Definition of Turnstones

1. Noun. (plural of turnstone) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Turnstones

1. turnstone [n] - See also: turnstone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Turnstones

turns the frown upside down
turns up
turnscrew
turnscrews
turnsick
turnskin
turnskins
turnsole
turnsoles
turnspit
turnspits
turnstile
turnstile attendance
turnstiles
turnstone
turnstones (current term)
turnt
turntable
turntabled
turntables
turntabling
turntablism
turntablisms
turntablist
turntablists
turnup
turnups
turnus
turnverein
turnvereins

Literary usage of Turnstones

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

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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