Word Meanings - TURNSTONE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species (Strepsilas interpres). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also brant bird, sand runner, sea quail, sea lark, sparkback, and skirlcrake.

• Commonitive
  Monitory.
• Turnstone
  Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species (Strepsilas interpres). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of m
• Generable
  Capable of being generated or produced.
• BIRDSNESTING
  Hunting for, or taking, birds' nests or their contents.
• Generant
  Generative; producing
• Habitan
  Same as Habitant, 2.
• Allineation
  Alt. of Alineation
• Aquatical
  Aquatic.
• Searchable
  Capable of being searched.
• Calligraphic
  Alt. of Calligraphical
• Callosities
  of Callosity
• Turnip
  The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant itself.
• Commonitory
  Calling to mind; giving admonition.
• Turntable
  A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars, locomotives, etc., in a different direction; -- called also turnplate.
• General
  Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy.
• BIRDSTONGUE
  The knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).
• Generated
  of Generate
• Habitance
  Dwelling; abode; residence.

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