Limicolae
plural noun
Li·mic·o·lae
līˈmikəˌlē
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
Word History
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