n. [ F. tournesol, It. tornasole; tornare to turn (LL. tornare) + sole the sun, L. sol. See Turn, Solar, a., and cf. Heliotrope. ]
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His lordship is his majesty's turnspit. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. (Zool.) Any species of limicoline birds of the genera
Black turnstone,