turnstone

English Thesaurus

1. migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	plover,
definition	:	any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	arenaria interpres, ruddy turnstone,
definition	:	common Arctic turnstone that winters in South America and Australia (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	arenaria-melanocephala, black turnstone,
definition	:	common turnstone of the Pacific coast of North America (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	arenaria, genus arenaria,
definition	:	turnstones (noun.animal)