limicoline

[ lahy-mik-uh-lahyn, -lin ]

/ laɪˈmɪk əˌlaɪn, -lɪn /

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adjective

shore-inhabiting; of or pertaining to numerous birds of the families Charadriidae, comprising the plovers, and Scolopacidae, comprising the sandpipers.

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Origin of limicoline

1870–75; <New Latin, from the former taxonomic name Limicolae “mud dwellers,” the plural of Late Latin līmicola “a dweller in the mud,” from līmus “mud, slime” (see lime²) + -cola, a combining form meaning “dweller” + -ine¹

Words nearby limicoline

lime twig, limewater, limewood, limey, Lim Fjord, limicoline, limicolous, liminal, liminality, liminal space, limit

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How to use limicoline in a sentence

It also, Rail-like, frequently alights on trees and fences, a habit I have not remarked in any other Limicoline species.
Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2)|P. L. Sclater
In addition to these terrestrial forms there are a few limicoline genera which are partly marine in their habit.
Earthworms and their Allies|Frank E. Beddard
Its habits on the shore are very similar to those of the other Limicoline species.
British Sea Birds|Charles Dixon
With the present species we exhaust the number of Limicoline birds that nest upon the shore in the British Islands.
British Sea Birds|Charles Dixon

The young of all Limicoline birds are hatched covered with down, and are able to run soon after their breaking from the shell.
British Sea Birds|Charles Dixon

British Dictionary definitions for limicoline

limicoline

/ (laɪˈmɪkəˌlaɪn, -lɪn) /

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Charadrii, a suborder of birds containing the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, oystercatchers, avocets, etc

Word Origin for limicoline

C19: from New Latin Limicolae former name of order, from Latin līmus mud + colere to inhabit

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