a. [f. L. līmicola (f. līmus mud + colĕre to inhabit) + -INE2.] Of or pertaining to the Limicolæ, a family of shore or wading birds.
1874. Coues, Birds N.W., 454. There are numerous exceptions to the rule of four eggs among the limicoline birds.
1896. Newton, Dict. Birds, 811. The [Sandpiper’s] nest, in which four eggs are laid with their pointed ends meeting in its centre (as is usual among limicoline birds).
