Starling

  1. Proper noun.  (surname, A An) from a nickname for a gregarious person.
  2. Proper noun.  (given name, male) transferred from the surname.
  3. Noun.  A gregarious passerine bird, of the family ''Sturnidae'', having dark, iridescent plumage.
  4. Noun.  A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge.

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