limicoline

American  

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

adjective

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

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limicoline British  

/ -lɪn, laɪˈmɪkəˌlaɪn /

adjective

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

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Etymology

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 lime ² ( def. )) + -cola, a combining form meaning “dweller” + -ine ¹