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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Limicolæ

/(lī̇*mĭk"ō̇*lē)/ · Li·mic·o·læ · IPA
01 n. pl. A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc.; the Grallæ.
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    A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc.; the Grallæ.(Zool.)