TURNSTONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does turnstone mean? 

• TURNSTONE (noun)
  The noun TURNSTONE has 1 sense:

1. migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food

  Familiarity information: TURNSTONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TURNSTONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food

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Nouns denoting animals

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)