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Definition of Limicolae
1. Noun. Term used in some classifications for migratory shorebirds; coextensive with the Charadrii.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Charadriiformes, Order Charadriiformes
Medical Definition of Limicolae
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Limicolae
Literary usage of Limicolae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elementary Zoology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1901)
"... the eggs number about a dozen, and are clay-color with pin-head dots of dark
brown. The snipes, sandpipers, plover, etc. (limicolae). ..."
2. Biologisches Zentralblatt by Isidor Rosenthal, Georg Thieme (1896)
"... es sind dies aber recht entfernte und erst durch andere Gruppen (Laro-limicolae)
vermittelte. Auf den ersten Blick scheinen auch die Uebereinstimmungen ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"With a few exceptions the limicolae are, ая the name denotes, aquatic in habit.
... Generative organs anterior in position as in limicolae. ..."
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