levee vs starling

levee

noun
  • A pier or other landing place on a river. 

  • A formal reception, especially one given by royalty or other leaders. 

  • The border of an irrigated field. 

  • An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi. 

  • An elevated geographical feature. 

  • A reception of visitors held after getting up. 

  • The steep bank of a river. 

verb
  • To attend the levee or levees of. 

  • To keep within a channel by means of levees. 

starling

noun
  • 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. 

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