Li·mic·o·læ n. pl.  Zool. A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc.; the Grallæ.
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  Limicolae
       n : term used in some classifications for migratory shorebirds;
           coextensive with the Charadrii [syn: suborder Limicolae]