LIMICOLINE

Adjective

limicoline (comparative more limicoline, superlative most limicoline)

Shore-dwelling, usually said of certain wading birds, such as snipes and plovers.

Source: Wiktionary


Li*mic"o*line, a. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Shore-inhabiting; of or pertaining to the Limicolæ.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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24 May 2025

EARTHSHAKING

(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”


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