Definition of Sturnus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Sturnidae: common starlings.

Exact synonyms: Genus Sturnus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Sturnidae, Sturnidae
Member holonyms: Common Starling, Sturnus Vulgaris, Pastor, Subgenus Pastor

Definition of Sturnus

1. a bird [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sturnus

Stuckism
Stuckist
Stuckists
Student's t distribution
Student's t test
Sturm und Drang
Sturmabteilung
Sturmarbeiteilung
Sturmvogel
Sturmvogels
Sturnella
Sturnella magna
Sturnella neglecta
Sturnidae
Sturnus
Sturnus vulgaris
Sturt's desert pea
Sturt pea
Stuttgart
Stutz Bearcat
Stuyvesant
Stygian
Styliani
Stylianos
Stylomecon
Stylomecon heterophyllum
Stylonychia
Stylophorum
Stylophorum diphyllum

Literary usage of Sturnus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"sturnus unicolor belongs to the Mediterranean sub-region, S. caucasicus and S. ... The typical species of the genus is sturnus vulgaris of Linnaeus, ..."

2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"(l) We can find no sufficient character to enable us to distinguish (1) Add the sturnus unicolor of the south of Europe, Tem. Col. 3; Vieill. ..."

3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"(l) We can find no sufficient character to enable us to distinguish (1) Add the sturnus unicolor of the south of Europe, Tern. Col. ..."

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