- a chunky, medium-sized European passerine bird, Sturnus vulgaris, of iridescent black plumage with seasonal speckles, that nests in colonies: introduced into North America.
- any of various similar Old World birds of the family Sturnidae.
- a pointed cluster of pilings for protecting a bridge pier from drifting ice, debris, etc.
- any gregarious passerine songbird of the Old World family Sturnidae, esp Sturnus vulgaris, which has a blackish plumage and a short tail
- an arrangement of piles that surround a pier of a bridge to protect it from debris, etc
- Ernest Henry . 1866–1927, British physiologist, who contributed greatly to the understanding of many bodily functions and with William Bayliss (1860–1924) discovered the hormone secretin (1902)
