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violet-backed starlings

violet-backed starlings is the plural of violet-backed starling.

Meaning of violet-backed starling

Noun

violet-backed starling (plural violet-backed starlings)

  1. Cinnyricinclus leucogaster, a relatively small species (17 cm) of starling, the male of which has an iridescent violet head and back and pure white underparts, and the female a thrush-like appearance with brown, boldly-streaked upper parts and white, heavily-streaked underparts.
    • Pearl-breasted swallows swooped low over the grass beside the runway, and as they made their way across the tarmac towards the airport building they almost tripped over a small flock of violet-backed starlings.2008, Nicholas Drayson, chapter 22, in A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 106

Questions about violet-backed starlings

What is violet-backed starlings the plural of?
Violet-backed starlings is the plural of violet-backed starling.

Words near violet-backed starlings in the dictionary

  1. violet tree
  2. violet trees
  3. violet wand
  4. violet wands
  5. violet-backed starling
  6. violet-backed starlings
  7. violet-bellied hummingbird
  8. violet-green swallow
  9. violet-green swallows
  10. violet-tip
  11. violet-tips

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