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. 1. A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc.; the Grallæ.(Zool.)