Limicolae

plural noun

Li·mic·o·lae | \ līˈmikəˌlē\

Definition of Limicolae

1 in some especially former classifications : an order or suborder of migratory birds comprising the sandpipers and related forms (family Scolopacidae) or often being made coextensive with the suborder Charadrii

2 in some especially former classifications : a group of Oligochaeta comprising the more aquatic and typically smaller oligochaete worms — compare terricolae

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