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amethyst starling

noun

Definitions

  1. Synonym of violet-backed starling.

    • In western Arabia and northern Abyssinia females of the amethyst starling are very uniform earthy brown above, though the males are like those of the nominate race; thus C. l. arabicus Grant and Mackworth-Praed is a well-established race.
    • One of his hens was being attacked by an amethyst starling, plucking her downy feathers to line its nest.

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