A member of the passerine bird family sturnidae, specifically referring to the common starling, sturnus vulgaris, known for its dark, iridescent plumage.

(hydraulic engineering) An inclosure like a coffer-dam, formed of piles driven closely together, before any work or structure as a protection against the wash of the waves, commonly used to protects the piers of a bridge.

One of the piles used in forming such a breakwater.

A fish, rock trout (Hexagrammos spp.), of the North Pacific, especially, Hexagrammos decagrammus, found in US waters.