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turnstone
N นก พวก Arenaria
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
TURNSTONE
n.[turn and stone. ] A bird, called the sea-dotterel, the Tringa morinella, a little larger than an English blackbird. This bird takes its name from its practice of turning up small stones in search of insects.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TURNSTONE
TURNSTONE Turn "stone `, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species (Strepsilas interpres ). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also brant bird, sand runner, sea quail, sea lark, sparkback, and skirlcrake. Black turnstone, the California turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala ). The adult in summer is mostly black, except some white streaks on the chest and forehead, and two white loral spots.
New American Oxford Dictionary
turnstone
turn stone |ˈtərnˌstōn ˈtərnˌstoʊn | ▶noun a small, short-billed wading bird of the sandpiper family that turns over stones to feed on small animals beneath them. [Genus Arenaria, family Scolopacidae: two species, in particular the ruddy turnstone (A. interpres ), breeding in northern Eurasia and northern Canada. ]
Oxford Dictionary
turnstone
turn |stone |ˈtəːnstəʊn | ▶noun a small short-billed wading bird of the sandpiper family that turns over stones to feed on small animals beneath them. ●Genus Arenaria, family Scolopacidae: two species, in particular the ( ruddy ) turnstone (A. interpres ), breeding in northern Eurasia and northern Canada.
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