| NOUN | animal | turnstone | migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food |
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| Meaning | migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food. | |
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| Member of | Arenaria, genus Arenaria | turnstones |
| Narrower | black turnstone, Arenaria-Melanocephala | Common turnstone of the Pacific coast of North America |
| ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres | common Arctic turnstone that winters in South America and Australia | |
| Broader | plover | Any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings |
| Spanish | vuelvepiedras | |
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