turnstone
British. ruddy turnstone.
Origin of turnstone
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How to use turnstone in a sentence
After a close look, Fannin replied: "Those here are turnstones; those others seem to be black oyster catchers."
Jack the Young Canoeman | George Bird GrinnellClose to us a couple of turnstones, smart little birds in brown, with bright-red legs and beaks, were busy on a heap of kelp.
The Pilots of Pomona | Robert LeightonThey associate freely with the smaller sandpipers, least, and semipalmated, or with the semipalmated plover and turnstones.
Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2) | Arthur Cleveland BentThe price of these birds at that time was 10 cents per dozen; mixed with them would be turnstones and black-bellied plover.
Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2) | Arthur Cleveland BentThe Turnstones (Strepsila) inhabit the sea-coasts of both continents.
Reptiles and Birds | Louis Figuier
British Dictionary definitions for turnstone
/ (ˈtɜːnˌstəʊn) /
either of two shore birds of the genus Arenaria, esp A. interpres (ruddy turnstone). They are related and similar to plovers and sandpipers
Origin of turnstone
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