\Li*mic"o*l[ae]\ (l[-i]*m[i^]k"[-o]*l[=e]), n. pl. [L.
limicola a dweller in the mud; limus mud + colere to dwell.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers,
snipe, curlew, etc.; the Grall[ae].