Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Limicolae \Li*mic"o*l[ae]\ (l[-i]*m[i^]k"[-o]*l[=e]), n. pl. [L.
   limicola a dweller in the mud; limus mud + colere to dwell.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers,
   snipe, curlew, etc.; the Grall[ae].

Source : WordNet®

Limicolae
     n : term used in some classifications for migratory shorebirds;
         coextensive with the Charadrii [syn: {suborder Limicolae}]