noun
term used in some classifications for migratory shorebirds; coextensive with the Charadrii
• Syn: ↑suborder Limicolae
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Charadriiformes, ↑order Charadriiformes
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\\līˈmikəˌlē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, plural of limicola mud-dweller, from Late Latin limi- (from Latin limus mud) + Latin -cola dweller, inhabitant; akin to Latin linere to smear — more at lime, -colous
1. in some especially former classifications : an order or suborder of migratory birds comprising the sandpipers and related forms (family Scolopacidae) or often being made coextensive with the suborder Charadrii
2. in some especially former classifications : a group of Oligochaeta comprising the more aquatic and typically smaller oligochaete worms — compare terricolae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.