Dictionary.com

limicoline

[ lahy-mik-uh-lahyn, -lin ]
/ laɪˈmɪk əˌlaɪn, -lɪn /

adjective

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

QUIZZES

BECOME A PRO CHEF WITH THIS EXQUISITE CUISINE QUIZ!

Even if you can't be a professional chef, you can at least talk like one with this vocabulary quiz.
Question 1 of 9
You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?
To cook in water that begins cold and then reaches a boil.
To stew in a sauce for a long time.
To cook in water, just below boiling temperature.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

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 lime1) + -cola, a combining form meaning “dweller” + -ine1

Words nearby limicoline

lime twig, limewater, limewood, limey, Lim Fjord, limicoline, limicolous, liminal, liminality, limit, limitarian
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for limicoline

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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012