limicoline

A limicoline bird searches for food along the muddy shore.

Definition

Adjective: Relating to or characteristic of birds of the suborder Limicolae, which includes shorebirds such as sandpipers, plovers, and snipes that inhabit muddy or sandy shores.

Usage Examples

• (Shorebirds that live near water edges.)
• (Birds belonging to the shorebird group.)

Advanced Usage

• "limicoline waders": a specific term for shorebirds that wade in shallow water.
  • The limicoline waders are often seen probing the sand for invertebrates. (Shorebirds that feed by wading.)

Variants and Related Words

• Limicolae (n): the taxonomic suborder of shorebirds.
  • The Limicolae includes families like Scolopacidae and Charadriidae. (The biological group containing sandpipers and plovers.)

Synonyms

• Shorebird: a bird that lives near shorelines.
• Wader: a bird that wades in water to find food.

Related Idioms

• (No common idioms exist for this highly specific scientific term.)