limicoline

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

adjective

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

limicoline

/ -lɪn; laɪˈmɪkəˌlaɪn /

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of limicoline¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of limicoline¹

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

Example Sentences

It also, Rail-like, frequently alights on trees and fences, a habit I have not remarked in any other Limicoline species.

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In addition to these terrestrial forms there are a few limicoline genera which are partly marine in their habit.

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Its habits on the shore are very similar to those of the other Limicoline species.

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With the present species we exhaust the number of Limicoline birds that nest upon the shore in the British Islands.

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

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