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limicole|ˈlaɪmɪkəʊl|
[f. mod.L. group-name Limicolæ (see quot. 1930), f. L. līmus mud + colere to inhabit.]
An oligochæte worm living in mud or water.
[1930J. Stephenson Oligochaeta xvi. 607 Oligochaeta may be divided roughly into Terricolae and Limicolae—the earth-dwellers and the mud- and water-dwellers respectively.] 1963R. P. Dales Annelids ix. 180 The common division of the Oligochaeta into the Microdrili or Limicoles (the aquatic families) and the Megadrili or Terricoles (the earthworms) is mainly one of convenience. 1965B. E. Freeman tr. Vandel's Biospeleol. vii. 73 The limicoles are more interesting to the biospeleologist. |