līˈmikəˌlē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, plural of limicola mud-dweller, from Late Latin limi- (from Latin limus mud) + Latin -cola dweller, inhabitant; akin to Latin linere to smear — more at lime , -colous
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