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starling

1
any gregarious passerine songbird of the Old World family Sturnidae, esp Sturnus vulgaris, which has a blackish plumage and a short tail

starling

2
an arrangement of piles that surround a pier of a bridge to protect it from debris, etc.
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

starling

[′stär·liŋ]
(civil engineering)
A protective enclosure around the pier of a bridge that consists of piles driven close together and is often filled with gravel or stone to protect the pier by serving as a break to water, ice, or drift.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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