sturninæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. sturn ( us ), Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -inæ.] Ornith.: A sub-family of Sturnide (q. v.), a highly characteristic Old-world group, extending to every part of the eastern hemisphere and its islands, and over the Pacific to the Samoa Islands and New Zealand, but wholly absent from the mainland of Australia. They have the characters of the family, and contain about twenty-eight genera and 126 species. stür-nir-ą, s. [A euphonic word, of no signification, formed by Gray. ( Aga iz.)] Zool.: A genus of Steno derm at a (q.v.). Chin with three warts in front, margined below by smaller warts. One species S. lilium , from the Neo tropical region.