STURNUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sturnus mean? 

• STURNUS (noun)
  The noun STURNUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Sturnidae: common starlings

  Familiarity information: STURNUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STURNUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Sturnidae: common starlings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Sturnus; Sturnus

Hypernyms ("Sturnus" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Sturnus"):

common starling; Sturnus vulgaris (gregarious bird having plumage with dark metallic gloss; builds nests around dwellings and other structures; naturalized worldwide)

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

Holonyms ("Sturnus" is a member of...):

family Sturnidae; Sturnidae (Old World starlings)