sturnus

[Lat.=a starling.] Ornith.: The typical genus of Sturnine (q. v.), with six species, ranging over the Pale arctic region to India and South China in the winter. Bill as long as head, almost straight, blunt at tip; nostrils basal, supernal, partly overlaid by an operculum; gape angular, free from bristles; feathers of head and anterior part of body pointed and elongated; wings long, pointed; tail short, rectrices diverging at tip; tarsus scutellate in front, covered at side by an undivided plate, forming a sharp ridge behind; claws short and moderately curved. Sturnus vul garis is the Starling (q. v.) stūrt, v. t. & i. [Sw. störta =to vex, to disturb; Ger.stören.] ( Scotch.) A. Trans.: To vex, to trouble, to molest. B. In trans.: To startle, to be afraid. "He was something sturting ."- Burns Halloween. stūrt (1), s. [STURT, v.] Trouble, disturbance, vexation; heat of temper. ( Scotch .)