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Word entry · 8 letters

starling

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"Glossy black songbird"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈstɑːlɪŋ/Part of speech nounSorted agilnrstStarts with SEnds with G1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. gregarious birds native to the Old World

Word origin

From Middle English starling, sterling, sterlinge, from Old English stærling, from stær (“starling”) + -ling (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch sterlinck (“starling”).

Used in a sentence

  • Vast flights of starlings, fleeing the racket, beat across the sky at high speed, like Squall-clouds,— Evening at Noon-tide.

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