black turnstone


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Related to black turnstone: ruddy turnstone, sanderling, surfbird
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Noun1.Black turnstone - common turnstone of the Pacific coast of North Americablack turnstone - common turnstone of the Pacific coast of North America
Arenaria-Melanocephala
turnstone - migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food
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