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starling(encyclopedia)
starling(2)(dictionary)
starling(1)(dictionary)
Starling(medicine)
Starling's law(medicine)
Starling, Ernest(medicine)
Starling's reflex(medicine)
Starling's hypothesis(medicine)
Starling's curve(medicine)

starling(2) (iou)



starling noun2. L17.
[Perh. alt. of STADDLING.]
An outwork of piles built around or upstream of the pier of a bridge, so as to provide protection against the current, floating objects, etc.