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- noun Plural form of
starling .
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Examples
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#68 posted by rawdirte, August 15, 2008 6: 33 AM whya dissin 'starlings?
Crows Birds stealing coins from car wash? - Boing Boing 2008
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He knew the cry of every bird, and could call the starlings from the tree-top, or the heron from the mere.
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He knew the cry of every bird, and could call the starlings from the tree-top, or the heron from the mere.
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He knew the cry of every bird, and could call the starlings from the tree-top, or the heron from the mere.
A House of Pomegranates Oscar Wilde 1877
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The starlings could be a problem, swooping in noisily and scattering the little birds.
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The starlings could be a problem, swooping in noisily and scattering the little birds.
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I worried that Elbow will go the same way and I Love elbow, that every tv Ident and gardening programme will play "starlings" over shots of monty don's petunias and I'll grow to hate them.
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Tinker Air Force Base, said officials there focus on birds that travel in flocks, such as starlings, or larger birds such as geese or gulls, which are drawn by a nearby lake and landfills.
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I worried that Elbow will go the same way and I Love elbow, that every tv Ident and gardening programme will play "starlings" over shots of monty don's petunias and I'll grow to hate them.
Word Magazine - 2009
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INTRODUCED bird species such as starlings and Indian minors don't tend to attract a lot of sympathy, but peacocks are perhaps harder to hate.
The Canberra Times 2008
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