Tūrn'-stōne, n.

noun

n. (Ornith.) A bird of the genus Strepsilas, especially S. interpres, a little larger than an English blackbird;—so called from its practice of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other aquatic animals.

P. Cyc.

An illustration of a turn-stone standing among grasses and stones. — Turn-stone (*Strepsilas interpres*).