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plum-coloured starling

plum-coloured starling noun: synonym of violet-backed starling.

Noun

plum-coloured starling (plural plum-coloured starlings)

  1. (Commonwealth spelling) Synonym of violet-backed starling.
    • Plum-coloured starlings built in the paper tree and from the bougainvillaea we heard the six-noted whistling of the Paradise flycatcher.1970, June Kay, “Far Lamorna”, in The Thirteenth Moon, London: Hutchinson & Co, →ISBN, page 16
    • The abundant wealth of plants and trees has attracted some 145 species of bird, including such specimens as green coucals and plum-coloured starlings, which you may be lucky to see along two trails winding through the reserve.1995, Vivian Baard, Brian Johnson Barker, Judy Beyer, Jose Burman, Ellen Fitz-Patrick, Jill Gowans, Jane-Anne Hobbs, Peter Joyce, Paul Tingay, “Silverglen Nature Reserve”, in Places to Visit in...

Synonyms of plum-coloured starling

Forms of plum-coloured starling

pluralplum-coloured starlings
alternative USplum-colored starling
alternative formplumcoloured starling

Questions about plum-coloured starling

What does plum-coloured starling mean?
Plum-coloured starling means synonym of violet-backed starling.
What part of speech is plum-coloured starling?
Plum-coloured starling is a noun.
What is the plural of plum-coloured starling?
The plural of plum-coloured starling is plum-coloured starlings.

Words near plum-coloured starling in the dictionary

  1. plum-colored starling
  2. plum-colored starlings
  3. plum-colors
  4. plum-colour
  5. plum-coloured
  6. plum-coloured starling
  7. plum-coloured starlings
  8. plum-colours
  9. plum-damas
  10. plum-damis
  11. plum-duff

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