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TURNSTONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("turnstone" is a kind of...):
plover (any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "turnstone"):
Arenaria interpres; ruddy turnstone (common Arctic turnstone that winters in South America and Australia)
Arenaria-Melanocephala; black turnstone (common turnstone of the Pacific coast of North America)
Holonyms ("turnstone" is a member of...):
Arenaria; genus Arenaria (turnstones)
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