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BLACK TURNSTONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does black turnstone mean?
• BLACK TURNSTONE (noun)
The noun BLACK TURNSTONE has 1 sense:
1. common turnstone of the Pacific coast of North America
Familiarity information: BLACK TURNSTONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common turnstone of the Pacific coast of North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Arenaria-Melanocephala; black turnstone
Hypernyms ("black turnstone" is a kind of...):
turnstone (migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food)
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