rose-colored starling

1. 1.

   glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian

   Synonymsrose-colored pastorPastor sturnusPastor roseus

   Broaderstarling

   Part ofPastor

Questions about rose-colored starling

What does rose-colored starling mean?

rose-colored starling means "glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian".

What is another word for rose-colored starling?

Close synonyms include rose-colored pastor, Pastor sturnus, Pastor roseus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rose-colored starling a common word?

rose-colored starling is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.