ruddy turnstone

ruddy turnstone
a common shorebird, Arenaria interpres, of the New and Old World arctic, wintering south to southern South America and Australia and having striking reddish-brown, black, and white plumage. Also called turnstone.
[1905-10]

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      shorebird species of the genus Arenaria. See turnstone.

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