haven vs starling

haven

• A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea. 

• A peaceful place. 

• A place of safety. 

• To put into, or provide with a haven. 

starling

• 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.