limicoline
/lʌɪˈmɪkəˌlʌɪn/ /lʌɪˈmɪkəlɪn/Zoology
adjective
Mud-loving, mud-dwelling; especially of or relating to waders or shorebirds; designating sandpipers, plovers, and related birds, formerly placed in a group Limicolae.
noun
A limicoline bird; a mud-dwelling organism.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. From scientific Latin Limicolae + -ine.