starling vs wharf

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. 

wharf

noun
  • A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank. 

  • The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea. 

verb
  • To place on a wharf. 

  • To secure by a wharf. 

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