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amethyst starlings

amethyst starlings is the plural of amethyst starling.

Meaning of amethyst starling

Noun

amethyst starling (plural amethyst starlings)

  1. Synonym of violet-backed starling.
    • Now, in certain lights (for afterwards I saw the bird many times) the plumage does not appear copper-coloured but the prevailing appearance is purple, and in Rhodesia the egg-collecting schoolboys call the amethyst starling a “purple-back”. Apart from his marvellous purple beauty I doubt if any...1937, Madeline Alston, “Birds at Livingstone (Northern Rhodesia)”, in Wanderings of a Bird-Lover in Africa, London: H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd. […], →OCLC, part III (In Rhodesia), page 143

Questions about amethyst starlings

What is amethyst starlings the plural of?
Amethyst starlings is the plural of amethyst starling.

Words near amethyst starlings in the dictionary

  1. amethyst
  2. amethyst deceiver
  3. amethyst deceivers
  4. amethyst gold
  5. amethyst starling
  6. amethyst starlings
  7. amethystine
  8. amethystlike
  9. amethysts
  10. ametoctradin
  11. ametria

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