turnstone : Idioms & Phrases

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Black turnstone

  • noun common turnstone of the Pacific coast of North America
    Arenaria-Melanocephala.
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  • the California turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala). The adult in summer is mostly black, except some white streaks on the chest and forehead, and two white loral spots.
Webster 1913

ruddy turnstone

  • noun common Arctic turnstone that winters in South America and Australia
    Arenaria interpres.
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