Limicoline
- Limicoline
- Limicoline Li*mic"o*line (l[-i]*m[i^]k"[-o]*l[i^]n), a. (Zo["o]l.) Shore-inhabiting; of or pertaining to the Limicol[ae]. [1913 Webster]
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limicoline — /luy mik euh luyn , lin/, adj. shore inhabiting; of or pertaining to numerous birds of the families Charadriidae, comprising the plovers, and Scolopacidae, comprising the sandpipers. [1870 75; < LL limicol(a) mud dweller + INE1; see LIME1,… … Universalium
limicoline — adjective Shore dwelling, usually said of certain wading birds, such as snipes and plovers … Wiktionary
pratincole — /prat ing kohl , prat n /, n. any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail. [ < NL Pratincola (1756) genus name, equiv. to L prat(um) meadow… … Universalium
shorebird — /shawr berrd , shohr /, n. a bird that frequents seashores, estuaries, etc., as the snipe, sandpiper, plover, and turnstone; a limicoline bird. [1665 75; SHORE1 + BIRD] * * * any member of the suborder Charadrii (order Charadriiformes) that … Universalium