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turnstone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | plover |
| Has types | arenaria-melanocephala, arenaria interpres, black turnstone, ruddy turnstone |
Examples of turnstone
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Oystercatchers and turnstone, stunning tortoiseshell shorebirds, were also out in great numbers.
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Turnstone designers helped Animoto plan out the space with bright blue ottomans, orange couches and wide open workstations.
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Migratory birds present included the bristle-thighed curlew, turnstone, wandering tattler, golden plover, and the sanderling.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The ruddy turnstone and bristle-thighed curlew fly more than 2,000 miles nonstop from Alaska to the Hawaiian islands on their way to the South Pacific.
From the time.com
Occasionally long-tailed ducks went past, and waders such as turnstone, redshank and knot, all no doubt impatient for the tide to turn and expose some rich feeding areas.
From the guardian.co.uk
Wildfowl and waders seen here are the oystercatcher, lapwing, redshank and curlew, and, during the winter, black-tailed godwit, turnstone and ringed plover.
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In literature, an important turnstone occurred in 1658, when Georg Stiernhielm published Hercules, a work regarded as the first Swedish work of true poetry.
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Migratory paths of the ruddy turnstone shorebird, which winters in South America and spends time in Delaware Bay each spring before flying to breeding grounds in the Arctic.
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- Migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food
- Turnstones are the bird species in the genus Arenaria in the family Scolopacidae. They are closely related to calidrid sandpipers and might be considered members of the tribe Calidriini.Thomas et al. (2004)
