A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.
A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge.
A California fish, the rock trout (Hexagrammos), especially, Hexagrammos decagrammus, the boregat or bodieron.
A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.
The common starling, Sturnus vulgaris, which has dark, iridescent plumage.