turnstones in English
noun
1
a small, short-billed wading bird of the sandpiper family that turns over stones to feed on small animals beneath them.
Knots and turnstones are both medium-sized waders that inhabit intertidal coastal areas outside the breeding season.
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1. ‘Shorebirds, for those of you who want to know but are afraid to ask, comprise many families of birds, including oystercatchers, stilts, Avocets, plovers, turnstones, sandpipers and phalaropes.’