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Definition of Turnstones

1. turnstone [n] - See also: turnstone

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Turnstones

turnpikes turnround turns turnskin turnskins turnsole turnsole turnsoles turnspit turnspit

turnspits turnstile turnstiles turnstone turnstone turnstones (current term) turntable turntables turnup turnups

turnus turnverein turnvereins turn around turn away turn a blind eye turn a loss turn a nice dime turn a nice dollar turn a nice penny

Literary usage of Turnstones

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1. Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania: With Special Reference to the Food by Pennsylvania Ornithologist, Benjamin Harry Warren (1890)
"turnstones are rather small-sized birds, but, like a plover, robust in form. ... I have seen two or three turnstones which were killed in the fall, ..."

2. A History of the Game Birds, Wild-fowl and Shore Birds of Massachusetts and by Edward Howe Forbush, Willey Ingraham Beecroft, Herbert Keightley Job, Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture (1912)
"turnstones are distributed generally over the globe. The few species are known everywhere by their peculiar habits. Only one inhabits the eastern coast of ..."

3. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"This species, which is found on the Pacific coast from Alaska to Chili, seems to be the connecting link between the Plovers and the turnstones, having the ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... oyster-catchers, turnstones, sanderlings, etc. CHARALES, ka-ra'lez (from Latin charo, some unknown plant), a highly specialized order of the green algae ..."

5. The Birds of Eastern North America Known to Occur East of the Nineteenth by Charles Barney Cory, Field Museum of Natural History (1899)
"... Surf Birds and turnstones. ... turnstones. Toes, four; lower back and rump, white with black band. Summer. Turnstone. ..."

6. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"This species, which is found on the Pacific coast from Alaska to Chili, seems to be the connecting link between the plovers and the turnstones, having the ..."

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