ROSE-COLORED STARLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rose-colored starling mean? 

• ROSE-COLORED STARLING (noun)
  The noun ROSE-COLORED STARLING has 1 sense:

1. glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian

  Familiarity information: ROSE-COLORED STARLING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROSE-COLORED STARLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Pastor roseus; Pastor sturnus; rose-colored pastor; rose-colored starling

Hypernyms ("rose-colored starling" is a kind of...):

starling (gregarious birds native to the Old World)

Holonyms ("rose-colored starling" is a member of...):

Pastor; subgenus Pastor (only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus)