زُرْزور: جِنْس من الطُّيور скорец špaček stær der Star ψαρόνι kuldnokk سار kottarainen étourneau זָרזִיר तेलियर čvorak seregély burung jalak stari, starri storno むくどり ?조류?찌르레기 varnėnas mājas strazds burung jalak spreeuw stær szpak estorninho graur скворец škorec škorec čvorak stare นกเล็กชนิดหนึ่ง sığırcık (kuşu) 椋鳥,八哥 шпак مینا chim sáo đá 欧椋鸟,八哥 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He could remember nothing of the time before he came to sea; only that his father had made clocks, and had a starling in the parlour, which could whistle "The North Countrie;" all else had been blotted out in these years of hardship and cruelties. The porter was drowsing on his bench within the lodge, but at the knock he roused himself and, opening the wicket, came hobbling forth and greeted the Knight, while a tame starling that hung in a wicker cage within piped out, " There were states of the tide when, having been down the river, I could not get back through the eddy-chafed arches and starlings of old London Bridge; then, I left my boat at a wharf near the Custom House, to be brought up afterwards to the Temple stairs. |
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