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turnstone \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun Etymology: turn (I) + stone; from its habit of turning over stones to find food : any of various widely distributed migratory shorebirds (genus Arenaria) of the family Charadriidae that typically resemble the related plovers and sandpipers in form and habits; especially : a widely distributed New and Old World bird (A. interpres) having the upperparts variegated with black and chestnut, the breast black, and the abdomen white — see black turnstone, ruddy turnstone
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