n.
Pronunciation: - ˌ st ō n
Function: noun
Etymology: from a habit of turning over stones to find food
Date: circa 1674
: either of two shorebirds (genus Arenaria ) of the sandpiper family: a : a bird ( A. interpres ) of worldwide distribution that has black and chestnut upperparts and a black breast b : a No. American bird ( A. melanocephala ) with black upperparts and breast
turnstone