turnstonen.

Brit.

/ˈtəːnstəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈtərnˌstoʊn/

Etymology: < turn v. + stone n.

A limicoline bird ( Strepsilas interpres) of about the size of the snipe, widely distributed in the Old and New Worlds, which turns over stones to get at the crustacea and other small animals to be found under them.

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > arenaria interpres (turnstone)

sea-lark1602

turnstone1674

sea-dotterel1676

stone-pecker1731

whale-bird1771

bullfinch plover1864

tangle-picker1882

turkey-bird1885

jinny1888

sparked back (plover)1888

1674 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 91 The Turn-stone:..Cinclus Turneri. This bird we observed on the coast of Cornwall: it is lesser then a Plover, and somewhat bigger then a Black-bird.

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. v. 311 The Turn-stone, or Sea-Dottrel.

1732 C. Mortimer in Philos. Trans. 1731–2 (Royal Soc.) 37 176 The Turn-Stone or Sea-Dottrel..is a Native both of England and America.

1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. (at cited word) The Turnstone is subject to great variety in respect to the markings about the head and neck.

1862 J. T. Gallienne in D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands ii. ix. 207 The turnstone is found about the neighbourhood of Herm throughout the year.

1904 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 250/2 The turnstones..breed in Alaska.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	turnstone
释义	turnstonen. Brit. /ˈtəːnstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈtərnˌstoʊn/ Etymology: < turn v. + stone n. A limicoline bird ( Strepsilas interpres) of about the size of the snipe, widely distributed in the Old and New Worlds, which turns over stones to get at the crustacea and other small animals to be found under them. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > arenaria interpres (turnstone) sea-lark1602 turnstone1674 sea-dotterel1676 stone-pecker1731 whale-bird1771 bullfinch plover1864 tangle-picker1882 turkey-bird1885 jinny1888 sparked back (plover)1888 1674 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 91 The Turn-stone:..Cinclus Turneri. This bird we observed on the coast of Cornwall: it is lesser then a Plover, and somewhat bigger then a Black-bird. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. v. 311 The Turn-stone, or Sea-Dottrel. 1732 C. Mortimer in Philos. Trans. 1731–2 (Royal Soc.) 37 176 The Turn-Stone or Sea-Dottrel..is a Native both of England and America. 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. (at cited word) The Turnstone is subject to great variety in respect to the markings about the head and neck. 1862 J. T. Gallienne in D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands ii. ix. 207 The turnstone is found about the neighbourhood of Herm throughout the year. 1904 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 250/2 The turnstones..breed in Alaska. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1674
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