turnstone

English

ruddy turnstone

Etymology

turn +‎ stone

Noun

turnstone (plural turnstones)

Either of two species of coastal wading bird, Arenaria interpres and Arenaria melanocephala, that breed in the Arctic and readily turn stones or seaweed looking for hidden invertebrates.

Derived terms

Translations

coastal wading bird

Bulgarian: птица-каменар f (ptica-kamenar)
Catalan: remena-rocs m, picaplatges m
Czech: kamenáček, kameňáček
Dutch: steenloper (nl) m
Finnish: karikukko (fi)
German: Steinwälzer m
Hungarian: kőforgató
Irish: piardálai trá m
Italian: voltapietre (it) m
Russian: камнешарка (ru) f (kamnešarka)
Spanish: vuelvepiedras m
Welsh: hutan y dŵr m, hutan y môr m

References

turnstone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Arenaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Arenaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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