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turnstone

turn.stone \-.sto-n\ n [fr. a habit of turning over stones to find food] : 
   any of various widely distributed migratory shorebirds (genus Arenari a) 
   resembling the related plovers and sandpipers; esp : a widely distributed 
   bird (A. interpres) having the upper surfaces variegated with black and 
   chestnut and a black breast