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turnstone|ˈtɜːnstəʊn|
[f. 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.
1674Ray Words, Water Fowl 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. 1678Ray Willughby's Ornith. iii. v. 311 The Turn-stone, or Sea-Dottrel. 1731Mortimer in Phil. Trans. XXXVII. 176 The Turn-Stone or Sea-Dottrel..is a Native both of England and America. 1802Montagu Ornith. Dict. s.v., The Turnstone is subject to great variety in respect to the markings about the head and neck. 1862Ansted Channel Isl. 207 The turnstone is found about the neighbourhood of Herm throughout the year. 1904Blackw. Mag. Feb. 250/2 The turnstones..breed in Alaska. |