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plum-colored starling

plum-colored starling noun: american standard spelling of plum-coloured starling.

Noun

plum-colored starling (plural plum-colored starlings)

  1. American standard spelling of plum-coloured starling.
    • Some starlings are drab, but the incandescent glossy and plum-colored starlings (43) with their petroleum sheen more than make up for it.2000, Melissa Shales, Fodor’s Exploring South Africa, 3rd edition, New York, N.Y.: Fodor’s Travel Publications, →ISBN, page 273
    • A plum-colored starling whistled from the branches of a flowering baobab, and masked weavers wove nests among the fluffy lavender and yellow lantern flowers in the sicklebush.2001, Catherine Stock, Gugu’s House, New York, N.Y.: Clarion Books, →ISBN, page 29

Forms of plum-colored starling

pluralplum-colored starlings

Questions about plum-colored starling

What does plum-colored starling mean?
Plum-colored starling means american standard spelling of plum-coloured starling.
What part of speech is plum-colored starling?
Plum-colored starling is a noun.
What is the plural of plum-colored starling?
The plural of plum-colored starling is plum-colored starlings.

Words near plum-colored starling in the dictionary

  1. plum-broths
  2. plum-cake
  3. plum-cakes
  4. plum-color
  5. plum-colored
  6. plum-colored starling
  7. plum-colored starlings
  8. plum-colors
  9. plum-colour
  10. plum-coloured
  11. plum-coloured starling

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