limicoline

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• 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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

• 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