Starling (disambiguation)

Starling (disambiguation)

Starlings are a family of birds.

Starling may also refer to:__NOTOC__

Animal

*The Starling pigeon breed.

People

*Clarice Starling, a fictional character in "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Hannibal"
*Ernest Starling: an English physiologist known for developing the Starling equation and the Starling resistor
*Jim Starling: a series of novels for children written by Edmund Wallace Hildick.
*Starling, a fictional character in the animated television show "Storm Hawks".
* The Starlings, a coloratura soprano duo from the 1930-1940s.

Place

*Starling, Greater Manchester, a settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, England.

Military

*Armstrong Whitworth Starling, a 1920s British fighter aircraft.
*"HMS Starling", a Black Swan-class sloop (WWII ship).

Other

*Starling (architecture): a defensive bulwark, usually built with pilings or bricks, surrounding the supports (or piers) of a bridge or similar construction; can also be spelt "sterling".
*Starling (software): a light-weight persistent queue server that speaks the MemCache protocol.


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