Definitions for turnstone

turnstone turn·stone

Spelling: [turn-stohn]
IPA: /ˈtɜrnˌstoʊn/

Turnstone is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 368 anagrams from letters in turnstone (ennorsttu).

Definitions for turnstone

noun

  1. any shorebird of the genus Arenaria, characterized by the habit of turning over stones in search of food.
  2. British. ruddy turnstone.

Origin of turnstone

First recorded in 1665-75; turn + stone

Examples for turnstone

The turnstone is a restless 88 little creature, ever on the run in quest of food.

The food of the turnstone is composed of sand-worms, crustaceans, molluscs, and other small marine animals.

This peculiarity has gained for the turnstone its trivial name.

The turnstone changes its haunts but little during the breeding season.

The turnstone breeds throughout the northern parts of the Nearctic and Palæarctic regions, as far as land is known to extend.

The turnstone (Strepsilas interpres) arrives in the islands in August after breeding in Alaska.

The stout, short-legged turnstone is the most cosmopolitan of birds.

Although the turnstone and semipalmated plovers are reminiscent, they are quite distinct and not to be confused.

The plover of the plain is the turnstone, strepsilus interpres.

The turnstone belongs to a fourth family, but it is a very small one.

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