a. Ornith. [f. L. sturnus starling + -OID.] Resembling the Sturnidæ or Starlings in form or characteristics.
1874. A. R. Wallace, in Ibis, Ser. III. IV. 412. Sturnoid Passeres.
1879. E. P. Wright, Anim. Life, 264. The Sturnoid Perchers … are almost exclusively natives of the Old World.
